When the Anime world and Car world collide in Japan

RHDJapan · #1 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 10:24 PM

Itasha Gathering in Odaiba, Tokyo on the 4th of October 2009. For those who are not aware, an Itasha is a car decked out with anime decals!

It translate to "painful car", which can be viewed as painfully embarrassing for the owner or painful to their wallets. It is a relatively new scene here in Japan and was very interesting to see. There were some nice example of nicely done up cars which also has the performance to match, so you can laugh at them until they whoop your ass on the track. There were close to 800 cars with not enough time to get the details but we did what was possible to show the event as a whole. Just about any type of vehicle participated in the event from VIP, Imports, Classics, K-Cars, Full tuned Sports, Wagons, Family and ECO.
Some may feel that the vehicles have been defaced and some may take a more light-hearted view. One thing that is for certain is that there are alot of creative ways to accent your vehicle with vinyl and many of the designs took alot of time and effort to create.
Hope you guy enjoy the pictures and get some creative inspiration out of them.

More pictures can be found on our blog!!

Black01 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Ummmm.. I'm sorry but that's now my cup of tea.

Type 100 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 11:59 PM

Not my cup of o-cha either. And I can see why they call them "itasha" - they really are painful to look at.

Compared to these, my idea of slapping mecha-inspired logos on cars looks positively tame.

electrickoolguy · #4 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 01:10 AM

I kinda like the one with Shana all over it. Then again, I like most of the characters that rie kugimiya voices.

polaski · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-2009, 08:51 PM

Shanaspeed flame haze! LOL! I bet the valve cover says "powered by reiji maigo". Look carefully, the Alastor pendant is hanging from the rear view.

Never on my car. No.

RTyPE9 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-15-2009, 10:38 PM

Eh.....it's the Japanese Culture, so to each is their own, but I do like the paint jobs on the rims!

AfterlifeBrock · #7 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:16 PM

Those are crazyy!

RHDJapan · #8 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:26 AM

Thank you for the comments, We are working on posting another Flickr set from the Tokyo Motor Show 2009! For those that enjoyed the last couple sets please stay posted!

HONDAJUNKIE · #9 (**permalink**) Yesterday, 12:57 PM

I like the idea not nessissarily wutz on it