Initial D (Tokyopop dub)

Initial D is a 1998 anime adaptation of the 1995 manga of the same name. Initial D was first dubbed by Tokyopop.

Why This Dub Sucks

 * 1) Much like 4Kids' infamous dub of One Piece, this dub had ruined many aspects of this anime.
 * 2) All of the Eurobeat songs were replaced with generic hip-hop/rock music.
 * 3) Some of the character names were changed/westernized (most of them taken from the English localization of Initial D Arcade Stage games), for example but not limited to:
 * 4) * Takumi Fujiwara to Tak
 * 5) * Natsuki Mogi to Natalie
 * 6) * Keisuke Takahashi to K.T.
 * 7) * Takeshi Nakazato to Zack
 * 8) * Mako Sato to Maya
 * 9) * Sayuki to Simone
 * 10) * Koichiro Iketani to Cole
 * 11) * Itsuki Takeuchi to Iggy
 * 12) * Ryosuke Takahashi to Ry
 * 13) * Kenta Nakamura to Kent
 * 14) * Kyoichi Sudo to Kyle
 * 15) * Seiji Iwaki to Hawk
 * 16) * Wataru Akiyama to Aki
 * 17) Plenty of editing/censorship was included in this dub, like some scenes of Natsuki in a bond with her Father being removed, nudity being censored, etc.
 * 18) Various amounts of special effects that ruined the aspects of the races, like how the iconic 4AGE engine sound on the AE86 was replaced with a V8, which affected on many cars as well, making it sound a lot like American Muscle instead of a Japanese Import.
 * 19) The game from the dub of the show itself, "mh:crappygames:Initial D: Mountain Vengeance" was terrible.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The theme song, "Initialize by Drop Logic" for the dub itself was catchy and quite decent.
 * 2) The voice acting wasn't one of the reasons why fans disliked it.
 * 3) Some of the character names were unchanged from the original version.
 * 4) Their merchandising was decent.
 * 5) Thankfully, Tokyopop had now lost the rights to Initial D, which even lead to Funimation owning the rights and starts undoing the mess that Tokyopop had done.

Reception
This dub has got to be one of the worst dubs of anime, with some fans even comparing it to the 4Kids dub of One Piece.

Trivia

 * After Tokyopop went bankrupt long after they dubbed Initial D, Funimation took over and redubbed that said anime, which not only undo the mess that Tokyopop has done, but hired new actors.