/animu/ - Anime & Otaku Culture

Fuck I straight up want to talk about /o/ manga right now.

>5th stage

shows that keisuke actually improved and wasn't just some idiot that got carried by his car and his brother

also shows why ryousuke quit racing

>final stage

shows how takumi has improved as a racer, essentially racing against his past self and showing the tricks he has learned (psychological attacks mostly) since stage 1

really the series stopped after stage 2, with stage 3 giving the series a bit of closure by showing what happened to takumi's slut gf and having a few short races just for the sake of it. after stage 3 takumi doesn't improve in any measurable way, every time he claims he's just following the line that ryousuke showed him but his demeanor and experience as a racer stays the same. as far as we can tell so does his skill.

>>46060

subtle NTR

>>46060

Everyone only watches 4th Stage for the FD Vs. R34 GTR battle anyway. The series went downhill as time went on much like SEB. If Shigeno rushed to finish his story in the first few years of serialization instead of letting it drag on, Initial D may have been the best /o/ related series to have ever existed. Tyre conservation was the least of its problems.

>>46062

Eurobeat is the best music for any situation.

>>46078

>shows how takumi has improved as a racer

When you put it that way, Takumi has some really great character development through the series. He goes from being this dopey high school kid who doesn't even know what brand of car his father drives to someone really motivated and switched on enough to hit his clutch to bullshit his way through the finish line and ends up driving off a cliff later on anyway.

>>46147

ae86 vs ek9 (the pro racer guy) was my favorite episode from stage 4 ep 6, the whole "even though I'm already the best, I'm still going to try my hardest" really helps feed my autism

>>46169

yeah that was a dumb asspull just to hand takumi the win but it was still an enjoyable race up until that point

>>46169

A cat is fine too

>>46172

>initial d meets lovecraft arcade hill attack where things get very anime

I know there's some anon who's planning on making his own Initial D inspired game and some other anon making some Eurobeat to go with it.

>>46181

The only bad race in 4th was AE86 Vs. Cappuccino.

>>46201

>I know there's some anon who's planning on making his own Initial D inspired game and some other anon making some Eurobeat to go with it.

That sounds pretty fucking rad.

>>46242

On the contrary, having fast reflexes and good intuition is a godsend for urban driving, especially if you live in a city overrun by ethnic drivers. Every multi-lane turn where I live is like running a gauntlet because you have those awful beat up Taragos drifting into your lane every time without fail.

If overthinking things is your problem then you could always try to distract yourself with good (gentle/threshold) braking, weight transfer and overall defensive driving. Those skills make daily driving really nice and learning how to mitigate risks while driving to reduce your chances of being involved in an accident to 0% is always a great challenge.

>>46279

>funeral

That certainly does have an exception.

Giancarlo Pasquini's funeral march.

>>46292

>Having too many cars around me stresses me out even more (just like being around too many people).

That only goes away with more exposure over time. You build a sort of tolerance against those kinds of perceived threats and then learn how to identify which are the ones that are more actionable threats ie. if the driver is Chinese or a young female, you haven't seen anything until you've seen a Chinese guy take a turn on a main road while looking down at his phone.

Have some sleeping Eurobeat.

>>46147

>Eurobeat is the best music for any situation.

It's a pity there's no vocaloid Eurobeat, really. It'd be peak /animu/ and circumvent 3DPD singers.

>>46304

>Driving was great at some point, but now that absolutely everyone has a car, it's just terrible.

That's also the least of it.

>high fuel prices

>nanny state laws that eat away at your wallet if you even look like you remotely find driving fun

>shitty roads despite being taxed to death

>drive by wire means camries aren't the most boring car to drive in the world anymore

>stagnant wages and high unemployment/underemployment means being homeless is a very real possibility for a lot of people

The era that gave us the likes of the GT-R and the NSX Type-R is long gone.

>>46308

>no vocaloid eurobeat

You nani anii?

>>46292

>Trying to sleep is a pretty good exception.

Possibly the only one come to think of it. I can't get enough of eurobeat.

>>50209

It is

We disguise it as anime so we can talk about it here

I prefer motorcycles

Is there an Initial D version for two-wheels?

>>52651

two car probably as close as you're going to get https://anidb.net/a13322 it sucked

Some of the weirdest faces I've seen in anime.

>>50209

>>52780

Could you maybe fucking off yourself?

>>52993

Avatarfags, man.

The only alternative attentionwhores found on imageboards. Incapable of providing even a modicum amount of entertainment, they feed on attention.

Any other good /o/ or racing anime? I always liked Capeta but it's unwatchable now because of the poor 3D. Bari Bari Densetsu is great. Comes ofc from the same guy who created Initial D.

>>54178

check out the captain falcon anime (F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu). it's next on my watch list so i can't say for sure if it's good or not, but it looks really fun.

>>54178

Redline is fun.

Normalfags latched onto it too, though. So watch it and judge it for what it is, and keep away from the fanbase, I guess.

Tailenders is good too.

Hotheads on hotwheels: the anime

>>54178

There's always Mach Go Go Go 1967 and Mach Go Go Go 1997, otherwise known as Speed Racer and Speed Racer X in the West

Though the original Speed Racer anime might look a bit dated and is more like wacky races

Speed Racer X is pretty dope though

The animation is really bad and doesn't become servicable until the last two seasons. The only thing that saves the anime is the music and the source material itself.