Wangan Midnight

Synopsis

Based on a seinen manga by Kusunoki Michiharu serialised in Young Magazine. One day, Akio Asakura, a third year high school student, is driving his Fairlady Z (Z31) and is challenged by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo (nicknamed the "BlackBird"). With a friend in the passenger seat and two girls in the back, Akio pitifully tries to win, but is defeated. Determined to become faster, he goes to the junkyard to buy parts for his car, when he sees a pristine, unscratched midnight blue Fairlady Z (S30) in the junkyard. Intrigued as to why such a machine is about to be junked, he buys it. He soon finds that the car is unnaturally fast due to a tuned L28 engine, bored and stroked to 3.1 liters combined with twin turbos, which produces 620bhp. He also finds that all of the car's previous owners had unfortunate accidents in it, starting with the first owner's death. The manga follows Akio's various encounters, though the central plot revolves around his constant battle with the BlackBird for superiority.

Characters & Voice Actors

Tatsuya ShimaMain

Shinichirou MikiJP

Akio AsakuraMain

Shun OguriJP

Reina AkikawaMain

Reiko SuhouJP

Eriko AsakuraSupporting

Mamiko NotoJP

Rikako OotaSupporting

Rie TanakaJP

Kou TominagaSupporting

Susumu ChibaJP

Jun KitamiSupporting

Kenta MiyakeJP

Kouta TakahashiSupporting

Anri KatsuJP

Staff

Michiharu KusunokiOriginal Creator

Tsuneo TominagaStoryboard (eps 3, 7, 10, 14-17, 20)

Tsuneo TominagaDirector

Susumu KudouStoryboard (eps 1, 5, 11)

TRFTheme Song Performance (OP)

Toshimasa SuzukiStoryboard (eps 22, 24)

Keiichi TsuchiyaSupervisor

Hiroshi KimuraStoryboard (eps 6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 23)

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