Futari Daka

Futari Daka
Cover of the 19th volume of Futari Daka
ふたり鷹
Genre	Sports, Motorcycle racing
Manga
Written by	Kaoru Shintani
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1981 – 1985
Volumes	19
Anime television series
Directed by	Tokizō Tsuchiya
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Studio	Kokusai Eiga-sha
Original network	Fuji TV, YTS
Original run	September 20, 1984 – June 21, 1985
Episodes	36

Futari Daka (Japanese: ふたり鷹^?, lit. "Twin Hawks") is a Japanese motorcycle racing manga written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani. It received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga. The series focuses on Sawatari Taka and Toujou Taka as they compete with each other and other competitors in motorcycle racing. Their names means "hawk" and "falcon", respectively.

The manga was adapted as a 36 episode anime series broadcast on Fuji TV between September 20, 1984 and June 21, 1985. The anime premiered in France on March 11, 1990 and was released on La 5 and Mangas. Only 32 were aired in France.

This was one of the last series to be animated by Kokusai Eiga-sha.

When Taka Sawatari and his mother were heading home after having dinner,they were attacked by a motorcycle gang. They got saved by a mysterious young man. The next day, Sawatari learned that that young man was a professional racer who has the same first name, Taka Toujou. In a race, Sawatari loses control when entering a curve, nearly killing Toujou. After the event, the two become rivals as they compete against each other with their racing skills.

Pops Yoshimura and David Aldana made some celebrity appearances throughout the series.

The opening theme for the series was "The Heartbreak Crossin'" (ハートブレイクCrossin', Hātobureiku Crossin'^?) and the ending theme was "Sayonara o Iwa Nai De Kure" (サヨナラを言わないでくれ^?), both performed by Takanori Jinnai. Music for the series was composed by Joe Hisaishi.