Ani-One Asia has revealed that MF Ghost will be part of its ULTRA (membership only) lineup for the Fall 2023 anime season.
The first episode will premiere on the YouTube channel on September 30 at 11 PM UTC+8. Other episodes will debut on Mondays at 12 AM UTC+8.
Here’s the plot of the show, which is set in Initial D‘s world:
MFG. In the near future when the world has made a shift to electric vehicles, Japan hosts the motor sport event only using vehicles running on fossil fuels. These intense races have rocked the world. A young driver from England participates in the race as a competitor, Kanata Katagiri. Having trained under the legendary highway speedster. Kanata plans to succeed as the next generation of MFG. Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Nissan GT-R. How does Kanata with his TOYOTA 86GT race against those competitors with the world’s fastest machines? The new highway legend is about to be born!
MF Ghost is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Initial D‘s Shuuichi Shigeno, which began serialization in Weekly Young Magazine in 2017 and has 17 tankoubon volumes as of June 2023. Tomohito Naka (New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer) is the director of the anime, with other staff including:
• Series composer: Kenichi Yamashita (Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She’s a Cutie?)
• Scriptwriters: Yamashita and Akihiko Inari (Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Naoyuki Onda (Inuyashiki)
• Chief animation director: Chiyoko Sakamoto (Otherside Picnic)
• 3D director: Hiroki Uchida (Salaryman’s Club 3DCG director)
• Music composer: Akio Dobashi (New Initial D the Movie Legend trilogy)
• Animation production company: Felix Film
• CG animation production: Felix Film and directrain
Yuuma Uchida and Ayane Sakura are voicing the leads Kanata Katagiri/Kanata Rivington and Ren Saionji, respectively. There will be returning Initial D characters as well.
Source: Ani-One Asia Facebook page
