Otaku Itasha Festival!

October 6, 2009 by Toonleap  
Filed under Anime, Japan, News, Oddities, Otaku Corner

Anime fans recently gathered for the “Otaku” 痛車 Festival in Japan.

Fans flocked to an “otaku” car festival in Tokyo’s Odaiba on Sunday, Oct. 4, with some 830 vehicles adorned with illustrations of popular anime and video game characters on display.

The second “Itasha G Fesuta” was organized by a graphic magazine specializing in “itasha” — a Japanese term for cars with their bodies colorfully painted with characters from anime, manga and video games. In addition to a live painting performance on a Lincoln Limousine, featured were an array of cars, bikes and bicycles that were decorated by anime fans as well as cosplayers dressed as popular characters.

For a complete gallery, visit the Source: Mainichi / Danny Choo also has a nice gallery as well.

I am really tempted to turn my car into an anime ita-sha…very tempted!

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One Response to “Otaku Itasha Festival!”

  1. WillTRiker on October 6th, 2009 12:18 pm

    Hoooooooly sh**. I so love this. If I ever can afford a car I’m going to see if I can get a look like that here.

    As I have zero knowledge about this: is this stuff a permanent fix or does it come off or possibly in other words how durable is it?

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