AE86 Manga short movie

The Hachi-Roku is prominently featured by manga artist Shuichi Shigeno in the manga/anime series Initial D. A panda paint-schemed Trueno with a tofu shop signage on its driver's side door is driven by lead character Takumi Fujiwara. A panda paint-schemed turbocharged (later supercharged) Levin variant is driven by one of Takumi's later rivals Wataru Akiyama. Takumi's friend Itsuki Takeuchi unintentionally buys a lower trim Corolla, a Levin AE85, thinking it is an AE86.

Some computer and video games have included the AE86, either as base model cars, or specially tuned cars. The car is featured, in stock form, in Need For Speed Underground 2, Need For Speed Carbon and Need For Speed ProStreet (As the Corolla GT-S), Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (also as the GTS), Race Driver: Grid, The Fast and the Furious (video game), Project Torque (as the Corolla GT-S), Drift City (As the Panda), Grand Theft Auto IV as the Karin Futo, and in Forza Motorsport 1 and 2. The AE86 is included in all installments of Gran Turismo (besides GT5 Prologue), Tokyo Highway Battle, and Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and most recently in the TOCA Touring Car series by Codemasters, GRID.

Due to the reception from video games, manga, motorsports, and aftermarket tuning, the "Hachi-Roku" has been immortalized as a cult favorite car. The AE86 garners respect as an automotive high performance icon embedded within Japanese culture, comparable to the Ferrari F40 and the Porsche 959 in their respective countries

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• AE86
• Manga
• Toyota
• Sprinter
• Trueno
• 1986
• Shuichi
• Shigeno
• Drift
• Initial

[sensou18rg]

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