Now, Toyota U.K. is returning the salute with an official Initial D concept car backed up by an awesome manga-style promotional campaign.
The Japanese carmaker’s British branch commissioned U.K. artist Sonia Leong to create monochrome backgrounds and character artwork evocative of Shigeno’s, then added photographs of the GT86 Initial D concept car, based on the AE86’s spiritual successor, Toyota’s GT86 (also known as the Scion/Toyota FR-S in certain markets).
Even with an extensive cast of charismatic racers, the first thing that anyone pictures when they think of Initial D is the hero’s car, an unassuming Toyota Sprinter Trueno, better known by its chassis code: AE86.
Related: Sonia Leong websiteSource: Toyota U.K. (h/t Jalopnik)Images: Toyota U.K. Follow Casey on Twitter, where he’s looking forward to some mountain pass driving this summer, possibly with his GT86-owning buddy.