And then there s wangan midnight.

Anime wangan midnight cars. Based on a seinen manga by kusunoki michiharu serialised in young magazine. Whereas d s interest comes from the characters and fuel driven battles wangan is all about the mechanics. It was driven by yoshiaki ishida in the original wangan midnight manga and the anime series. Despite being a light pg 13 action drama title the manga didn t get an official translation and no one has picked it up.

More specifically the demon z a car that has a reputation for killing its drivers as it careers wildly out on control at extreme speeds. Unlike most automotive manga anime wangan midnight actually made a dent in the western market during the anime boom of the 00s but not in a traditional way. This car due to its tragic history is considered cursed and a living machine that chooses it s driver. The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on tokyo s shuto expressway one stretch of which is known as the wangan literally meaning bay side although it is generally used to refer to the freeway the longest straightest road in the entire country.

Fiber new new sports esports video games directions car makes device unknown unknown vehicles multiline chart statistics assignment turned in to complete mode comment comments help help faq. It was relegated to a distant second place behind initial d. While both series are about cars and racing wangan midnight is about speed power and initial d is about drifting driving skills.

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