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The End Of An Institution

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    GTR

    Sad news for those following the JDM motorsports scene...

    Japan's equivalent of "Top Gear" is cancelled.

    No more monthly and bi-monthly video magazines featuring the Drift King (aka Keiichi Tsuchiya) and Gan-san :(


    永年のご愛読、本当にありがとうございました。
    平素は「ベストモータリング」をご愛読いただき、誠にありがとうございます。

    さて、「ベストモータリング」は1987年の創刊以来、
    24年にわたりクルマ好き読者の皆様にご愛顧を賜ってまいりましたが、

    諸般の事情により、2011年6月号（2011年4月26日発売）をもちまして
    休刊とさせていただくことになりました。

    読者の皆様には誠に申し訳なく存じますが、
    事情をご賢察の上、ご理解賜りますようお願い申し上げます。

    また、「ホットバージョン」におきましても
    2011年4月8日発売のVol.110をもちまして
    休刊とさせていただきます。

    読者の皆様には、これまでの永年にわたりますご支援に、
    あらためまして厚く御礼申し上げます。

    Some tribute video...


    NOTE: Keiichi Tsuchiya was the technical advisor for the epic anime series called Initial D.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    alex251

    not that I care...

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Antiveli

    Very disappointing but then again the Option videos are almost the same as Best Motoring. Besides not having the Touge battle segment but they are very much the same.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    GTR

    alex251 said:
    not that I care...

    go pork some lolis in your imagination

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Antiveli

    alex251 said:
    not that I care...

    Of coarse not, you prefer some gay ass anime you can masturbate to.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Twintail Tsundere

    The Antiweeaboo said:
    Very disappointing but then again the Option videos are almost the same as Best Motoring.

    BMI was more professional and technical. Option was closer to Hot Version, but even then Option gave the feeling of grassroots drifting, the local scene.

    But Gan-san is the man. Give him an S2K or NSXR and he'll whoop ass.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    GTR

    The Antiweeaboo said:
    Very disappointing but then again the Option videos are almost the same as Best Motoring. Besides not having the Touge battle segment but they are very much the same.

    Methinks the cancellation has to do with the unfortunate incident at Touhouku (northeast Japan). Touhouku is where well-known BesMo tracks are located, such as Ebisu, and Tsukuba.

    Another reason i think why think it's cancelled is the business model... if being a part of the online video industry has shown me anything, the Internet is great at turning offline dollars into online pennies.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Antiveli

    Ebisu has actually reopened.
    http://www.powervehicles.com/driftlife/
    As for tsukuba I am unsure of.

    Option does something similar with their "video toaster" but still releases DVD's.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    GTR

    palmtop-tiger said:

    BMI was more professional and technical. Option was closer to Hot Version, but even then Option gave the feeling of grassroots drifting, the local scene.

    But Gan-san is the man. Give him an S2K or NSXR and he'll whoop ass.

    Isn't BMI basically a combination of Best Motoring and Hot Version? For BMI version I heard the take some scenes from BesMo and Hot Version and then combine it.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    GTR

    REJOICE!!!

    KEIICHI & THE GANG ARE BAAAACK!

    so far...

    - HOT VERSION WAS SALVAGED
    - BEST MOTORING IS NO MORE (1987-2011)

    LOOKS LIKE NEW SEGMENT(S) WAS ADDED TO HOT VERSION STARTING WITH 111, 112 AND SO ON...

    A special tribute to Mazda rotary power!
    (cause Mazda won't be producing rotary 'till... maybe at the end of this decade once they see profits from SkyActiv technology)

    Posted 4 years ago #

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