

Pastel • 13 eps • Oct 15, 1999
Accumulating an impressive series of victories with his AE86, Takumi Fujiwara has imposed himself as street racing's newest rising star. However, his newly found confidence of winning at his home turf of Mount Akina has been put in jeopardy by a new Emperor team exclusively using a car model favored by most professional racing pilots: the Mitsubishi four-wheel drive Lancer Evolutions—also known as Lan Evos. The Emperor team leader, Kyouichi Sudou, looks down on Takumi and regards him as an inferior pilot for driving an antique car that lacks the makings of a true modern race car. Kyouichi's elitist philosophy is also the reason why his team is only made of Lan Evo drivers. Will Takumi be able to keep his perfect track record intact against the highly skilled and mechanically superior Emperor team, or does his hot streak end here? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Fujiwara, Takumi
Miki, Shinichiro

Akiyama, Kazumi
Yuzuki, Ryouka

Akiyama, Wataru
Matsumoto, Yasunori

Fujiwara, Bunta
Ishizuka, Unshou

Fumihiro, Hiroshi
Hosoi, Osamu

Iketani, Kouichirou
Yao, Kazuki

Iwaki, Seiji

Redline

Wangan Midnight
Kawahara, Kazuhisa

Kenji
Takagi, Wataru

Mogi, Natsuki
Kawasumi, Ayako

Nakamura, Kenta
Okano, Kousuke

Nakazato, Takeshi
Hiyama, Nobuyuki

Papa
Ugaki, Hidenari