Posted Aug 12 2009, 03:45 PM by Mike Garrett with 37 comment(s)

It seems like every month there's a new "racing movie" released in Japan. They usually have cheesy special effects and even cheesier storylines, but maybe the new Wangan Midnight live action film will be better?

The trailer looks decent, and it also happens to fit in the well with our Speed theme this month.

I'll certainly be giving it a watch.

-Mike Garrett

 


Comments

CRacing said:

I love the Anime... let´s whait and see....

But it looks this "Devil Z" it isn´t Turbo powered as in the Anime also the "Black Bird" its stock

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August 12, 2009 4:17 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Pablo said:

Hum looked like the first 12 episodes. Damn Devil Z

August 12, 2009 4:29 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

JeremyL said:

its looks like a initial D movie only, no drifitng if you guys never heard of it check out the link

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August 12, 2009 4:44 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

JeremyL said:

sorry about that wrong link

www.youtube.com/watch

August 12, 2009 5:04 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Robert said:

Looks interesting. Any word on an English dub or do I have to learn Japanese to enjoy it? :P

August 12, 2009 5:16 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Quicksilver said:

This started as a manga in japan just like Initial D. im interested to see it. the live action Initial D wasn't horrible so this shouldn't be to bad

August 12, 2009 5:21 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

7M said:

Looks interesting, but they should of used the Star Road S30 as a model to base the Devil Z off of.

August 12, 2009 5:31 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Magnus said:

Hmmm could be sick just seems like the anime was better.

August 12, 2009 5:34 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Revgasm_Josh said:

Devil Z looks pretty weak here....

August 12, 2009 5:36 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Revgasm_Josh said:

Devil Z looks pretty weak here....

August 12, 2009 5:36 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

worker bee said:

looks cheesy but I'd watch it just see the cars. I doesn't even have to be in English. Japanese would help me to ignore the soap opera bits...

August 12, 2009 5:48 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Patrick Vidal said:

also loved the anime, used it for reference for a recent project of mine.  I even also found stills from this movie production.  So far it lookgs great!, I'm very excited to see the finished film. :)

August 12, 2009 5:54 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Slonie said:

This looks horrible.

And by that, I mean I would definitely watch it.

August 12, 2009 6:31 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Mohammed said:

Japanese/Chinese are not good in making movies.... I'm sure it will fail

They are only good at anime (Which I totally love)

August 12, 2009 7:05 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

AWD ATTK said:

ruining another anime, just leave them alone!

August 12, 2009 8:36 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Acetone said:

Cars lining up on the street. Flame spitting nitrous. Inaccurate cars from the manga. Fast & Furious elements. Looks like this "modernize" version is gonna suck real bad. I reckon the 1990s version is still better imo. :(

August 12, 2009 8:47 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Big-b said:

I hate to jump on this based on the trailer alone...   but this looks terrible!

Why remake this?  The original live-action Wangan Midnight films from the 80's weren't great films, but atmospherically they were fantastic.  Cars were spot-on, and the sound of the triple-carb turbo Z was unbelievable...

/geezer mode: off/

August 12, 2009 8:53 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

kOOpA said:

oh dang, he used the blue flame backfire move!

August 12, 2009 9:11 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Section09 said:

They could've done so much better IMO. The characters look like pop stars, some cars are wrong, and the eerie feeling of the devil Z is just not there. Too bad, Ill still watch it tho

August 12, 2009 9:25 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

spaztic1 said:

dont suppose yous could do a blog with a list of japanese car movies i want to watch em but dont no any other then this and initial d

August 12, 2009 9:40 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Dylan said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but i'm 100% sure the weird like through the turbine and out the exhaust nitrousy bit at the very end of the teaser was ripped right out of Fast and the Furious, like the exact same footage that they used in the first movie. How can they get away with that?

August 12, 2009 11:50 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Cobalt_Griffin said:

Does anyone else feel like the Blackbird should be a GT-2 Porsche? It looks great from here though. Initial D was good, but not great. Hopefully this does not really disapoint. The details matter, but let's enjoy it for what it is.

August 13, 2009 12:19 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Hundredpercent said:

THE Z has NO ZG flares  it looks soo diferent the driver din´t look like akio ! the Porsche looks also 2 stock

i don´t like it !

August 13, 2009 12:21 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

ed said:

that trailer was pretty ghey. jdm fast and the furious much?

August 13, 2009 12:45 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

JDM YO said:

whjohoo hell yeah!

August 13, 2009 1:11 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Matt said:

This is news to me! You guys should cover more Japanese racing movies, or at least do a feature on 'em. They seem like a big part of speed culture to me.

August 13, 2009 5:56 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

wai said:

disappointed....they should know that the cars are a huge part of the movie....they didnt' get the stance right on the Z.  

August 13, 2009 9:54 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Bendoe said:

Looks like a stupid F&F movie

August 13, 2009 9:56 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

chad said:

god dammit. is it really that hard to just copy something exactly? i dont understand why everyone feels the need to put some hip hop bullshit into things that have to do with cars.

August 13, 2009 10:55 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Daniel said:

hmm... the Z at the junkyard is a 2+2 Model, even tho the rest of the movie you see a two seater...

August 13, 2009 11:02 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

ryanaldo said:

would love if the new midnight club game was set on the wangan .

August 13, 2009 12:47 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

DuLUX said:

This reminds me of this video game Called Tokyo Extreme Racer for the Dreamcast and PS2

August 13, 2009 2:41 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Fooman said:

I know in 1970 who was faster between the 911 and the 240z...  And it was not Stuttgart....

August 14, 2009 12:36 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Warren said:

Hey Mohammed, I think you don't have a clue what are japanese/chinese movies, I mean real ones, not that. I wonder which ones you saw to be so affirmative.....

And that last bit about anime made you sound like a real otaku...

August 14, 2009 1:43 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Cloud said:

@hundretpercent: in the beginning the devilz didnt sport the zg flares, afterwards akio mounted them along with some racing mirrors on the doors, which were mounted on the wheelarches before. so thats correct, unfortunately it's one of the few things however.

August 15, 2009 4:00 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Kolbotn Kid said:

What Big-b Said!

August 17, 2009 3:18 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

asbo said:

the ferrari wasnt the same as in the anime..

need english subs tho  

id deffo watch it

August 17, 2009 3:55 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters