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Toyota Supra (A80 model) that appeared in the first WASPY movieIncidentally, cars that came to the U.S. under the 25-year rule are called JDM (Japanese Domestic Market = cars and equipment for the Japanese domestic market). The popularity of JDM has been growing along with the movie “Wild Speed,” the first of which was released in 2001; “Spocons” (sports compact cars, mainly North American Honda cars such as Accord, Civic, and Integra) have been highly popular on the West Coast since the 1990s, and the first Wild Speed was also released in 2001. The first Wild Speed movie was also a story about street racers in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Many left-hand-drive Japanese sports cars that were available in the U.S. at the time appeared in the movie, and young Americans were enamored with them. In addition to WASPY, many Japanese sports cars from the 1990s appeared in anime such as Initial D and popular racing games such as Gran Turismo. The popularity of JDM, which was ignited in the United States, spread to Southeast Asia, China, and Europe.

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