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Initial D: Second Stage AKA Inisharu D (TV) (1999-2000)
Picking up where 'First Stage' left off, 'Second Stage' continues to show young Takumi Fujiwara and his friends competing against new challengers in downhill racing on the dangerous mountain passes in the Gunma area.Director: Shin-ichi Masaki, Shishi Yamaguchi
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:BATTLE TEN - Team Emperor
Episodes #28-30:
- 28 "Team Emperor on Akina"
- 29 "The Feeling of Defeat"
- 30 "Hollow Victory"
Outtakes
Textless Opening sequences
Textless Closing sequence
BATTLE ELEVEN - Blow-Out
Episodes #31-33:
- 31 "Countdown to Destruction"
- 32 "Goodbye Eighty-Six"
- 33 "Battle at Akagi!"
Outtakes
BATTLE TWELVE - Secret Weapon
Episodes #34-36:
- 34 "Dangerous Car"
- 35 "The New Eight-Six"
- 36 "The Eight-Six Turbo"
Outtakes
BATTLE THIRTEEN - Battle of the Souls
Episodes #37-39:
- 37 "The Seal is Broken"
- 38 "Eight-Six vs. Eight-Six"
- 39 "Changing Seasons"
Outtakes
BATTLE FOURTEEN - OVA Extra Stage
Episodes #40-41:
- 40 "Beyond the Impact Blue" - Uncut version
- 41 "Sentimental White" - Uncut version
Outtakes
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:ONLY AVAILABLE as individually released "Battles" 10-14 (2005).
All the episodes on these discs are available in two forms:
- CLASSIC: Original uncut as aired in Japan, with Japanese audio, true-to-life car sounds and Eurobeat soundtrack during the race scenes.
- TRICKED-OUT: "Americanized", with English dubbed audio, changed character names, generic car sound effects and totally different soundtrack (hip hop, punk etc.). -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Episodes #28-30:
- 28 "Team Emperor on Akina"
- 29 "The Feeling of Defeat"
- 30 "Hollow Victory"
Outtakes
Textless Opening sequences
Textless Closing sequence
DISC TWO
Episodes #31-33:
- 31 "Countdown to Destruction"
- 32 "Goodbye Eighty-Six"
- 33 "Battle at Akagi!"
Outtakes
DISC THREE
Episodes #34-36:
- 34 "Dangerous Car"
- 35 "The New Eight-Six"
- 36 "The Eight-Six Turbo"
Outtakes
DISC FOUR
Episodes #37-39:
- 37 "The Seal is Broken"
- 38 "Eight-Six vs. Eight-Six"
- 39 "Changing Seasons"
Outtakes
DISC FIVE - OVA Extra Stage
Episodes #40-41:
- 40 "Beyond the Impact Blue" - Uncut version
- 41 "Sentimental White" - Uncut version
Outtakes -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Rel. date 16/10/2007. Comes in a 5-Disc fold-out book/digistack style packaging, with 2x 2 discs and 1x 1 disc per panel, all held together with a thin pressboard sleeve.
All the episodes on these discs are available in two forms:
- CLASSIC: Original uncut as aired in Japan, with Japanese audio, true-to-life car sounds and Eurobeat soundtrack during the race scenes.
- TRICKED-OUT: "Americanized", with English dubbed audio, changed character names, generic car sound effects and totally different soundtrack (hip hop, punk etc.). -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Episodes #27-33:
- 27 "A New Threat"
- 28 "Team Emperor on Akina"
- 29 "The Feeling of Defeat"
- 30 "Hollow Victory"
- 31 "Countdown to Destruction"
- 32 "Goodbye Eighty-Six"
- 33 "Battle at Akagi! The Black and White Flash!"
DISC TWO
Episodes #34-39:
- 34 "Dangerous Car"
- 35 "The New Eight-Six"
- 36 "The Eight-Six Turbo"
- 37 "The Seal is Broken"
- 38 "Eight-Six vs. Eight-Six"
- 39 "Changing Seasons"
Textless Opening sequence ("Blazin' Beat" by m.o.v.e.)
Textless Closing sequence ("Kimi ga Iru" by Galla)
DISC THREE - OVA Extra Stage
Episodes #40-41:
- 40 "Beyond the Impact Blue"
- 41 "Sentimental White"
Textless Opening sequence ("Get It All Right" by Chilu)
Textless Closing sequence ("Next" by Michiko Neya and Yumi Kakazu)
"Beyond the Impact Blue" Uncut version
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (FUNimation Dub) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Rel. date 01/02/2011. Comes in two ThinPak keepcases with a slipcase.
