Painful: the Yanky Mate Alto’s fate…
Very very painful to see the Yanky Mate Suzuki Alto to end up as an Itasha:
Now how painful is that?
Found at Seibu line diary
by banpei with 5 commentsExhaust of the week: sharp and painful Alto
Not only has this third generation Suzuki Alto (CL11) a set of bamboo spears exhaust pipes, it also features a set of Techno Project T.R.V. rims and a tsurikawa:
Bamboo spears on an Itasha Alto CL11
I almost forgot to mention: it appears to be an Itasha as well. 😉
Found at [Change the world]
by banpei with no comments yetHot or not: Itasha or Zokusha skyline?
This picture was taken at an Itasha meeting but the Skyline R30 obviously shows an oil cooler up front along with the famous crossed rising sun flags. The Skyline has a set of not so deep dish SSR Longchamps and has a big anime drawing on its bonnet… So is it an itasha or zokusha?
Nissan Skyline R30 itasha or zokusha?
Since this Skyline R30 doesn’t have a grille anymore I can’t tell if it is a DR30 or any other R30…
So what do you think? Hot or not?
by banpei with 1 commentBosozoku car feature: Demon Cedric Y31
So, what’s left if you get bored with your bosozoku style die cast collection? You create an itasha out of it!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
No, I’m not out of my mind posting a scale model in the car features! The reason for this is because it is a very well done itasha model! 😉
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
First of all the amount of detail put into the bosozoku style is amazing! It has got a double zigzag exhaust, a tiny tsurikawa and a gigantic double spoiler on the trunk!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
At the front is has got a sharknose, a supercharger sticking out of the bonnet, an oilcooler and a lip which can be used as a snow shovel during wintertime!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
It even has tiny little Marshal decals on the headlights, a tiny Cedric hood badge and a double horn under the sharknose!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
You may wonder what the itasha part of this model is… Well, the theme of the itasha is Urusei Yatsura (aka Lum), which is an anime and manga series about demon aliens invading the Earth. Bosozoku were called demons as well and in the Urusei Yatsura manga the aliens resembled bosozoku! Main character Lum is a female alien (so she is a demon!) who is capable of flying and generating electrical shocks and lightning. Hence the big lightning zigzag exhaust!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
On the inside the itasha is covered in tiger plush, just like the skirt of Lum. Tiny little manga are covered all over the floor of the car and there is even a screen showing the anime!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
The antenna with the two carp streamers is also a pun on one of the episodes shown on Children’s Day (when Japanese hang out these flags) when they meet a boy called Kintaro.
All in all this is a very nicely done crossover between bosozoku style and itasha! Not only the car is bosozoku, but also the itasha theme is bosozoku! Now that’s in my opinion worth posting in the car features! 😉
If you are interested in other itasha by the same creator, you can find them here!
by banpei with 1 commentBosozoku car feature: It used to be a Daihatsu Mira
A few weeks ago Beeoneoneoh found this great zokusha on Auctions Yahoo:
Bosozoku car feature: Daihatsu Mira
Yes, that’s right: a Daihatsu Mira (also called Cuore outside Japan) with a chopped roof, an inflatable Deunan Knute sexdoll on the rear seat and parody chickens of Naruto and Goku painted all over the car! Or would it rather be an itasha instead?
Bosozoku car feature: Daihatsu Mira
WTF!? Lawson convenience store sponsorship on this zokusha?
Bosozoku car feature: Daihatsu Mira
From the rear you can still tell it is a Daihatsu Mira by the rear lights. Other than that there is not much resembling the original body anymore. 😉
Big thanks to Beeoneoneoh for finding this on Auctions Yahoo!
by banpei with 1 comment