Initial D: First Stage

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Shin Misawa
(26 episodes, 1998)
Masami Hata
(4 episodes, 1998)
Rei Kotaki
(4 episodes, 1998)
Susumu Kudô
(4 episodes, 1998)
Hiroshi Tsuruta
(4 episodes, 1998)
Mihiro Yamaguchi
(3 episodes, 1998)
Yukio Nishimoto
(2 episodes, 1998)
Kazuyoshi Yokota
(2 episodes, 1998)
Kazunori Ikegami
(1 episode, 1998)
Naoyuki Kuzuya
(1 episode, 1998)

Series Writing Credits

Kôji Kaneda
(composition) (26 episodes, 1998)
Shuichi Shigeno
(manga) (26 episodes, 1998)
Shuichi Shigeno
(creator) (3 episodes, 1998)
Nobuaki Kishima
(episode) (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Toda
(episode) (unknown episodes)
Eric Vale
(script adaptation: FUNimation) (13 episodes, 1998)
Andrew Rye
(script adaptation: FUNimation) (8 episodes, 1998)
J. Michael Tatum
(script adaptation: FUNimation) (2 episodes, 1998)
Marc Handler
(1 episode, 1998)

Series Cast

Shin'ichirô Miki
 Takumi Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Mitsuo Iwata
 Itsuki Takeuchi 26 episodes, 1998
Kazuki Yao
 Kouichiro Iketani / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Jason Spisak
 Kenji 26 episodes, 1998
Steve Blum
 Keisuke 'K.T.' Takahashi 26 episodes, 1998
Colleen O'Shaughnessey
 Saori 26 episodes, 1998
Vic Mignogna
 Shingo Shoji 26 episodes, 1998
Todd Haberkorn
 Keisuke Takahashi 26 episodes, 1998
Ian Sinclair
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Scott Menville
 Goro / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Crispin Freeman
 Kouichiro 'Cole' Iketani 26 episodes, 1998
Colleen Clinkenbeard
 Mako Sato 26 episodes, 1998
Kate Higgins
 Natalie 26 episodes, 1998
Robbie Rist
 Itsuki 'Iggy' Takeuchi 26 episodes, 1998
J. Michael Tatum
 Ryosuke Takahashi 26 episodes, 1998
Monica Rial
 Sayuki 26 episodes, 1998
Eric Vale
 Koichiro Iketani 26 episodes, 1998
Brina Palencia
 Natsuki Mogi 26 episodes, 1998
Jessie James Grelle
 Itsuki Takeuchi 26 episodes, 1998
Quinton Flynn
 Shingo Shoji 26 episodes, 1998
Kyle Hebert
 Additional Voices / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Chuck Huber
 Yuichi Tachibana 26 episodes, 1998
Greg Ayres
 Kenta Nakamura 26 episodes, 1998
Lex Lang
 Ryosuke 'Ry' Takahashi 26 episodes, 1998
Austin Tindle
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Steve Prince
 Hayao 26 episodes, 1998
Wally Wingert
 Takeshi 'Zack' Nakazato 26 episodes, 1998
Michael McConnohie
 Yuichi 'Boss' Tachibana 26 episodes, 1998
Dave Wittenberg
 Takumi 'Tak' Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Kent Williams
 Bunta Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Grant George
 Hawk / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Jonathan R. Freeman
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Bridget Hoffman
 Maya 26 episodes, 1998
Cynthia Cranz
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Maxey Whitehead
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Tyson Rinehart
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Joel McDonald
 Takumi Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Charles C. Campbell
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Kerrigan Mahan
 Bunta Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Ben Phillips
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Barry Yandell
 Narrator 26 episodes, 1998
Jeremy Inman
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Terri Doty
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Chris Cason
 Hiroshi Fumihiro / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Richard Cansino
 Hiromichi 26 episodes, 1998
Cris George
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Christopher Bevins
 Kenji 26 episodes, 1998
Laurent Vernin
 Takumi Fujiwara 26 episodes, 1998
Z. Charles Bolton
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Anastasia Munoz
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
David Rasner
 Kenta Nakamura / ... 26 episodes, 1998
Orion Pitts
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Roland Angelo Crisolo
 Itsuki 26 episodes, 1998
Elias Taylorson
 Additional Voices 26 episodes, 1998
Wataru Takagi
 Kenji 25 episodes, 1998
Tomomichi Nishimura
 Yuuichi Tachibana / ... 22 episodes, 1998
Osamu Hosoi
 Fumihiro / ... 22 episodes, 1998
Nobuyuki Tanaka
 Goro 21 episodes, 1998
Unshô Ishizuka
 Bunta Fujiwara 20 episodes, 1998
Tomokazu Seki
 Keisuke Takahashi 19 episodes, 1998
Takehito Koyasu
 Ryousuke Takahashi / ... 18 episodes, 1998
Ayako Kawasumi
 Natsuki Mogi 18 episodes, 1998
Nobuyuki Hiyama
 Takeshi Nakazato 14 episodes, 1998
Jun Suzuki
 Akio / ... 13 episodes, 1998
Yumi Kakazu
 Sayuki 9 episodes, 1998
Michiko Neya
 Mako Satô 8 episodes, 1998
Keiji Fujiwara
 Shingo Shôji 8 episodes, 1998
Kôsuke Okano
 Kenta Nakamura 6 episodes, 1998
Michael Shitanda
 Koji 6 episodes, 1998
Akio Suyama
 Shouichi 2 episodes, 1998
Kunihiko Yasui
 Hiromichi 2 episodes, 1998
Orine Fukushima
 Saori 2 episodes, 1998
Jamie Marchi
 Saori 1 episode, 1998
Neil Kaplan
 Keiichi Tsuchiya 1 episode, 1998
Doug Erholtz
 Spectator 1 episode, 1998
Chris Ayres
 Miki 1 episode, 1998
Keiichi Tsuchiya
 Self 1 episode, 1998
Tôru Furusawa
 Papa 1 episode, 1998
Tom Romero
 Takumi 'Tak' Fujiwara 1 episode, 1998
Kat Cressida
 Natsuki "Natalie" Mogi unknown episodes

