D mania

First the manga, then tv anime series, later the anime movie and now the real live action movie...
For those who have no idea what the "D" mean, it actually meant "Drifting" whereby is the art of controlling a car while it's going sideways. Here is the drifting 101:

1. Race Drift
   This is performed at race speeds, when entering a high speed corner a driver lifts his foot off the throttle to induce a mild over steer and then balances the drift through steering and throttle motions. (note: the car that is being used for this style of drift should be a neutral balanced car therefore the over steer will induce itself, if the car plows through any turn this technique will not work).
2. Braking Drift
   This is performed by trail braking into a corner, then loss of grip is obtained and then balance through steering and throttle motions. (note: this is mainly for medium to low speed corners).
3. Faint Drift
   This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn and then using the rebound of grip to throw the car into the normal cornering direction. (note this is heavy rally racing technique used to change vehicle attitudes during cornering, mainly tight mountain corners).
4. Clutch Kick
   This is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach or during a mild drift to give a sudden jolt through the driveline to upset rear traction.
5. Shift Lock
   This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a corner and then releasing the clutch to put stress on the driveline to slow the rear tires inducing over steer. (this is like pulling the E-brake through a turn - note this should be performed in the wet to minimize damage to the driveline etc.)
6. Emergency Brake Drift
   This technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or (side brake) to induce rear traction loss and balance drift through steering and throttle play. (note: this can also be used to correct errors or fine tune drift angles).
7. Dirt Drop Drift
   This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to maintain or gain drift angle without losing power or speed and to set up for the next turn. (note this technique is very useful for low horsepower cars).
8. Jump Drift
   In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is bounced over a curb to lose traction resulting in over steer.
9. Long Slide Drift
   This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a high angel drift and to hold this to set up for the turn ahead. (note: this can only be done at high speed).
10. Swaying Drift
    This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth down a strait.
11. FF Drift (Front Wheel Drive Drift)
    The E-brake as well as steering and braking techniques must be used to balance the car through a corner. (note: the E-brake is the main technique used to balance the drift).
12. Power Over
    This performed when entering a corner and using full throttle to produce heavy oversteer (tail slide) through the turn. (note: needs horsepower to make this happen).

Although the movie will release on this June, but the story for manga and anime isn't end yet. In 2005, the anime had enter to fourth stage where the plot is more exciting and funny ;p Can't wait the release for next volumn!

So I think the movie will be great, not because of Jay Chou nor Edison Chen (sorry...just not really like those actors). I probably will focus on the car racing, although I'm not an expert in car race or car types or car engine ^_^
Have you seen the movie trailer yet? Check out the official Initial D movie website. This site features a lot of cool stuff too!