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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 1

Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts ) is an anthology of ghost stories, mostly set at schools. Seven volumes were released between 1995 and 19...

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Ushiro no Hyakutaro

Ushiro no Hyakutaro ( Hyakutaro Behind or Hyakutaro in Back ) is a two-volume OVA from 1991. Based on a eight-volume manga by Tsunada Jir...

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MF Ghost Season 1 Anime Series Review

MF Ghost is the Initial D you have at home: it may also be a racing anime set to a Eurobeat soundtrack, but it lacks the over-the-top fun…

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Princess Army

Princess Army: Wedding Combat (to give it its full title) is a two-part OVA from 1992. It's a teaser for a 12 volume manga by Kitagawa Miyu...

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10 Anime Starting with I for Thrilling Adventures

Here is a list of 10 Anime Starting with the Letter I covering a range of lengths and genre. Have you watched any of them?

All About Anime and Manga

Houkago no Tinker Bell

Houkago no Tinker Bell ( After School: Tinker Bell ) is a one-shot OVA based on the second in a series of 23 (!) light novels by…

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5 Reasons To Watch: MF Ghost

MF Ghost makes great use of this change in format to make its races more dynamic. There's more push-and-pull, more drama.

Reasons to Anime

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5 Racing Games for Initial D Fans

So let's instead go down the safer route and find some video games to recreate the Initial D experience with.

Reasons to Anime

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5 Reasons To Watch: Initial D

Initial D is the iconic racing anime. A status it has enjoyed (and defended) for two-and-a-half decades now.

Reasons to Anime

Bakuen Campus Guardress

When I first watched Bakuen Campus Guardress ( Combustible Campus Guardress ), a four-episode episode OVA from 1994, I was gobsmacked by ho...

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Initial D - The First Stage to the Overall Magic of Anime and Manga

Seeing this display at my local Kinokuniya Bookstore branch made my day and got me reminiscing. In the early 2000s', I was still in my phase of consuming everything…

Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community

DAYS OAD

Back in 2016, Orphan subbed DAYS: Touin Gakuensen , the second set of DAYS OADs and the next step in the Seiseki High School soccer team's q...

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Does MF Ghost Carry the Flame of Initial D? Season 1 Anime Review

Today's anime review covers MF Ghost Season 1, the fall 2023 anime continuing several years after the events of Initial D. Please consider supporting these videos: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bobsamurai Etsy Store:…

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Mellow

Another year, another ecchi OVA about cross-dressing from Knack. This time it's 1993's Mellow , which is based on a manga by Kasahara Rin th...

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Racing the Ghost of Initial D

MF Ghost is not Initial D despite their thematic and narrative similarities. No series will ever be as transcendent as Initial D was, but that doesn’t mean no…

Artificial Night Sky

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Anime Like Overtake

After a traumatic event, freelance photographer Kouya Madoka has trouble taking pictures of people, and his career is suffering for it. However, while working

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This Week in Anime - Fast Cars, Anime, and Eurobeat

Steve and Nicky put on their helmets for a high-octane discussion of Initial D, its successor MF Ghost, and the dark horse of the season, Ei Aoki's Overtake!

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A 90s Delinquent Anime About The Sengoku Era of Japan

Bousou Sengokushi If you want a little look into what young Japanese street life in the early 90s looked like in an animated form.. Bousou Sengokushi is the way…

animebackwhen

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Anime Like MF Ghost

With self-driving electric cars replacing gas-powered vehicles, sports cars became a rarity. In this future, they are only really seen in a racing circuit

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MF Ghost and the Passage of Time

One of the Fall 2023 anime I had been anticipating was MF Ghost, a sequel of sorts to the famous downhill street racing series Initial D. While I’ve…

OGIUE MANIAX

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Every Anime Worth Watching in Fall 2023

The Fall 2023 season has to be the strongest anime season in quite a long time. It's filled everything you would want. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:45 MF Ghost (Initial D) 1:54 Overtake! 2:04…

Huno

Initials D Through MF and O

Two car animes in one season, and one of them is the legendary sequel to Initial D? Boy, I'm at FULL mast.

