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頭文字[イニシャル]D Fifth Stage

Initial D Fifth Stage

Taking place in the sacred land of street running Kanagawa, once more Takumi Fujiwara will show his driving skills on his now legendary Hachi-roku.

Names

Original頭文字[イニシャル]D Fifth Stage (japanese)
RomajiInitial D Fifth Stage
English—

Facts

FormatTV series · 14 ep · 27 min · 6h total
Aired2012-11-04 → 2013-05-10 (Autumn 2012)
StatusFINISHED
StudioSynergySP
SourceManga
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicSeinen
GenresActionDramaSports
ThemesCarsRuralCGIMale ProtagonistPrimarily Male CastSeinenHeterosexual

Reception

Community score8.03 / 10
Bayesian score7.99 / 10
Composite64.4
On lists41,989
Favourited833 (2.0%)
Completion90.0%
Drop rate1.4%
In backlog23.4%
Score spread σ1.46

Score distribution

1602323914185558261,19373,22785,55394,100102,774

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioSynergySPA5 of 42
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2012A11 of 106
Year2012A21 of 350
GenreSportsB56 of 447
EraEarly 2010sA93 of 1,627
DemographicSeinenB117 of 775
Season (all years)AutumnA153 of 1,921
GenreActionA259 of 2,765
LengthSingle-courB268 of 2,668
GenreDramaB332 of 1,917
Source materialMangaB356 of 3,025
FormatTV seriesB390 of 3,322
OriginJapanA562 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorMitsuo Hashimoto, Nobuto Sakamoto, Shinji Ikegami, Kanemori Yasuda
Character designMasaki Satou
Original creatorShuuichi Shigeno

Franchise — 頭文字[イニシャル]D THIRD STAGE

C
頭文字[イニシャル]D EXTRA STAGE
Initial D Extra Stage
2000OVA (home video)53.3
A
頭文字[イニシャル]D THIRD STAGE
Initial D 3rd Stage
2001Feature film65.5
C
頭文字[イニシャル]D BATTLE STAGE
Initial D BATTLE STAGE
2002OVA (home video)54.6
C
頭文字[イニシャル]D to the Next Stage ～プロジェクトDへ向けて～
Initial D to the Next Stage: Project D e Mukete
2003Special53.3
A
頭文字[イニシャル]D FOURTH STAGE
Initial D 4th Stage
2004TV series66.5
C
頭文字[イニシャル]D BATTLE STAGE 2
Initial D BATTLE STAGE 2
2007OVA (home video)54.7
C
頭文字[イニシャル]D EXTRA STAGE 2
Initial D EXTRA STAGE 2
2008OVA (home video)52.8
A
頭文字[イニシャル]D Final Stage
Initial D Final Stage
2014TV series67.0
C
頭文字[イニシャル]D BATTLE STAGE 3
Initial D BATTLE STAGE 3
2021OVA (home video)53.0
B
MFゴースト
MF GHOST
2023TV series57.3
B
MFゴースト 2nd Season
MF GHOST Season 2
2024TV series59.6
B
MFゴースト 3rd Season
MF GHOST Season 3
2026ONA (net original)58.3

Related

RelationYearTitle
prequel2004Initial D 4th Stage
sequel2014Initial D Final Stage
summary2021Initial D BATTLE STAGE 3

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