Japan Synopsis
頭文字D Legend1 覚醒
“In 2014, a new legend starts running”
The first movie in a trilogy, focusing on the battle against the Takahashi brothers. High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
546 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening sits at position #57.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
8 sharedInitial D: Third Stage
★ 6.7 · 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
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #482 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #411 of 2,532 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Ultra Super Pictures, Avex Entertainment, avex pictures, Sammy, Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 2m |
| Release Date | August 24, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3971764 |
| Official Site | initiald-movie.com |