WATCH TIME

How long does it take to watch Initial D First Stage?

Watching the Initial D First Stage main story takes 50 h 38 min (118 episodes and the films). At 2 hours a day that is 26 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 57 h 13 min.

Main story
50 h 38 min
Episodes
118
1 h a day
51 days
2 h a day
26 days
4 h a day
13 days
Non-stop
2.1 days
Binge calculator

You will finish Initial D First Stage in 26 days (about 4 weeks).

BREAKDOWN

Time per season and film

Watch order
  1. Initial D First Stage · TV series · 1998 · 26 ep.10 h 50 min
  2. Initial D Second Stage · TV series · 1999 · 13 ep.4 h 59 min
  3. Initial D Third Stage · Movie · 20011 h 44 min
  4. Initial D Fourth Stage · TV series · 2004 · 24 ep.10 h 48 min
  5. Initial D Fifth Stage · TV series · 2012 · 14 ep.6 h 18 min
  6. Initial D Final Stage · TV series · 2014 · 4 ep.1 h 48 min
  7. MF Ghost · TV series · 2023 · 12 ep.4 h 36 min
  8. MF Ghost Season 2 · TV series · 2024 · 12 ep.4 h 36 min
  9. MF Ghost Season 3 · Web series · 2026 · 13 ep.4 h 59 min
  10. Initial D Extra Stage · OVA · 2001 · 2 ep. · extra54 min
  11. Initial D Battle Stage · OVA · 2002 · 1 ep. · extra52 min
  12. Initial D: Project D to the Next Stage - Project D e Mukete · Special · 2007 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  13. Initial D Battle Stage 2 · OVA · 2007 · 1 ep. · extra1 h 20 min
  14. Initial D Extra Stage 2 · OVA · 2008 · 1 ep. · extra54 min
  15. Initial D Legend 1: Awakening · Movie · 2014 · extra1 h 2 min
  16. Initial D Legend 2: Racer · Movie · 2015 · extraruntime unknown
  17. New Initial D Movie: Legend 3 - Mugen · Movie · 2016 · extraruntime unknown
  18. Initial D Battle Stage 3 · OVA · 2021 · 1 ep. · extra1 h 33 min
  19. New Initial D Movie: Battle Digest · OVA · 2022 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  20. GR86 x Initial D · Web series · 2022 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown

5 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.

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