Baribari Legend (ãƒãƒªãƒãƒªä¼èª¬, Baribari Densetsu) is an early motorbike racing manga series by Shuichi Shigeno, who went on to create the Initial D series. It was published in 38 volumes between 1983 and 1991 by Kodansha. In 1985, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shÅnen.
This manga about 4 high-schoolers and bike races got tremendous support from bike fans back then 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).
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 the PC Engine, under the original title.
The character Gun Koma appears as a hidden character in the PlayStation 2 game MotoGP by Namco.
Characters
- Gun Koma (å·¨æ'© 郡) is a motorcycle racer. Drive Honda NS, Suzuki GSX-R and FC3S. Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka
- Ai Itou (伊藤 æ©æƒŸ) is Gun's girlfriend. Voiced by: YÅko Oginome
- Hideyoshi Hijiri (è– ç§€å‰) is Gun's friendly rival. Drive Suzuki Katana. Voiced by: RyÅ«sei Nakao
- Hiro Okita (æ²–ç"° æ¯"å'‚) is Gun's best friend in class. Drive Kawasaki Z400GP. Voiced by: Issei Futamata
- Miyuki Ichinose (一ノ瀬 美ç"±ç´€) is daughter of Ichinose Racing Team, is in love with Hiro. Drive Honda VT.
- Tomoko Hijiri (è– çŸ¥ä»£) is Hidyoshi's sister, has lost parents died in truck accident.
References
External links
- Baribari Legend (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Bari Bari Densetsu at GameFAQs
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