Editing Initial D (section)

===Manga===
{{Main|List of Initial D chapters{{!}}List of ''Initial D'' chapters}}
Written and illustrated by [[Shuichi Shigeno]], ''Initial D'' was serialized for eighteen years by [[Kodansha]] in the [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'', starting on the July 17, 1995 issue,{{efn|It started in the magazine's 30th issue of 1995, with [[cover date]] July 17.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:頭文字Ｄ（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000006854|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=December 6, 2021|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|『ヤングマガジン』’９５年第３０号}}|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208191817/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000006854|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヤングマガジン1995年30|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M573786|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208182822/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M573786|archive-date=December 8, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>}} and concluded on July 29, 2013.<ref name="final chapter">{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|title=Initial D Manga's Final Chapter to be Published This Month|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-18/initial-d-manga-final-chapter-to-be-published-this-month|access-date=August 2, 2013|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 18, 2013|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414124129/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-18/initial-d-manga-final-chapter-to-be-published-this-month|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:猟奇サスペンスがヤンマガで開幕、「頭文字D」は完結|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/96011|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 8, 2021|language=ja|date=July 19, 2013|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208191817/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/96011|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected its 719 individual chapters in forty-eight {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from November 6, 1995,<ref name="IDJPNVolume01">{{cite web|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=323567X|script-title=ja:頭文字〈イニシャル〉Ｄ（１） しげの秀一 講談社|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=December 3, 2018|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210211400/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=323567X|archive-date=December 10, 2013}}</ref> to November 6, 2013.<ref name="IDJPNVolume48">{{cite web|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3823776|script-title=ja:頭文字〈イニシャル〉Ｄ（４８）|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=February 7, 2019|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210211641/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3823776|archive-date=December 10, 2013}}</ref>

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by [[Tokyopop]] (along with the anime series) in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Tokyopop Officially Announces Licences|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-05/tokyopop-officially-announces-licences|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=December 5, 2001|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106001816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-05/tokyopop-officially-announces-licences|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Not quite clear on Tokyopop Aquisitions &#91;sic&#93;|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-05/not-quite-clear-on-tokyopop-aquisitions|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=December 5, 2001|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208191816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-05/not-quite-clear-on-tokyopop-aquisitions|url-status=live}}</ref> The company changed the names of the characters in the anime edition, and subsequently changed them in the manga to match.<ref name="tokyopopletter"/><ref name="AOD-vol14"/> These name changes matched the name changes that [[Sega]] implemented into the Western releases of the ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage]]'' video games.<ref name="tokyopopletter"/> Tokyopop also censored the brief scenes of nudity from the original manga.<ref name="JT-Ho1000"/> In addition, "street slang" was interlaced in translations.<ref name="AOD-vol14">{{cite web|last=Pine|first=Jarred|title=Initial D Vol. #14|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2175|website=AnimeOnDVD|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418070849/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2175|archive-date=April 18, 2008|date=January 23, 2006}}</ref> The company released thirty-three volumes from May 21, 2002,<ref name="IDENGVolume01">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1040/InitialD/1|title=Tokyopop - Initial D, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]|access-date=December 3, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825165601/http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1040/InitialD/1|archive-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref> to January 13, 2009,<ref name="IDENGVolume33">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1040/InitialD/33|title=Tokyopop - Initial D, Vol. 33|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]|access-date=December 3, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122220121/http://tokyopop.com/product/1040/InitialD/33|archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> before they announced in August 2009 that their manga licensing contracts with Kodansha had expired.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Tokyopop Confirms Its Kodansha Manga Licenses Have Ended (Update 3)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-31/tokyopop-confirms-its-kodansha-manga-licenses-will-end|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 27, 2012|date=August 31, 2009|archive-date=February 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206021353/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-31/tokyopop-confirms-its-kodansha-manga-licenses-will-end|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2019, [[ComiXology]] and [[Kodansha USA]] announced that they had released volumes 1 to 38 digitally, while volumes 39 to 48 were released in July of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Comixology, Kodansha Comics Release Complete Initial D Manga in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-17/comixology-kodansha-comics-release-complete-initial-d-manga-in-english/.145825|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 17, 2019|date=April 17, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417183430/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-17/comixology-kodansha-comics-release-complete-initial-d-manga-in-english/.145825|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Kodansha USA Announces 4 New Shōjo Manga Licenses, Release of Volumes 39-48 of Initial D Manga|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-20/kodansha-usa-announces-4-new-shojo-manga-licenses-release-of-volumes-39-48-of-initial-d-manga/.149178|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 21, 2019|date=July 20, 2019|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720214143/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-20/kodansha-usa-announces-4-new-shojo-manga-licenses-release-of-volumes-39-48-of-initial-d-manga/.149178|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2023, Kodansha USA announced that they would be re-releasing the manga in an omnibus format with new translation and lettering beginning in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Kodansha USA Reveals 21 New Print Releases, 3 Omnibus Releases, 2 Digital Licenses|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-01/kodansha-usa-reveals-21-new-print-licenses-3-omnibus-releases-2-digital-licenses/.199832|access-date=August 7, 2023|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 7, 2023|archive-date=July 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701220717/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-01/kodansha-usa-reveals-21-new-print-licenses-3-omnibus-releases-2-digital-licenses/.199832|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was released on March 19, 2024; it has three cover variants: a new cover made by Kodansha USA, a Crunchyroll and direct market exclusive variant, and a [[Kinokuniya Books]] variant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Initial D Omnibus Print Variant Covers Revealed|url=https://kodansha.us/2024/01/16/initial-d-omnibus-print-variant-covers-revealed/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=February 21, 2024|date=January 16, 2024|archive-date=February 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221150844/https://kodansha.us/2024/01/16/initial-d-omnibus-print-variant-covers-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of December 3, 2024, four volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|title=Initial D Omnibus, Volume 4|url=https://kodansha.us/product/initial-d-omnibus-4/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref>