But Cowboy Bebop is not the final frontier of the space western, as there are many more that should be highlighted. The only other cars were more sports car oriented than the AE86 (S12 Silvia, Celica/Supra, etc.) He’s not a Bozo, he doesn’t get along with them. At the time, Group 5 racing was popular and he gradually modified his Skyline Japan to resemble the Super Silhouette cars with exaggerated flares and spoilers. On that JNCarticle about initialD final stage some guy named Nigel stated we need a prequel and we had some great comments. or did he eschew a seat on a pro team for more philosophical reasons? Sporty, well designed, not-so-powerful, no-nonsense RWD sports coupe with a 5-speed on the floor to boot. Playing next. It’s light, doesn’t drink too much fuel, and is cheap!Hmmm, maybe it should be the car that started his tofu business, or at least the delivery duties.I was thinking Starlet or b110, both have similar power.I’m not gonna lie, I always imagined that younger Bunta would’ve been the badass zokusha type. He was the first of his friends to get a car, so they all piled in, cranked up The Blue Hearts cassette, and started attending informal meets. It would have to be around Christmas that she ended it, explaining both Bunta and Takumi’s aversion to celebrating.it leaves a lot of questions unanswered though, so it’s sort of like a comic book movie level reboot.Lotsa choices, but: used, RWD and cheap enough to buy and tweak. After the race season he debates with himself if he should stay with the team or go back to his touge roots. For some reason I see him owning an early Datsun 240Z…… Inline 6…..side drafts…rwd…..yea that’s the ticket!
These were thought of as total S**t by disenfranchised rednecks everywhere who thought that this would be a first-generation Challenger with a smaller body so most of them had been junked by 1997. That’s where he meets Keichi where they begin as rivals first then become good friends. If I ever found one I would trade my rust free CRX with nearly no hesitation.I saw a unicorn once and thought I had seen a Plymouth Sapporo.“…..but then again Bunta doesn’t seem like the brand loyal type.”You’re forgetting in the series, he gets a Subaru Impreza WRX after Takumi gets the Hachi. What? What would Bunta drive in an Initial D prequel? First racing with a slightly modded 3k engine but after a very heated one sided battle with a far more superior car the engine threw a conrod and was replaced by a 3kr after he accepted an offer to stand as a one time driver for a works team. I would think a straight prequel would be the rivalry between Bunta and Kai’s (2nd gen MR2 driver) father.For a younger Bunta in the late 70s, I’d say a 510. Log in sign up. That’s an early Mitsubishi Galant GTO.
He turned his nose up at the domestic rides and only had eyes for a 1960s Ford Mustang fastback. In about 1980, it wasn’t a valuable collectors’ car, it had just recently been phased out of production a few years prior. The weight of the car and his friends actually helped him refine his control as he did donuts in pachinko parlor parking lots and tried to evade police through city streets. the chose the Sprinter because it was an excellent platform to learn the fundamentals on. Kind of like Ryosuke. there were some great cars coming out of Japan in the mid 70’s through the early 80’s, the period that Bunta would likely have gained his reputation for terrorizing the Tōge before the AE86 was released. the chose the Sprinter because it was an excellent platform to learn the fundamentals on.
The Mother has a raging case of undiagnosed postpartum depression. Bunta doesn’t strike me as a rotary guy for some reason.
Scroll down to see the winner of the last QotW, “ Since he seems to prefer handling and balance to outright power, it would be a sensible choice for him to have. )totally morbid, but very believable from a Japanese drama sort of angle. A subreddit for fans of the manga and anime series, Initial D. Discussion of … Press J to jump to the feed. Like how the ae86 was seen in the mid to late 90s.