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“MF Ghost” and the Evolution of Racing Anime: A New Chapter in the Legacy of “Initial D”

The world of anime has long been captivated by the thrill and excitement of racing, and few series have left as lasting an impact as “Initial D.” Widely…

ucubgames

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First Impression: MF Ghost

The future is here and gas-powered cars are going the way of the dinosaur. Well, unless you go to the track where real fossil fuel-guzzling race cars still…

Beneath the Tangles

MF Ghost #01 — Those Silly Stalkers

  Starring the boy born with no personality. Apparently this is airing a day early on all the online streaming sites, both Abema and abroad. Impressions: I'm not…

Tenka Seiha

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What I Watched This Week – 7/9-7/15

Initial D First Stage – I am not very knowledgeable about cars or particularly interested in racing, so I really only added this to my watchlist because one…

The Romantic Goldfish

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The Manga Review: Straight, No Chaser

If you weren't able to attend Anime Expo, fear not: Brigid Alverson has a handy round-up of major licenses from Kodansha, which include a new edition of Initial…

Manga Bookshelf

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The Initial D Life Lesson I Often Think About

There are many unforgettable moments in Initial D. Whether it’s seeing the AE86 drift for the first time, the battle against Ryousuke, the Trueno vs. Levin battles, or…

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Backlog Busting – My February 2023 Watches

You know, it really feels great being able to just watch through shows on my backlog without worrying about keeping up with seasonal shows as well all the…

The Backloggers

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Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu – Episode 4 – Mitsuha’s General Store’s Grand Opening and Initial Difficulties

Episode impressions of Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu Episode 4 as Mitsuha finally arrives in the royal capital to open up a general…

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Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21

The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible....

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Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! S2 - Episode 9 - Tsuki Yanagi Float on Water

Tsuki and Yanagi relaxed in an outdoor bath when Hana rejoined them with a smile. What happened to her? Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! S2 - Episode 9

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni

From the depths of the unfinished projects vault, Orphan and M74 bring you a new version of the 2014 sci-fi anime, Nemure Omoigo, Sora no S...

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Shuto Kousoku Trial 2 (1990) [Film Review]

Shuto Kousoku Trial 2; or, Gas Gas Gas      It's the best! With GTR nobody will beat me! After the troubled release of the original Shuto Ko...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

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The Only 100 Anime You Need To Watch

100 Anime Recommendations These are the only 100 anime you need to see! Some of the old.. some of the new, I’m sure there are dozens that are perfect…

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Chameleon 5

We're seven months into a catastrophic 2022. War ranges unchecked in Ukraine. Inflation is at a forty-year high. Drought is killing the rive...

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Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de 2

Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de ( In a Distant Time ) is an otome game franchise developed by Ruby Party. It spans at least a dozen…

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Kakyuusei (1995), DVD Edition

The world doesn't need another version of Kakyuusei (1995), but here's one anyway. An Internet pen-pal who goes by the handle of ProxyMan ha...

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Tokyodrift

My childhood appreciation for cool shiny cars and my teenage love for fast music had finally come together in a fated meeting. I sought out the anime Initial…

Artificial Night Sky

Exploring Maebashi: Ikaho & Hatago Onsen

Standing on the stones steps of Ikaho Onsen that overlook the mountains of Gunma! After a lovely morning of exploring famous temples in Takasaki, we decided to spend…

Resurface to Reality

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Exclusive: Manga Preview of Shuichi Shigeno’s MF Ghost

Here’s a free manga preview of ComiXology Originals and Kodansha’s release of Shuichi Shigeno’s MF Ghost, which releases tomorrow!

TheOASG

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Bakumatsu no Spasibo

Yet another project that began in the deep, dark past. Bakumatsu no Spasibo ( Gratitude in the Bakumatsu ) is a 1997 movie about Russian adm...

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OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #860) Initial D Movies

Shownotes :: (show 860) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Initial D Movies, recorded live November 28th, 2021. This week, Paul insisted we race…

otakugeneration's Podcast

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Mother: Saigo no Shoujo Eve

Here's another project whose antecedents are lost in the mists of time: an English subtitled version of the 1993 sci-fi movie Mother: Saigo ...

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On “Shiki” Ground

I often talk about what I don’t enjoy in anime. This is done more than to allow me to rant and rave about ‘slights’ foisted against me and…

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Sensou Douwa: Kiku-chan to Ookami

Sensou Douwa ( War Fables or War Tales ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…

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CITY POP Mix for Your Morning Drive (シティポップ)

Hey everyone! Andre here. Look! Another video that doesn't really go with the rest of the content on this channel! Last summer I discovered and fell in love…

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Skate or Cry: SK8 the Infinity

SK8 the Infinity is an anime with great potential for mass appeal, but rather than catering to a “general audience,” it’s more a series that crosses over so…

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