Japan Synopsis
劇場版 頭文字D Third Stage
With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Initial D: Third Stage. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
8 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening
★ 8.1 · Japan
8 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream
★ 7.7 · Japan
8 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer
★ 8.0 · Japan
6 sharedInitial D
★ 6.7 · China
3 sharedThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
★ 7.3 · Japan
Other Titles From Avex Entertainment
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Initial D: Third Stage itself).
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Initial D: Third Stage holds position #124 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Initial D: Third Stage premiered alongside 79 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1320th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 53% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 58th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Initial D: Third Stage, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mountain pass · 5
- touge · 5
- motorsport · 4
- car race · 11
- street race · 9
- drifting · 6
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,787 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,107 of 1,714 (top 65%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Avex Entertainment, OB Planning, Pastel, Studio Deen, Kodansha |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | January 13, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0388130 |