If you haven't watched Initial D you totally should.

"Blue 2000" (blue-2000)
11/16/2017 at 15:34 • Filed to: Initial D, Funimation, anime, drift

It’s a show about cars and drifting, with some dope !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The use of cgi for the cars is distracting at first because it isn’t the best but, I eventually got used to it. You can stream it free on Funimation’s website. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

DISCUSSION (10)

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Blue 2000
11/16/2017 at 15:37

Also note: episodes after the fourth stage are available subbed on YouTube

Urambo Tauro > Blue 2000
11/16/2017 at 15:45

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Decay buys too many beaters > Blue 2000
11/16/2017 at 15:46

I can honestly say that I probably wouldn’t be in to Japanese cars if I hadn’t watched this back when I was in middle school/high school. Hell, Initial D is what changed a solid interest in cars into an obsession for me.

and 100 more > Blue 2000
11/16/2017 at 15:48

Hot take: Couldn’t stand Initial D. And I like anime. It was just a snoozefest. Watched a couple episodes, but couldn’t finish.

I did really like the live-action movie version though. It was cartoony-campy in the same way as the Wachowski’s Speed Racer . I think it worked better than the series because it distilled the story into a more focused concept.

Blue 2000 > and 100 more
11/16/2017 at 15:56

I’m the opposite. I really like the anime but not the live action movie.

and 100 more > Blue 2000
11/16/2017 at 16:00

How did you feel about Speed Racer (the 2008 movie)? I feel like people are strongly in one camp or another on this movie, and I think it follows the Initial D trend pretty close.

Blue 2000 > and 100 more
11/16/2017 at 16:16

It wasn’t as bad as I was lead to believe, but by no means is it a good movie.

Nauraushaun > Blue 2000
11/19/2017 at 16:39

In the English dub there’s garbage hip hop in place of eurobeat :(

Gerry197 > and 100 more
11/11/2018 at 00:47

You thought the live action was like Speed Racer? I thought it generally had practical effects.

Heck, I even liked the English dub version as well of that movie.

and 100 more > Gerry197
11/11/2018 at 11:03

Specifically, I mean the campy acting, moreso than the special effects.