And what happens when you bring those two together? Itasha. This is a car styling trend that emerged in the 1980s, but has been given a fresh lease of life with new car breeds and emerging tech.

Itasha, anime and gaming cars, are highly customizable and admired by fans in Japan. (86 characters) Aquaplus collaborates with auto manufacturers to release limited itasha designs for their 30th ...

I warned you about itasha, bro. I told you, dog. I promised that it was on its way up, that it would only become more popular as time went on and anime viewership grew, but you didn't believe me.

There are Japanese trends we wholly approve of, like dekotora, and then there's Itasha. Literally translated to mean "painful car" this trend is incredibly creepy. Itasha is what happens when you ...

This niche is called itasha, a word that was originally used to designate Italian cars imported to Japan (ita as in Itaria and sha meaning vehicle). Slowly but steadily, itasha became synonymous ...

Itasha is steadily growing in popularity in the U.S. and Houstonians started embracing it a few years ago. For John Richard, the chicken came before the egg, or rather, the wrap came before the car.

In Japan, if you cover your car with anime-character graphics you’re said to have turned it into an itasha, literally a “painful car,” since it’s now such an eyesore that it’s painful for non-otaku to ...

The Itasha showdown at Comicpalooza will feature over 50 beautiful Anime and Pop culture themed vehicles. Koriey Dixon's style of wrapped or painted cars is classified as American Itasha and like ...

TOKYO – Mr Yosuke Takahata does not care what people think of his “itasha” car, which has his favourite anime character – a sexy, red-eyed horse-woman – emblazoned across both sides.

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Anime fans rushed to attend the unveiling of the nation’s first-ever itasha — vehicles painted with female anime characters — at the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) System on Friday. The Kaohsiung ...