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Initial D (頭文字イニシャルD, Inisharu Dī) is a Japanese seinen street racing manga by Shuichi Shigeno that ran from 1995 to 2013. It was adapted into an eleven part anime series, beginning with Initial D (commonly known as First Stage) in 1998 and ending with Initial D Final Stage in 2014.

The series also spawned several video games, including a series of arcade games by SEGA.

In 2005 a Hong Kong live action adaptation film was released. A trilogy of films known as New Initial D the Movie (or the Legends Trilogy) was released between 2014 and 2016. It was followed with a sequel manga series known as MF Ghost in 2017, which was subsequently followed by an anime adaptation in 2023.