Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Tea-O
As a car enthusiast, it’s always cool to see an anime about racing. Seeing Ferraris, Lamborghinis, GT-Rs and other real road cars racing together on Japanese mountain roads and urban circuits? That’s awesome. The concept is genuinely cool. Modern street racing championship, real cars, nice locations — on paper, it should work.
But honestly… apart from the concept and the cars, the rest is kind of a mess.
First problem: the realism.
The anime wants to be half realistic, half spectacular. They explain driving techniques, racing lines, weight transfer, tire grip… and then what we see on screen completely contradicts that. Overtakes on the outside at 130 km/h between sidewalks. Less powerful cars magically beating stronger ones even though the drivers are supposedly at a similar level.
And…
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Its basically initial D, but with a better focus on romance and character relationships. It does a lot of things better than its predecessor - introduces all racers at the start, instead of the monster of the week formula in Initial D, where they beat the strongest and best racer just for a new strongest and best racer to show up in a new season. It has more interesting side characters and story lines, and the entire idea of it being an actual racing season works so well in building the hype.
It also does a lot of things worse - the main character is basically an ideal guy, all the girls love him, and he's straight up the best driver who is only limited by his car (im imagining further seasons will fix this), but he also has the most boring personality because of this perfect guy persona.…
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Man. I know we shouldn't expect new anime to rise to some the greatness of the past, but MF Ghost is just so disappointing compared to Initial D, it's almost unbelievable. It's almost intentional.
The entirety of season 1 has one race and 2 qualifiers. ONE RACE. Initial D had a new race every 2-3 episodes! And the race itself? Mostly supercars driving in a straight line where raw horsepower is the main factor that counts. Gone are the days of intertwined tracks that allowed clever tricks for the underdog to beat superior opponents. I mean some of that is still here in MF Ghost but we got like one drift that is a reference to what Takumi taught Kanata and some overtaking and that's about it...
Speaking of Takumi, remember when people said he is too plain and lacks personality? Boy oh boy,…
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Initial D is my favourite anime of all time, I tried watching it and holy shit this is the most abysmal thing I have ever seen. The characters have no personality, the race chorography and pacing is WAY more boring and slow than in Fifth Stage. (seriously how did they manage to do that?) And the story has no substance to it. and Shuichi Shigeno is a very horny man and likes to draw 17 year old girls panties for some reason.
Basically, this is one of the worst pieces of media I have ever seen, it is comparable to the Emoji movie, Jaws The Revenge, Piranha II, or The Rise of Skywalker. It is abysmally incompetent.
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Watched Initial D growing up, and this is so nostalgic. I missed the eurobeats and unrealistic takeovers!
This is for the simple working man. Man see car. Man see car race. Man see car drift. Man hear fast music. Man happy.
Art is simple, characters are simple, story is simple. For the simple people this is an easy 10/10. People with "distinguished" palettes wouldn't understand the joy of the comforting McDonald's 10 piece and wouldn't understand the comfort of this show.
This is one of those shows where you don't overthink it. Just chill and enjoy the craziest drifts and testosterone pumping action.
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Horrible show with terrible racing that fetishizes underage girls, makes me wanna throw up.
Racing feels soulless and is dragged out painfully. 12 episodes feel like 120.
Art style is very generic and the CGI somehow looks worse than Initial D fifth stage from 2013.
Characters are soulless and forgettable, I couldn't bring myself to care for any of them, let alone like or relate to them.
Fan service showing underage girls being preyed upon while wearing close to nothing is the most disgusting shit I've ever seen in any racing related media in my whole life, and somehow, it seems like half of the show's runtime is only about that.
An absolute insult to Initial D and car enthusiasts in general.
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Take this with a grain of salt, as I've never seen Initial D. As a motorsport and car fan, hearing that a new racing/motorsport/car culture anime was being made and available to watch was amazing to hear. The story is more of an underdog going pro, which is basically a feel-good story where our main character gets a shitbox car, a Toyota 86, and goes all out with his knowledge and skill from a European driving school. Oh, and not to mention, he wants to know his father, which is why he's joining this racing series.
