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.
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
Other Titles From Ultra Super Pictures
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
Among 546 Japan films we catalog from this window, New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening places #57 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3018th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
63 audience reviews — more than 68% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 62th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on New Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening, 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 #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 |