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Season: 2
Episode: 1

A New Threat
Air Date:14/10/1999
Emperor, a team of Lan Evos from the Tochigi prefecture has arrived with the goal to crush every team in Gunma. Soon they realize the fastest car in Gunma isn’t just Akagi’s White Comet, but also a new downhill legend known as Akina’s Eight-Six.

Name: Yukihiro Shino
Role: Director
Department: Directing

Name: Hiroshi Toda
Role: Writer
Department: Writing

Name: Aki Tsunaki
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Masaki Sato
Role: Supervising Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Aki Tsunaki
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Shin'ichi Masaki
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Character: Takeshi Nakazato (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Keiji Fujiwara
Character: Shingo Shoji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Yusa
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Takahiro Sakurai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 2

Team Emperor on Akina
Air Date:21/10/1999
What would happen if the Eight-Six gets a new upgrade? That’s exactly what Iketani and Itsuki has been thinking about to increase the performance of Takumi’s vehicle. But would Bunta allow it? Elsewhere, team Emperor’s winning streak isn’t slowing down as they continue to sweep across Gunma, defeating every race team with ease. Their next target, Akina’s Eight-Six.

Name: Yuzo Yamada
Role: Director
Department: Directing

Name: Shohei Kohara
Role: Supervising Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Hiroshi Toda
Role: Writer
Department: Writing

Name: Koichi Maruyama
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Naoyasu Habu
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Character: Takeshi Nakazato (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Keiji Fujiwara
Character: Shingo Shoji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yoshiro Fukui
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kouichi Ikai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Takeshi Hayashi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 3

The Feeling of Defeat
Air Date:28/10/1999
Kyoiichi senses an uncanny fighting spirit within the Eight-Six’s driver, as he gives Seiji strict rules against the race. Seiji however decides to ignore these rules and launches his Evo IV into full power. Takumi is outclassed in almost every category as the Evo IV’s power is truly amazing. The battle risk escalates when the race reaches it’s second half point of the coarse.

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kouichi Ikai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Takeshi Hayashi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Hidenari Ugaki
Character: Papa (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 4

Hollow Victory
Air Date:04/11/1999
In his heart, Takumi couldn’t accept his victory over the Evo IV and decides to make a vow. To add to his already uneasy thoughts … anonymous messages are being sent to Takumi concerning his relationship with Natsuki.

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kouichi Ikai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Hidenari Ugaki
Character: Papa (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 5

Countdown to Destruction
Air Date:11/11/1999
Takumi soon discovers Natsuki’s secret that leads him to vent his anger in an egotistic battle against Kyoiichi at Akagi, thinking little of the huge disadvantage he has.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kouichi Ikai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 6

Goodbye Eight-Six
Air Date:19/11/1999
Kyoiichi is realizing just how incredible Akina’s downhill is, yet he has full confidence in his rally tuned Evo III. Takumi soon realizes the difference between the Eight-Six and the loud banging horsepower of the Evo III. It seems that Bunta instinctively knows of the race taking place as a major turning point is about to happen in the series.

Name: Nobuaki Kishima
Role: Writer
Department: Writing

Name: Yuzo Yamada
Role: Director
Department: Directing

Name: Shohei Kohara
Role: Supervising Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Koichi Maruyama
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Naoyasu Habu
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art

Name: Koichi Maruyama
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects

Name: Shin'ichi Masaki
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Fumihiro (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kouichi Ikai
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 7

Battle at Akagi
Air Date:25/11/1999
With the Eight-Six out of the picture, the RedSuns has become the main representatives of Gunma, as every local racer within the prefecture are in favor of Emperor’s defeat. Ryosuke has returned on the street to defeat the revenge-seeking Kyoiichi, who plans to use his theories of motorsports against the White Comet. Also, Iketani and Kenji spot another racer from a neighbouring prefecture.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Character: Takeshi Nakazato (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Keiji Fujiwara
Character: Shingo Shoji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 8

Dangerous Car
Air Date:02/12/1999
Mt. Akagi’s battle continues, as Ryosuke has his own theories about streetracing…and he plans to demonstrate it’s difference on Kyoiichi’s Evo III. Back in Akina, Takumi’s routine way of life is gone with the absence of the Eight-Six and the discovery of Natsuki’s secret.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Character: Takeshi Nakazato (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Keiji Fujiwara
Character: Shingo Shoji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Fumihiro (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Masahiko Tanaka
Character: Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuhisa Kawahara
Character: Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 9

The New Eight-Six
Air Date:09/12/1999
The Eight-Six has returned undergoing a major change. Takumi soon test-drives the new performance much to his mixed satisfactions and disappointments, but what he doesn’t understand is what Bunta knows what’s within that car. Also, the relationship between Takumi and Natsuki is falling apart, but Itsuki’s heart is shaken with the appearance of Kazumi.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Yusa
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 10

The Eight-Six Turbo!
Air Date:16/12/1999
After Wataru issues a short-lived battle against Keisuke, his sister Kazumi introduces him to Itsuki leading to a chance meeting with another Eight-Six driver. At first everything seems right with the meeting, but because of Takumi’s naïve reaction to his car’s new downhill weapon, Wataru rubs it the wrong way as his bad side emerges.

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Osamu Hosoi
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Yusa
Character: Man (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 11

The Seal Has Been Broken
Air Date:06/01/2000
Fujiwara takes up the challenge and decides where the battle would take place. But before he can accept Wataru’s challenge, he’ll have to learn the most basic essentials of what it means to be a streetracer. Also, Itsuki’s relationship with Kazumi is teaching him the value of having a girlfriend.

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Koji Ishii
Character: Masashi Suzuki (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 12

Eight-Six vs. Eight-Six
Air Date:13/01/2000
Fujiwara is about to experience a completely different type of racer within Wataru’s own Eight-Six, in a treacherous mountain pass consisted of mixed elevations, rusting guardrails, unexpected traps and aging rough pavements. As Takumi presses down the accelerator, the true nature of the Eight-Six’s new hidden weapon emerges in it’s monstrous raw performance.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting
Episode: 13

Changing Seasons
Air Date:20/01/2000
The battle between the two Eight-Sixes have met Wataru’s satisfaction much higher than he expected, but he plans to decide the outcome of this battle with the judgement of the human body’s limitations. Takumi soon realizes he is losing grip of his pace. After the battle, a series of revelations take place among all the characters in preparation to what’s coming next.

Name: Takehito Koyasu
Character: Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomokazu Seki
Character: Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kazuki Yao
Character: Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Unsho Ishizuka
Character: Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ayako Kawasumi
Character: Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Tomomichi Nishimura
Character: Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Wataru Takagi
Character: Kenji (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Character: Takeshi Nakazato (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Kousuke Okano
Character: Kenta Nakamura (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Yasunori Matsumoto
Character: Wataru Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting

Name: Ryoka Yuzuki
Character: Kazumi Akiyama (voice)
Department: Acting