Also available as a 4-Disc Super Amazing Value Edition (S.A.V.E.), including also Third Stage: The Movie.
Includes only the Classic uncut versions of the episodes with original Japanese and new English dub audio options, true-to-life car sounds and Eurobeat soundtrack.
Though having the same runtimes, "uncut" Extra Stage episodes differ only from the standard versions by showing "Barbie-like" full frontal nudity in the relevant scenes. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Episodes #27-33 (with 'Play All' option, 162:47):
- 27 "A New Threat"
- 28 "Team Emperor on Akina"/"Takumi's Fury"
- 29 "The Feeling of Defeat"/"Premonition of Defeat"
- 30 "Hollow Victory"
- 31 "Countdown to Destruction"
- 32 "Goodbye Eighty-Six"
- 33 "Battle at Akagi! The Black and White Flash!"
DISC TWO
Episodes #34-39 (with 'Play All' option, 139:32):
- 34 "Dangerous Car"
- 35 "A New Eight-Six Is Born"
- 36 "The Eight-Six Turbo"
- 37 "The Seal Is Broken"
- 38 "Eight-Six Versus Eight-Six"
- 39 "Changing Seasons"
DISC THREE - OVA Extra Stage
Episodes #40-41 (with 'Play All' option, 55:03):
- 40 "Beyond the Impact Blue"
- 41 "Sentimental White"
EXTRAS:
"Second Stage":
- Clean Opening (1:33)
- Clean Closing (2:02)
"Extra Stage":
- "Beyond the Impact Blue" Uncut (32:31)
- "Sentimental White" Uncut (22:35)
- Clean Opening (1:54)
- Clean Closing (3:07)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Initial D First Stage"
- "Initial D Third Stage"
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Rel. date 18/05/2011. Comes in a 3-disc keepcase with a reversible cover. Trailers in English without subtitles.
When English audio is selected, English captions for Japanese text turn on by default.
Includes only the Classic uncut versions of the episodes with original Japanese and new English dub audio options, true-to-life car sounds and Eurobeat soundtrack.
Though having the same runtimes, "uncut" Extra Stage episodes differ only from the standard versions by showing "Barbie-like" full frontal nudity in the relevant scenes. -
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OVERALL: Draw
R1 Tokyo Pop/FUNimation original releases feature minor additional extras (outtakes) and 2 versions of the Second Stage episodes: Uncut Classic versions with Japanese audio and Tricked-Out "Americanized" versions with English audio.
R1 FUNimation/R4 Re-Releases feature only the uncut Classic versions of the episodes but offer them with both Japanese and newly recorded English audio.
There is an unreleased BATTLE STAGE (#1): in addition to being an OVA collection of races from the previous stages, it also contains unique footage of an unscreened race (Keisuke’s FD35 vs Seiji’s Evo IV, between 29:55-31:40 from a 52:24 episode). This segment fits in the Second Stage timeline between episodes 6 & 7 (aka Goodbye Eighty-Six and Battle at Akagi! The Black and White Flash!)"
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON PRE-2011 RELEASES
- They lose the first episode of Second Stage (ep. #27) which is available as a bonus episode on First Stage releases.
- The Tokyo Pop releases are only available as individual "Battles".
- Extra Stage disc loses the textless opening/closing.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON EPISODES AND ENGLISH DUBS
- Classic uncut versions of the episodes, as aired in Japan, feature Japanese character names, a eurobeat soundtrack during the racing scenes and authentic car sounds.
- Tricked-Out "Americanized" versions of the episodes feature American/English character names, more hip hop, rock and punk oriented soundtrack during the racing scenes, generic car sound effects and brief cuts here and there.
- Tokyo Pop's English dub replaces the Japanese character names with American/English ones.
- FUNimation's new English dub on the Re-Releases preserves the original Japanese character names but features different voice actors than Tokyo Pop's English dub. -
CUTS:
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R1 America- Tokyo Pop - No Censor Cuts.
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R1 Original Release - The Complete Second Season America- FUNimation - No Censor Cuts.
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R1 Re-Release - Second Stage + OVA Extra Stage America- FUNimation - No Cuts.
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R4 Re-Release - Second Stage + OVA Extra Stage Australia- Madman Entertainment - No Cuts.
- Features "Classic" uncut episodes with English and Japanese audio options.
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R1 America- Tokyo Pop - No Censor Cuts.
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 24/05/04
Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on 03/11/14UPDATE LOG:
05/05/14 - Fixed the specs for R1 Tokyo Pop and added R4 and two R1 FUNimation releases.
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03/11/14 - Additional note to overall.
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