Itasha

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Itasha, literally "painmobile", is a Japanese term for an otaku fad of individuals decorating the bodies of their cars with fictional characters of anime, manga, or video games (especially bish jo game or eroge). These characters are predominately "cute" female. The decorations usually involve paint schemes and stickers. Automobiles are called Itasha, while similar motorcycles and bicycles are called itansha and itachari, respectively. The cars are seen prominently in places such as Akihibara (Tokyo), Nipponbashi (Osaka), or su (Nagoya). Itasha also appears in customizable video games, such as Forza Motorsport 2. Itasha have also participated in various real motorsport events.... Mehr