Initial D

Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series created by Shuichi Shigeno. The series was adapted into an anime series from 1998 to 2014, and prominently featured a Eurobeat soundtrack playing over its high-energy races. Many albums have been released of the series' Eurobeat soundtrack, most of which were released under the Super Eurobeat presents label.

The series inspired many memes where songs from its soundtrack were played over cars drifting or crashing at high speeds. The most prominent of these songs are Running In The 90s by Max Coveri, Gas Gas Gas by Manuel and Deja Vu by Dave Rodgers.

The eurobeat was removed in the Tokyopop dub of the anime.

Official Soundtrack Albums
Most official albums were released by Avex Trax, usually under the Super Eurobeat Presents name. The Arcade Tracks was released by A-One Records.


 * Initial D Vocal Battle and Initial D Vocal Battle Special feat. Takahashi Bros. Red Suns are albums consisting of covers of songs from the series by the Japanese voice actors of several of the characters.

Trivia

 * Some Eurobeat songs are based the series itself such as Speed Car by D-Team and Takumi by Neo.
 * Initial D has a sequel series called MF Ghost which had an anime adaptation released on September 29th 2023.
 * See all about MF Ghost soundtrack here.