Ob planning announced the production of the animated series during the tokyo anime fair in march 2007. Wangan midnight has european cars but not initial d. The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on tokyos shuto expressway, one stretch of which is. Wangan midnight the movie based on hit manga written by michiharu. Aired on a payperview channel of animax in june 2007, the series was coproduced by ob planning, a. Heres the trailer for wangan midnight, the manga, movie, video game and anime series that is now being rebooted with yet another remake on the big screen its the classic story of a high school student who finds a nearly complete, highly tuned nissan fairlady s30 z in the junkyard. The bayshore route of the shuto expressway, shuto kosokudoro wangansen or simply wangansen for short is a 70 kilometres 43 mi stretch of toll highway in greater tokyo, that runs from yokohama city, kanazawa ward, to ichikawa city of chiba prefecture. And for those that dont know i believe that wangan means bayside or oceanside. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database.
In the wangan midnight anime, akio asakura is voiced by shun oguri. Koichi kijima is a car enthusiast who was once a talented racecar driver and head of the zero racing and tuning team. The search for zeros lost rx7 fc3s wangan midnight. Looking for information on the anime wangan midnight. In wangan midnight maximum tunes outrun mode, and later in the new wangan midnight maximum tune 3 dx story mode, he also drives a nissan skyline gtr r33 like the other r200 club members. It is based on the awardwinning japanese comic of the same name created by michiharu kusunoki back in 1992. Or will he share the same fate as the cars previous owners. In 1999, it wan the kodansha manga awaird for general manga. The story gets its roots from the street racing that occurs on tokyos shuto expressway bayshore route. In japanese w english subtitles a high school student, akio asakura, salvages a datsun fairlady s30z even though he has been warned about the cursed history of the car. Wangan midnight the movie to open in japan this summer posted on 20090426 06.
Wangan midnight the movie special driving style catalog no avcd23932 release date. The story primarily revolves around akio asakura, a high school student with a knack for attracting many women and taking them for rides in his car. Real tokyo street scene drifting, highway runs, cops. Yeah there are a few games based on the wangan midnight comicscartoons. If you dont know by now, wangan midnight is an extremely popular comic from japan, which features an s30 240z instead of the ae86 panda trueno in initial d and wanganhighway racing. The movie the movie, wangan middonaito za mubi is a 2009 japanese film directed by atsushi muroga, based on the manga series of the same title by michiharu kusunoki.
Here are all the episodes of the wangan midnight saga in full eng sub. Theres a wangan midnight game for the ps2, and there are the initial d arcade games that feature the same wangan midnight 240z. No tracks or places pictures for this video game were provided by. S14, s15, r34, 2jz supra, mazda rx7, ae86 duration. Wangan midnight is a 2007 japanese anime television series based on michiharu kusunokis award winning manga series of the same name. Wangan literally bayshore in japanese is the endonym of this longest, straightest road in the entire country.
Whereas in the liveaction movie, he is portrayed by yuichi nakamura, who is also known. One day, he is passed by a black porsche 964, dubbed the blackbird. Wangan midnight the movie based on hit manga written by michiharu kusunoki, the film stars yuichi nakamura of dboys, kazuki kato, and ryoko kobayashi. Wangan midnight maximum tune 5dxasiaothers update rev2. The wangan midnight playstation 3 bluray disc was released in japan, hong kong, singapore and taiwan on july 5, 2007. After the r200 club disbanded, tension arose between yasuhiko and the other members but he remained friendly with takayuki, and he subsequently disappeared. After a shock loss to the wangan emperor, blackbird, akio asakura stumbles across a blue s30z at a junkyard and becomes aware of the cars infamous history. At the same time repairs are underway to bring the z car back to snuff. The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on tokyos shuto expressway, one stretch of which is known as the wangan, literally meaning bay side although it is.
But, porsche 911 turbos, ferrari testarossa also get a place in this movie, which is. Immediately upon discovering it in a scrap yard hes attracted to it, an attraction that later grows into an obsession. Wangan middonaito is a japanese manga series written and illustrated by michiharu kusunoki. Bayshore midnight note is a manga series by michiharu kusunoki revolving around tokyos highway racing scene. Ishida full name yoshiaki ishida is a photographer in wangan midnight. It wis first serialisit in shogakukans big comic spirits syne 1990, but wis later serialisit in kodanshas young magazine, in which initial d is serialisit an aw. The story centers on a young man named akio asakura, a 3rdyear high school. Wangan midnight maximumtune 5dx plus installation store information asia others is available. Wangan midnight, wangan middonaito is a racing game developed by genki for the playstation 3. I know that not everyone is a fan of the chinese reallife anime films like the initial d film with chinese actors however, i honestly like the initial. The film stars yuichi nakamura, kazuki kato, and rio matsumoto. Wangan middonaito the movie 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Wangan midnight maximum tune 5dx plus official site. Wangan midnight may be forgotten, but it is just as good as initial d. Akio discovers he has a passion for fast cars and highspeed street racing, but he is off to a rough start when he crashes his newly acquired s30 datsun 240z, which happens to be the infamous. Wangan midnight is a street racing manga that also exists as a series of driving games wangan midnight, developed by genki and released in 2001 as an arcade game, plays much like shutokou battlethe object is to drain the opponents life meter by maintaining a major advantage or causing the opponent to crash into things. Based on a seinen manga by kusunoki michiharu serialised in young magazine. After losing a street race to tatsuya shimas legendary blackbird porsche 911 turbo, high school student akio asakura purchases a heavilymodified firstgeneration datsun s30 fairlady z from a junkyard. It is an important route that runs between artificial islands of tokyo bay by way of bridges and subsea. So i was browsing through one of my favorite ae86 forums, club4ag, and found this thread, which says that they are making an actual wangan midnight movie. After a surprise loss to the wangan bayshore road king, asakura akio comes across a nissan s30 at a junkyard and finds out what this particular car is all about. Akio wants to race the undefeated blackbird porche on the wangan. Wangan midnight the movie to open in japan this summer. The movie 2009 09122009 jp action, drama 1h 40m user score. However, reina discovered that ishida is sick and suffering from esophagus, coughing blood out from his mouth. Wangan midnight the movie to open in japan this summer apr 26, 2009 japanese comic ranking, june 26july 16 jul 18, 2007 taf 2007.
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