Set for wide release in Japan on August 23rd, 2014, a pair of new TV spots for Initial D: The Movie – Legend 1: Awakening have been revealed. The new spots clock in at just 15 seconds each, but we get it broken down into a character hen piece and a battle hen piece. There’s not much in the way of new footage here overall but it sets the tone nicely and starts the overall marketing ramp up towards the release at the end of the next month.
The film is being directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and Sanzigen and LIDEN FILMS base don the screenplay by Mayori Sekijima. It stars Mamoru Miyano as Takumi Fujiwara, Yūichi Nakamura as Keisuke Takahashi, Daisuke Ono as Ryōsuke Takahashi, Maaya Uchida as Natsuki Mogi, Minoru Shiraishi as Itsuki Takeuchi and Hiroaki Hirata as Bunta Fujiwara.
The manga, which began back in 1995, has had multiple anime adaptations over the years while the manga itself has done solidly and appealed to the region in which it takes place as well. The property even had a live action adaptation along the way.
Property concept: 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.