Series Produced by

Kayo Fukuda
producer (26 episodes, 1998)
Daisuke Kinouchi
associate producer (26 episodes, 1998)
Ron Klamert
executive producer (26 episodes, 1998)
Stuart J. Levy
executive producer (26 episodes, 1998)
Hiromichi Mogaki
producer (26 episodes, 1998)
Jamie Simone
producer (26 episodes, 1998)

Series Music by

Ryûichi Katsumata
(26 episodes, 1998)
Benjamin Chan
(unknown episodes)
Stuart J. Levy
(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by

Kazuhiro Takahashi
(26 episodes, 1998)

Series Art Department

Masami Hata
storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1998)
Kazunori Ikegami
storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1998)
Shin Misawa
storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1998)
Naoyuki Kuzuya
storyboard artist (3 episodes, 1998)
Rei Kotaki
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1998)
Yoshitaka Koyama
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1998)
Susumu Kudô
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Yukihiro Makino
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Akira Mano
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Yûzô Satô
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Harumi Tamano
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Kazuyoshi Yokota
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1998)
Noboru Furuse
character design (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department

Stephen Hoff
adr recordist (26 episodes, 1998)
Eric Lewis
adr engineer (26 episodes, 1998)
Masafumi Mima
sound director (26 episodes, 1998)

Series Visual Effects by

Toshihiro Nagao
cg director (26 episodes, 1998)

Series Animation Department

Noboru Furuse
character designer / chief animation director (26 episodes, 1998)
Takahisa Ichikawa
animation director (10 episodes, 1998)
Takeshi Yamazaki
animation director (6 episodes, 1998)
Seong Woon Ko
animation director (4 episodes, 1998)
Ikkô Kobayashi
animation director (4 episodes, 1998)
Kuniyuki Ishii
animation director (3 episodes, 1998)
Hatsuki Tsuji
animation director (3 episodes, 1998)
Kiyotaka Iida
assistant animation director (1 episode, 1998)
Hiroshi Kanazawa
animation director (1 episode, 1998)
Masaki Satô
animation director (1 episode, 1998)

Series Music Department

Benjamin Chan
music supervisor (1 episode, 1998)

Series Script and Continuity Department

Bob Buchholz
script adaptation (26 episodes, 1998)

Series Additional Crew

Keiichi Tsuchiya
supervisor (26 episodes, 1998)
Joel McDonald
voice director: FUNimation (20 episodes, 1998)
Ian Sinclair
voice director: FUNimation (6 episodes, 1998)

Series Thanks

Hiroaki Fukuda
special thanks (26 episodes, 1998)
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