Shigeno's Initial D remains in circulation across two 2026 retail events: a 50% point-back sale on all 48 volumes at Amazon in June, and a Mazda die-cast set tied to the company's 60th rotary anniversary in October. No new serialized work is mentioned in the stories.
Shuichi Shigeno's Initial D is a completed 48-volume car manga, and the two 2026 stories about it are retail events rather than announcements of new work from the author. Amazon ran a 50% point-back sale on all 48 volumes during its Manga Weekend Sale, limited to June 26-28, 2026, bringing the effective price to roughly half the 38,016 yen list price. The same piece notes the AE86's appearance in Forza Horizon 6 with a water-cup Easter egg.
Three months later, Mazda announced a two-car 1/64 die-cast set drawing on the manga's Takahashi brothers: the FC3S Savanna RX-7 driven by Ryosuke Takahashi and the FD3S Efini RX-7 driven by Keisuke Takahashi. Sales start Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM at the MAZDA ONLINE SHOP and at MAZDA FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY, with dealership orders from Thursday, October 8. The set costs 11,000 yen. Mazda tied the release to its 60th rotary anniversary.
Across both stories, the unsettled point is Shigeno himself. The stories attach his name to Initial D as its author and note its presence in games and merchandise, but neither addresses what he is working on. Coverage to date treats the series as a durable catalog property rather than a launch point for anything new.
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Mazda will sell a two-car 1/64 die-cast set of the FC3S Savanna RX-7 driven by Ryosuke Takahashi and the FD3S Efini RX-7 driven by Keisuke Takahashi, the company announced. Sales start Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM at the MAZDA ONLINE SHOP and MAZDA FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY, with dealership orders from Thursday, October 8. The set costs 11,000 yen.
Amazon's Manga Weekend Sale offers a 50% point-back on all 48 volumes of Shuichi Shigeno's car manga Initial D, limited to June 26-28, 2026. The sale brings the effective price to roughly half the 38,016 yen list price. The article also notes the AE86's appearance in Forza Horizon 6 with a water-cup Easter egg.