Wangan Midnight

On Tokyo’s Wangan Route, racers slip onto the highway after dark with one goal in mind: pure speed. A newcomer shakes up the scene when he buys a Nissan Fairlady Z with a notorious reputation—the “Devil Z.” Eriko Asakura urges him to stay away, haunted by the crash that took her brother Akio’s life in that very car, but he refuses to listen. Sharing the same name as Eriko’s lost brother, Akio finds himself drawn to the Devil Z’s uncanny pull, even after wrecking it twice.

Dropping out of high school to work off repair bills, Akio becomes part of the Wangan regulars, crossing paths with the famed “Blackbird,” a Porsche 911 Turbo, along with surgeon Tatsuya Shima and model-by-day racer Reina Akikawa, who pilots a Nissan Skyline GT-R at night. Through them, Akio tracks down Jun Kitami, the reclusive engineer behind the Devil Z’s engine, and Kitami returns to building machines that are as powerful as they are perilous—setting the stage for a relentless rivalry on the highway.