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Media[edit] The Initial D franchise logo Manga[edit] Main article: List of Initial D chapters Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno, Initial D was serialized for eighteen years by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from July 17, 1995,[4][5] to July 29, 2013. [6][7] Kodansha collected its 719 individual chapters in forty-eight tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 1995,[8] to November 6, 2013. [9] In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Tokyopop (along with the anime series) in 2001. [10][11] The company changed the names of the characters in the anime edition, and subsequently changed them in the manga to match. [12][13] These name changes matched the name changes that Sega implemented into the Western releases of the Initial D Arcade Stage video games. [12] Tokyopop also censored the brief scenes of nudity from the original manga. [1] In addition, "street slang" was interlaced in translations. [13] The company released thirty-three volumes from May 21, 2002,[14] to January 13, 2009,[15] before they announced in August 2009 that their manga licensing contracts with Kodansha had expired. [16] In April 2019, ComiXology and Kodansha USA announced that they had released volumes 1 to 38 digitally, while volumes 39 to 48 were released in July of the same year. [17][18] In August 2023, Kodansha USA announced that they would be re-releasing the manga in an omnibus format with new translation and lettering beginning in 2024. [19] The first volume is set to be released on March 19, 2024; it has three cover variants: a new cover made by Kodansha USA, a Crunchyroll and direct market exclusive variant, and a Kinokuniya variant.
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