However, the series lacks world-building, particularly with regard to the fact that the world has gone electric, as the MF Ghost announcer has hardly mentioned it. Most of the cars you see are internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, and the cars on the road don't look electric.…
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I have caught up with this anime after finishing a rewatch of my beloved Initial D :)
To sum it up, it does not have the style and sound of the original (nothing beats the sound files and these hand-drawn backdrops) but it does improve on the things that were not perfect in Initial D, meaning:
- the races are fun and engaging, following a couple of drivers instead of focusing on doghfights, like the original, which gives a sense of variety
- the races aren't talky, in fact they are quite well-balanced in terms of theory and action
- the track choice is great (no change here, Initial D was amazing too in that aspect). ESPECIALLY HI LOVE, I love that song omg
Now for the negatives:
- the main character is a bit annoying. He just drools over everything Japanese to the point where it's too m…
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Full disclaimer, I am a MASSIVE Initial D fan. I genuinely love the show, so when I noticed this, MF Ghost, I immediately became very excited. However, to ensure I was not disappointed, I lowered my expectations, and watched this objectively rather than with the bias of my love for Initial D. I have to be honestly, I'm glad I did.
Starting with the sorry, as this is the shows least redeeming feature. Second disclaimer, I watch anime Dubbed, and before the cry baby elitists start moaning, I watch while I work. As I can't understand Japanese, I have to watch dub else I won't have time to watch at all. Sadly for me, as someone from the UK, the voice acting for Kanata might be one of the worst things I have ever listened to. It is absolutely horrendous, borderline unlistenable. Setting this t…
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The content presented was undeniably commendable, showcasing a commendable level of quality and creativity. However, a lingering sense of curiosity and a mild hint of frustration arose from the intentional cliffhanger employed. The narrative skillfully drew the audience in, only to leave them yearning for resolution. While this choice added an element of suspense, it also left some wanting more closure. Nevertheless, the overall impact was noteworthy, earning the work a solid 10 in my evaluation. The combination of excellence and the strategic use of suspenseful elements contributed to a memorable experience, even if the desire for more information lingered in the aftermath of the presentation.
Read at the sourceRian_Rahmat
This is the latest breakthrough from the previously famous racing anime series Initial D, When I heard the names Fujiwara Takumi and Takahashi Ryousuke I felt goosebumps, It turns out that this is the same world as its predecessor and it makes me happy to hear the legends of the past mentioned in this anime.
However, after hearing the history of what happened to Takumi, I felt sad, and I didn't know what really happened to make it happen like that, Even though it has been explained, I need more information.
The soundtrack and opening song are good, this makes me nostalgic for the old days, As for the story telling and some of the characters, there are similarities to Initial D, but I don't mind that, The most important thing is that the latest generation of racing anime is primarily prese…
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12 of the 24 episodes of MF Ghost are finally over and it's time to see how it fairs on it's own and compared to Initial D. Spoiler alert, not good at all.
From the get go the main downside of the show is the lack of originality in it, and I'm not talking about the racing/street racing/whatever racing aspect of the show, but the characters, the premise, the stakes and the structure itself. Didn't read the manga as to be honest reading a racing manga feels quite boring without the noise and animations. So I'm mostly going blind here.
This time around MC is a hot genius racing driver who is mixed Japanese (which implies the hot aspect if you aren't aware) that travels to Japan to take part in MFG racing and in the background to search for his father that left him and his mother in the past.…
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MF Ghost is the most garbage seasonal anime of Fall 2023 and a disservice to not only the anime that came before it, but racing in general. Here's why:
The worldbuilding is as shallow as it gets. If the narrator didn't tell you that the automotive industry went fully electric and self-driving at episode 1 you wouldn't have guessed it. The author makes no conscious effort to remind you of that fact, and it gets forgotten the moment that it is mentioned. You might as well consider the setting as basically mid-late 2010s Japan because that's basically all there is to it. I find it completely hilarious how the MFG race is one of the last bastions of fossil powered racing, but motorsports like Rally and open wheel series like F3 are mentioned and the author makes no conscious effort to say tha…
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tl;dr - Wait or look for an abridged version and just watch that instead. This is a snooze fest.
An immediate future sequal to Initial D with new drivers and a bunch of references to the age of Takumi Fujiwara who drove the iconic panda colored Toyota Trueno AE86, also known as the 'hachi-roku' (eight six).
