Bari Bari Densetsu (1987) (2025)

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Baribari Densetsu (1987), Bari-Den (1987), Motorcycle Legend (1987), Legend of Rolling Wheels (1987)

Japanese: バリバリ伝説

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 1, 1987

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Pierrot

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Drama

Theme: Racing

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.63¹ (scored by 1,211 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #6228²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #9817

Members: 3,617

Favorites: 14

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Synopsis

The film is about 4 high-schoolers who are bike racers and illegally partake in races at night on public roads.

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Adaptation (Manga)

Baribari Densetsu

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Characters & Voice Actors

Hijiri, Hideyoshi

Main

Nakao, Ryusei
Japanese

Koma, Gun

Main

Tanaka, Hideyuki
Japanese

Itou, Ai

Supporting

Oginome, Youko
Japanese

Okita, Hiro

Supporting

Futamata, Issei
Japanese

Satoru

Supporting

Nakata, Jouji
Japanese

Hijiri, Tomoyo

Supporting

Hiramatsu, Akiko
Japanese

Ichinose, Miyuki

Supporting

Toda, Keiko
Japanese

Takanezawa

Supporting

Sogabe, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Race caller

Supporting

Naya, Rokurou
Japanese

Ichikawa

Supporting

Hori, Katsunosuke
Japanese

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Staff

Nunokawa, Yuuji

Producer

Kamimura, Osamu

Director

Oginome, Youko

Theme Song Performance

Shigeno, Shuuichi

Original Creator

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Opening Theme

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"Shounen no Saigo no Natsu (少年の最後の夏)" by Youko Oginome

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Ending Theme

"Slope ni Tenki Ame (スロープに天気雨)" by Youko Oginome

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2 Recommended

1 Mixed Feelings

0 Not Recommended

All reviews (3)

Apr 10, 2012

Boltz

Recommended

What Initial D is to car fans, Bari Bari is to motorbike fans. And that's the greatest compliment a racing series can get. Hell, the manga was supposedly so good that people started to join the Bōsōzoku (Japanese motorbike gangs) in droves! Strange?
Not really, since the same guy, Shuichi Shigeno, created Bari Bari Densetsu and Initial D - two holy grails of the petrol-heads. He also had assistance, in the form of his prominent student Jyoji Morikawa - the guy behind Hajime no Ippo.

You know a racing movie is good when it starts with a shot of an idyllic road. The morning sun is ...

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Aug 10, 2021

BobSamurai

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*SPOILER FREE REVIEW*
Bari Bari Densetsu comes to us from the original creator of Initial D. The story follows illegal street racers on their path to professional races. Like Initial D, these teens ride on Japanese mountains swooping around corners at breakneck speeds. Additionally, if you loved the dynamic camera angles featured in Initial D, they're even better here because it's 100% hand-drawn and painted.

Although Bari Bari lacks the uniformity of CG art, it depicts each race from numerous camera angles. Whether it's looking straight ahead, checking the speedometer, engine shots, or close-ups as riders lean around corners with their knee an inch away from ...

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Nov 26, 2020

lethargilistic

Mixed Feelings

VROOM, MOTHERFUCKER. VROOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Motorcycles are so fucking cool, dude. Seeing these ones animated so well when they might be obnoxious CG blobs today makes me happy.

The story was pretty basic, and interesting to think about in connection to the mangaka's later work, Initial D. I think Initial D First Stage is damn near perfectly paced with great stakes because it all comes down to Takumi's relationships with the 86 and his rivalry with well-defined opponents. Bari Bari Densetsu doesn't exactly have that. It feels a lot slower when they're not racing and the original author's portrayal of women he was clearly not too interested in writing ...

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