Initial D (Tokyopop Dub)

Initial D is a 1998 anime adaptation of the 1995 manga of the same name. Initial D was first dubbed by Tokyopop.

Why This Dub Sucks

 * 1) Unlike a few 4Kids Dubs, such as the infamous dub of One Piece, this dub of Initial D by Tokyopop had ruined many aspects of this anime, which is considered as the 4Kids levels of dubbing.
 * 2) All the Eurobeat Songs was replaced with generic Hip-Hop/Rock music.
 * 3) Some of the character names were changed, but not limited to:
 * 4) * Takumi Fujiwara to Tak
 * 5) * Natsuki Mogi to Natalie
 * 6) * Keisuke Takahashi to K.T.
 * 7) * Takeshi Nakazato to Zack
 * 8) * Mako Sato to Maya
 * 9) * Sayuki to Simone
 * 10) * Koichiro Iketani to Cole
 * 11) * Itsuki Takeuchi to Iggy
 * 12) * Ryosuke Takahashi to Ry
 * 13) * Kenta Nakamura to Kent
 * 14) * Kyoichi Sudo to Kyle
 * 15) * Seiji Iwaki to Hawk
 * 16) * Wataru Akiyama to Aki
 * 17) Some 4Kids levels of editing/censorship was included in this dub, like some scenes of Natsuki in a bond with her Father being removed, nudity being censored, etc.
 * 18) Various amounts of special effects that ruined the aspects of the races.
 * 19) The iconic 4AGE engine sound on the AE86 was replaced with a V8, which makes it sound like a Muscle Car, which affected on many cars as well, making sound a lot like American Muscle instead of a Japanese Import.
 * 20) The game from the dub of the show itself, "Initial D: Mountain Vengeance" was terrible.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The theme song, "Initialize by Drop Logic" for the dub itself was catchy and quite decent.
 * 2) This show itself was good, but the dub itself is bad.
 * 3) Decent voice acting.
 * 4) Some of the character names were unchanged from the original version.
 * 5) It might have a bit of a charm from the original version.
 * 6) Their merchandising was good and decent.

Reception
This dub has got to be one of the worst dubs of anime, despite some fans even think this dub of Initial D was like the 4Kids dub of One Piece.

Trivia

 * Despite Tokyopop following it's bankruptcy for Initial D, Funimation had took over and redubbed that said anime, which not only undo the mess that Tokyopop has done, but hired new actors.