Wangan Midnight is an ongoing seinen racing manga series created by Michiharu Kusunoki that has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1992. In 1999, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.
The series has been adapted into several live action feature films,
video games, and an anime television series. The anime began airing in Japan on June 8, 2007, on the anime satellite television network Animax, produced by OB Planning.
The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway, one stretch of which is known as the "Wangan", literally meaning "bay side" (although it is generally used to refer to the freeway), the longest, straightest road in the entire country [3]. Of course, there's also lots of traffic to contend with, including a fair number of heavy trucks. Because of this, the action is inherently hazardous, and wrecks are common. Blown engines are also a frequent hazard, especially with the extremely high power engines.
UNLOCKABLES
Cards
Unlock the following cards to get the corresponding effects.
Card 1 to 5: Engine HP L, M64 (S30, Porsche).
Card 6 to 10: Engine HP 2JZ, RB26 (Supra, Skyline).
Card 11 to 15: Engine HP 13B,12A (RX7).
Card 16 to 20: Engine HP 4g63 (Evo).
Card 21 to 25: Engine HP 13B,12A (RX7).
Card 26 to 30: Engine HP rb26 (Skyline).
Card 31 to 35: Engine HP vg30 (Fairlady Z).
Card 36 to 39: Body stiffness.
Card 40 to 43: Body weight reduction.
Card 44: Body stiffness.
Card 45 to 47: ECU tune for lower end torque.
Card 48 to 50: ECU tune for high end power.
Card 51 to 52: Scramble boost (overboost ability).
Card 53 to 54: Increase tire grip.
Card 55 to 56: Transmission upgrade.
Card 57 to 58: Suspension.
Card 59 to 60: Engine durability (slower rate to engine overheating and detonation).
Card 61 to 62: Transmission and suspension upgrade.
Card 63 to 64: Engine durability, tire grip, life gauge (SP).
Card 65: Transmission and suspension.
Card 66: Scramble overboost ability (max level 3).
Card 67: Unknown.
Card 68: Body stiffness, engine durability, SP.
Card 69 to 80: Engine swap cards (tune up stages 1 to 2 for each type).
Card 81 to 128: Various unlockable cars, character chapters, game modes, and other effects.