Instead of illegal street racing, things have moved on to a future where combustion engine cars are rare and droven only in the "Emm Effu Gee" (MFG) race, a novel concept in an age of electric motors.
Filled with super cars, our main protagonist Katagiri Kanata, a mixed Japanese and English teenager, drives a modern but comparatively under-specced Toyota Corolla/86 with the car number 86 (get it? Do you get the reference yet? Remember Initial D?).
Rather than one on one races we hav…
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MF Ghost is not a sequel to Initial D. Mostly a fake attempt to draw attention from Initial D fans.
The anime show can be nice from a general point of view, even if at the limit, mostly because it wants to inherit a lot of things from Initial D, mostly because it't the same writer and because money and studios need to make them, but, there are ton's of missing spots and problems, that if not present or better managed, would make this anime a very good one and a real sequel to Initial D.
Few points:
- The MFG trial is a good idea, but on an Anime placed on a realistic environment, like Initial D was, it's an impossible idea to realize, you can't have cars driving and competing at 250km/h on a public road, with a ton of possible hazard, but it's an anime, so, we can pass on that.
- Bri…
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TLDR: Save yourself the time and just stick with the original Initial D
MF Ghost is an Initial D copy with all personality and charm stripped off. The anime tries to score nostalgia points and that's all it has. The cast are carbon copies of the original cast, but have nothing interesting going on. There is no real interaction with any of the other racers. The races themselves have 0 stakes and just sort of happen.
This show only seems to exists to gouge if there's enough interest to milk the IP. That's honestly the only reason I can think off why this exists.
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Ok I'm gonna cut to the chase. MF ghost is a good anime about cars and a very bad anime about literally everything else. The worst part being that the portion between the cars and everything else is split into 50-50. So what is this everything else? The stupid Angel stuff which the main female character has a job in.
The Angel stuff is where girls of basically 17 to 28 years old are almost naked and hold signs up for the drivers to signal the start of the race. This is not something that is simply mentioned once and forgotten about. 25% of EVERY EPISODE has this. A full 25%. So is the rest 75% about racing? Nope. Another 15% is basically the slice of life portion where the main character Kanata, is the absolute best boy ever and is touring Japan like the perfect tourist. He doesn't think…
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Caution: MF Ghost is not an Initial D successor.
It's best to judge MF Ghost on its own rather than comparing it to Initial D because it falls far short in comparison. It's passable on its own, but it doesn't have the same essence and soul as the original, which made it such a success.
This show loves referencing the fact that it is even linked to Initial D.
It literally tries to reference it in every spot imaginable; it likes to reference Takumi, but he isn't even in Japan anymore; Ryosuke has only made an appearance on screen; and the only Initial D characters shown in MF Ghost are minuscule side characters people only notice after they reference themselves from a race from the Initial D series.
The main problem with this anime is that it has a lot of romance and filler content. To pu…
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I know it’s insane to say as someone who grew up in the 90s and 2000s, but I’ve never seen Initial D. Therefore, I don’t have the emotional and nostalgic connection that many people have with MF Ghost and it didn’t resonate with me.
As someone who hadn’t seen Initial D, I found MF Ghost to be decent on the whole. There’s some really epic racing scenes, hot girls and comedy, but that’s about it. Or never really crossed into the really good territory for me. It was clear that this series plays heavily on nostalgia for a bygone era and a previous series, and to really get the full enjoyment out of it you need to have grown up in that era/watched the original.
Since I couldn’t relate to those things, for me, I actually thought that the character interactions and motivations were the best pa…
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MF Ghost - the long-awaited sequel to AniManga's God-tier racing series of all time: Initial D. The one BIG problem: it just doesn't feel like a successor at all.
Let me put this disclaimer: I am a HUGE fan of legendary mangaka Shuichi Shigeno's Initial D; it was one of the late 90s anime that I used to have the DVD collection to throughout its many stages from First Stage in 1998 to Final Stage in 2014; the manga's humble start in 1995 all the way to 2013; plus even all (or most) of the incredible OSTs of its many seasons, spearheaded by the one thing that the anime has an edge over the manga counterpart: the romanticization of Eurobeat. So, you can easily imagine that my hype for MF Ghost is through the roof, considering that it's the spiritual sequel to the best racing series of all ti…
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