4th stage is hot... and bunta gets back into racing again too. but the 2nd stage and the movie leading into the 4th stage were they form project d are my favorites.

 

i think the 4th stage is the best so far. it's not too heavy on the storyline, but the battles are all top notch. ryosuke is the shit.

 

you mean when he drifted with no hands lighting his cigarette? That shit was funny...ahhh man im gonna watch it again now...

 

does tak ever loose?

 

he lost in the 2nd stage to sudo koichi in the black evo III... takumi pushed the 86 too hard and blew the engine.

 

Love that show!! I love the battle between the two AE86's.

 

there's also bunta in 4th stage, but does that really count?

 

All my initial d from 1st stage to 4th is in jap with english sub. Good shit right there. My fav ep was in 4th stage ep 6 or 7 when takumi gets pwned by bunta. hahahaha1

 

Your best bet is to just ebay the first 3 seasons on dvd. Then you should download season 4 via torrent.

Tokyopop ruined the battles by adding horrible effects to the street races. The orginals are definatly better.

You can also download the manga, which is also a great read.

My only gripe with season 4 is that horrible girl in the FD. If I have to hear "my darling" one more time I'm going to hope her engine blows and she goes flying right off the touge.

 

Oh bro, she's cool. She could whoop your ass in a race. I'm guessing repeatly saying, "My darling," doesn't sound nearly as annoying to the Japanese ear since anything English is cool to them.