MF Ghost (MFゴースト, MF Gōsuto) is a 2023 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine under the Young Magazine KC imprint on September 4, 2017.
The anime series was announced on January 4, 2022.[1] It was animated by Felix Film, directed by Tomohito Naka, and aired in Japan from October 2, 2023 to December 18, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. A second season was announced following the airing of the 12th episode[2] and started to premiere in Japan from October 7, 2024 to December 22, 2024, consisting of 12 episodes. The third season of the series was announced after the airing of the second season's finale on December 22, 2024.[3]
Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service October 15, 2023.[4][5] The second season's English Dub premiered on October 20, 2024.[6]
It is a sequel to the Initial D series.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season(s). | Ep(s). |
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| Main Characters | |||||
| Kanata Katagiri / Kanata Rivington |
Yūma Uchida | Kieran Flitton | 1- | ||
| Ren Saionji | Ayane Sakura | Trisha Mellon | 1- | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||||
| Shun Aiba | Daisuke Ono | Cory Phillips | 1- | ||
| Ogata | Tasuku Hatanaka | Larry Brantley | 1- | ||
| Michael Beckenbauer | Hiroshi Kamiya | Bryson Baugus | 1- | ||
| Fūjin Ishigami | Hiroki Yasumoto | Chris Ryan | 1- | ||
| Daigo Ōishi | Daisuke Namikawa | Matt Shipman | 1- | ||
| Kaito Akabane | Junichi Suwabe | Wyatt Baker | 1 | ||
| Kōki Sawatari | Ryōta Ōsaka | Brandon Acosta | 1- | ||
| Yūdai Sakamoto | Tōru Sakurai | Nasim Benelkour | 1 | ||
| Takuya Yanagida | Shōgo Sakata | Kamen Casey | 1 | ||
| Yōsuke Ōtani | Kaito Ishikawa | Lee George | 1 | ||
| Jackson Taylor | Yūichi Nakamura | John Archer II | 1 | ||
| Emile Hanninen | Kenta Miyake | Cody Savoie | 1 | ||
| Kazuhiro Maezono | Takumu Miyazono | Sean Letourneau | 1 | ||
| Kakeru Yashio | Kōsuke Tanabe | Jordan Dash Cruz | 1 | ||
| Nozomi Kitahara | Yū Serizawa | Kelsey Maher | 1 | ||
| Sena Moroboshi | Taku Yashiro | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Yōji Tanaka | Tatsuki Kōbe | Chris Gardner | 1- | ||
| Kyōko Kurihara | Yūko Iida | Robin Clayton | 1 | ||
| Mami Satō | Coco Hayashi | Marisa Duran | 1 | ||
| Takumi Fujiwara | ¿? | Joel McDonald | 2 | ||
| Recurring Characters | |||||
| Hiroya Okuyama | Shūhei Sakaguchi | David Matranga | 1- | ||
| Fumihiro Jōyū | Osamu Hosoi | Chris Cason | 1 | ||
| Ryō Takahashi / Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Takehito Koyasu | J. Michael Tatum | 1 | ||
| Kai Kogashiwa | Nobutoshi Canna | Will Short | 1 | ||
| Wataru Akiyama | Yasunori Matsumoto | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Keisuke Takahashi | Tomokazu Seki | Todd Haberkorn | 1 | ||
| Itsuki Takeuchi | Mitsuo Iwata | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Kōichirō Iketani | Kazuki Yao | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Kenji | Wataru Takagi | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Ren's Father | Jirō Saitō | Phil Parsons | 1- | ||
| Mayuko Saionji | Megumi Okada | Kate Oxley | 1- | ||
| Uehara | Kiyotaka Furushima | Comona Lewin | 1 | ||
| Maeda Second | Masaki Nakanishi | ¿? | 1 | ||
| Yamatani | Fumitake Ishiguro | Ryan Negrón | 1- | ||
| Narration | |||||
| Narrator | Shinichirō Miki | Joel McDonald | 1- | ||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Season One | ||||
| Yamashita | Yūki Hoshi | Nicholas Markgraf | 1, 3 | |
| Wakana | Mariko Nagai | Taylor Murphy | 1, 10, 20-21 | |
| Agnes Beckenbauer | Marina Inoue | Jennifer Green | 3 | |
| Moe Hamazaki | China Kitahara | Jalitza Delgado | 5, 14, 16, 20 | |
| Sana | Sayaka Senbongi | Meg McClain | 7, 13, 19 | |
| Jackson Seconds | Ryōta Iwasaki | ¿? | 8-9 | |
| Kenta Nakamura | Kōsuke Okano | Greg Ayres | 9, 20 | |
| Akimoto | Noriaki Kanze | Mark Allen Jr. | 11 | |
| Aiba | Shōgo Sakata | ¿? | 12 | |
| Season Two | ||||
| Michael Second | Takumu Miyazono | TBA | 13 | |
| Restaurant Clerk | Fumitake Ishiguro | TBA | 13 | |
| Man | Shōgo Sakata | TBA | 13 | |
| Father of Love | Jirō Saitō | TBA | 13, 17, 19, 21-22 | |
| Ryuji Ikeda | Kazuya Nakai | Christopher Wehkamp | 14 | |
| Marie Sawamura | Anna Suzuki | TBA | 15, 17, 19 | |
Additional Voices[]
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Notes[]
- After Joel McDonald's brief hiatus from voice acting (aside from reprisals), he returned to voice acting in this anime as a narrator, which makes it his first comebeck in 2020s since Tales of Arise. Although this is somewhat counts as role reprisal, as the narrator shares the same voice actors with Takumi Fujiwara from Initial D franchise in both Japanese and English dubs.
- Will Short’s first new role for six years since Black Clover.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Country | ||
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October 2, 2023 - January 14, 2024 |
Anime | Digital | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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| October 20, 2024 | Season 2 | 12 Eps. | |||||
See Also[]
- Initial D: First Stage
- Initial D: Second Stage
- Initial D: Third Stage
- Initial D: Fourth Stage
- Initial D: Extra Stage
- New Initial D Legend 1: Awakening
- New Initial D Legend 2: Racer
- New Initial D Legend 3: Dream
References[]
- ↑ TV Anime of Initial D Successor MF Ghost Confirmed With Teaser
- ↑ MF Ghost Anime Gets Second Season in 2024
- ↑ MF Ghost Anime Gets 3rd Season
- ↑ Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Casts, Staff for Shy, MF Ghost Anime
- ↑ MF GHOST English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date
- ↑ MF GHOST Season 2 English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date