Initial D
Tokyopop · 2002–2009 · 33 issues
About the series
Shuichi Shigeno's street-racing saga, brought to English-speaking readers by Tokyopop across 33 issues from 2002 to 2009, follows the underground world of mountain-pass drift racing in Japan. With Shigeno handling both writing and art alongside contributors like Dan Papia, Dan Kanemitsu, Junemoon Studio, and James Lee, the series became a defining entry in the manga-to-comic translation boom of the early 2000s. Its mix of technical racing detail, coming-of-age drama, and high-octane action helped popularize the drift racing subculture in the West.
