Initial D (Seasons 1–5)

Initial D (1998) is a Japanese street-racing anime you can watch online on iFILM. A kid who delivers tofu down a mountain road turns into the terror of the late-night passes without even meaning to.

Eighteen-year-old Takumi Fujiwara has spent five years coasting his father's Toyota Trueno down Mount Akina every dawn to drop off tofu at the hotels. He finds the drive boring, yet those endless descents have sharpened his car control to pure instinct. When the fast Red Suns roll into Akina to take on the local Speed Stars, the sleepy delivery boy suddenly becomes the only driver who can stand up for them — and at first he can't even tell what makes him so good.

The series is adapted from Shuichi Shigeno's manga. Its races run on driving eurobeat, and the whole legend built around one specific car, the AE86, is a big reason the show helped push drift culture into the mainstream. It's made for car fans and anyone who loves an underdog with a hidden gift. Stream every episode of Initial D (1998) online on iFILM.