Bari Bari Densetsu

due to the realness and detail of the bikes Shigeno drew.

The story has a lot of similar points with "Initial D". Racing on the public road (illegal of course) is the center of the storyline in the first half. It became a social problem in Japan because many "Hashiriya" got influenced by it and became "Rolling-zoku"(hashiriya trying to see how fast they can go through curves).

One of the most popular topics involving the series occurs when the main characters' rival dies in an automobile accident.

There is also an OVA based on the manga. It is called "Bari-den" for short. In August 1987, it was shown in the theater by JapanHerald.

In 1989 the manga was also licensed as a commercial video game by Taito Corporation for Japanese PC Engine consoles (TurboGrafx 16 in North America, where the game was also known as Gunboy and Taito Bike Racing).

Characters

* Gun anime voice|Hideyuki Tanaka
* Ai anime voice|Yōko Oginome
* Hideyoshi anime voice|Ryūsei Nakao
* Hiro anime voice|Issei Futamata

References

External links

*ann anime|id=3292|title=Baribari Densetsu OVA