by "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
Published 09/11/2017 at 12:00
by "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
Published 09/11/2017 at 12:00
Tags: mf ghost
; Shuichi Shigeno
; manga
; initial d
; running in the 20s
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Shuichi Shigeno is back with a new racing manga.
Upon the completion of
Initial D
in 2013, Shigeno moved on to new projects
Amazing Hana
and
Sailor Ace
.
MF Ghost
marks his return to automotive-based storytelling.
Synopsis via Anime News Network :
The series taked [sic] place in the 2020s, when self-driving cars are ubiquitous in Japan. The manga centers on Kanata Livington, a Japanese driver who goes back to Japan after graduating at the top of his class at a racing school in England. The series also focuses on the MFG, a racing circuit on public roads that has garnered attention worldwide.
While
MF Ghost
does not appear to be a direct sequel to
Initial D
, it does contain references for
D
fans to speculate over:
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We probably won’t see an éX-Driver -level of detail on what our autonomous future could look like, but we will see other technologies that were’t around for Initial D . For one thing, MFG races are filmed using drones. And of course, we can look forward to new cars:
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MF Ghost can be found in current issues of Young Magazine .