New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 1 -Kakusei-) and New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 2: Racer (Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 2 -Tōsō-) will play as a double feature on February 23, while the third film, New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 3: Dream (Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 3 -Mugen-), will run on March 9.
Film distribution company Azoland Pictures announced on Monday that it will screen the new trilogy of Initial D films in theaters in North America in partnership with Sentai Filmworks.
The film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigeno’s original car-racing manga.
The film also screened at the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival last September.