Japan Synopsis
頭文字D Legend2 闘走
The planned film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigeno's original car-racing manga. 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 2: Racer. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
8 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening
★ 8.1 · Japan
8 sharedInitial D: Third Stage
★ 6.7 · Japan
8 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream
★ 7.7 · 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 Sanzigen
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer itself).
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
New Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer holds position #91 of 581 Japan films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 2: Racer premiered alongside 180 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3143rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
56 audience reviews — more than 66% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (66th percentile) outruns trending popularity (38th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on New Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer, 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 #596 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #503 of 2,532 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Sanzigen |
| Runtime | 1h 2m |
| Release Date | May 23, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4971484 |
| Official Site | initiald-movie.com |