Sorry, long time no see!!! We're back to wrap up First Stage with some respect for Shigeno, a Ryosuke timeline discussion, Takumi dipped in liquid and just a very long list of reasons why this show is good actually. Good vibes only (allegidly)
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Song pick: Beat of the Rising Sun
Next time, Initial D Second stage: episodes 1 and 2: "A New Threat" and "Team Emperor on Akina"

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Eiffel 65 - Blue
Festus - Nissan, Nissan ("Ai se eu te pego" parody)

Ryosuke lore. Timeline discussions. Tire vans. Digimon the Movie. The Father. The Son. The Holy Spirit. Gary Oak. Tarzan.

Song pick: Night of Fire
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 23 and 24: "The Last Battle" and "The New Downhill Legend!"

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Music:
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Festus - Nissan, Nissan ("Ai se eu te pego" parody)

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HYAAH! Ever wanted to yell at people at 4 am in the middle of the road? Keisuke supports you! Everyone in this show has a phd in reverse psychology, but no one can do math when it comes to inheriting pride.  Takumi plays 'Where's Waldo: Bunta edition'.
Song pick: Save me
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 9 and 10: "Battle to the limit!" and "Explosion! Five point hairpin" 

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Two bros chilling at 3am on a mountain, 5 feet apart because they're talking shit! Beethoven discovers eurobeat. Anime crimes of their teenage years rear their ugly head. Oh yeah, Spock is there too.

Extras
Song pick: Back On The Rocks
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 7 and 8: "Pride Of A Racer" and "Time's Almost Up!"

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Do you ever talk to your car like it's a horse? Is pizza sauce an appropriate form of censorship? Bribing your son with gasoline is a valid parenting strategy. Ognjen presents Tekken's bizzare lore adventure. The car normies introduce Song of the season and rate post-mortem ways of showing off your car. 

Extras
Song pick: Get me power
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 5 and 6: "Dogfight!" and "A New Challenger"

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Happy birthday Initial D First stage! Should a 12 year old drive a car? What do Dio and Snufkin have in common? Iketani meets his maker for the crimes he hasn't committed yet. The car normies talk about bad naming conventions, cryptid hunting and jumping over the pope.

Extras mentioned in this episode
Song pick for this episode: Remember me
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 3 and 4: "The Downhill Specialist Appears" and "Into the Battle!"

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Ever wondered where Deja Vu came from? Or what inspired multi-track drifting?
Ognjen and Wojtek, the car normies, cover how they got into Initial D and why you should watch it. Also in this episode: eurobeat, cute cars, tofu in the trunk and PS1 graphics.
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 1 and 2: 'The ultimate tofu store drift' and 'Revenge! The rumbling turbo!'

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Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Wow nice Mob Psycho 100 reference! This is the episode where Ognjen and Wojtek can't focus for more than 5 seconds at a time. Sorry about a few bits, you'll know when you hear it.
If you manage to get through this one, congratulations!!

Song pick: One Night in Arabia
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 21 and 22: "Challenge from a Superstar" and "Fierce Uphill Battle!"

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Music:
Eiffel 65 - Blue

Gather up your pitchforks and torches, it's time to cancel Iketani! Welcome to the dreaded water park episode, it's awful. Nakazato goes bowling. What's in that wallet? Oh, y'know ;) Ognjen defends his anime boyfriend. Wojtek jinxes the podcast.

Song pick: Wings of Fire
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 21 and 22: "Challenge from a Superstar" and "Fierce Uphill Battle!"

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Music:
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Festus - Nissan, Nissan ("Ai se eu te pego" parody)

Iketani's quest for getting some continues (unfortunately). Takumi struggles (surprisingly). There's lesbians (delightful). Wojtek uses the show as a pin coushin.  If you're not a fan of completely unrelated 7 minute tangents that are kept in just so Ognjen can make a joke, perhaps this podcast isn't for you! Sorry for the audio in this one! Ognjen had a case of loud children. 

I am from Bosnia, take me to Amerika, I really want to see Statue of Liberty, I can no longer wait take me to United States, take me to Golden Gate, I will assimilate

Song pick: Love is in danger
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 19 and 20: "Super Drift!" and "The End of Summer"!

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Music:
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

We had a bit of a rough summer so this episode took a while to edit, sorry! It's time for more bad jokes and speculations on what could Kenji possibly do for a living. Iketani meets a woman and that will definitely not go wrong. Also Wojtek does actually own a Detective Conan volume it just took him a few months to find it. Blame it on the Italians.
Extras mentioned in this episode
Song pick: Kiseki No Hana
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 17 and 18: "Sudden-Death Death Match" and "Hot Winds and Furious Driving"

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Eiffel 65 - Blue
Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Ever wanted to leave a bad date? Just call Shingo and he's going to be there to wreck it. Ognjen and Wojtek cannot contain their feelings for the Takahashis and that's a warning. Also be on the lookout for the weirdest way to get into the manga industry, the answer WILL surprise you.

Song pick: Don't Stand So Close To Me
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 15 and 16: "Takumi's Fury" and "The Angel of Usui"

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

Have you ever seen a horse? Have you noticed akina speed stars shortens to... you know? Shingo is here to bump into the gas station gang in more ways than one. In this episode we discuss car washes in media and media used to create anime backgrounds. Ognjen talks about otherwordly car stickers. Wojtek ruins a perfectly good bit.

Song pick: Dancing
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 13 and 14: "First Date" and "Evolving Drift"

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

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Happy 25th birthday Initial D! Thank you Shigeno, now the car normies shall rate your manga covers without mercy.
Ognjen struggles to form a sentence in English and challenges you to make sense of it. Wojtek has a heated podcasting moment and repeatedly lets his undying bias for Keisuke influence his actions.

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat

This is the car heavy episode. And the heavy car episode.

Song pick: Burning Up For You
Next time, Initial D First stage: episodes 11 and 12: "Shingo Arrives!" and "The FR Killer"

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Music: Ivan Gavrilović - 200 na sat