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Wangan Midnight

Wangan Midnight

AniList score
7.2
Year
2007
Format
TV
Episodes
26 episodes
  • Action
  • Sports

Synopsis

Based on a seinen manga by Kusunoki Michiharu serialised in Young Magazine. One day, Akio Asakura, a third year high school student, is driving his Fairlady Z (Z31) and is challenged by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo (nicknamed the "BlackBird"). With a friend in the passenger seat and two girls in the back, Akio pitifully tries to win, but is defeated. Determined to be…

Tags

  • Cars
  • Urban
  • Male Protagonist
  • Seinen
  • Primarily Adult Cast
  • Photography

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