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 commentsFriday Video: Drag Racing Mate!
It is always nice to see a couple of kaido racers being utilized in something different than donuts and revving at meetings: Zeppann13J posted videos of a few kaido racers doing fast runs at the Sendai Highland drag-strip!
First of all a Yanky Mate! Fairlady Z against a Yonmeri Skyline:
A pigsbutt Laurel on 10J wide Techno Shadow rims: (more…)
by banpei with no comments yetHot or not: Yanky Mate! Alto
Getting a bit crazy on the Suzuki Altos lately, but I couldn’t resist posing this one:
Hot or not: Shakotan Boogie Yanky Mate! Alto
Yes: the Shakotan Boogie Yanky Mate! lookalike Suzuki Alto with a 240Z G-Nose conversion! Crazy!
Now is that hot or not?
by banpei with no comments yetBosozoku lifestyle: nameneko cats
You may have seen pictures of cats dressed up bosozoku a couple of times before and probably wondered what the idea behind these pictures were…
Somewhere during the late 80s the Nameneko cats (also called Pelorian) were a really popular hype. The hype was that people dressed up cats in ridiculous costumes and took pictures of it. The most famous creator of pictures and videos of these cats was an artist called Tsudo who called them Nameneko. Nameneko means unlickable (slang for Namen Nayo which means don’t lick me).
This hype was also at the top of the popularity of the bosozoku, so naturally a lot of these cats were dressed up as bosozoku or Yanky.
You may think the Nameneko cats were exposed to cruelty. According to various sources the photoshoots were actually done very carefully without harming the cats! All cats are not looking angry nor freightened and cats defend themselves if they don’t like the situation they are in.
To ensure the cats remained “cute” the shootings had to be done in a very short period. So multiple people were needed per photoshoot to ensure the cats did not start to get angry or bored and only a few pictures could be made per session. In this light some of these videos must have taken months to complete and are a true piece of art!
Nowadays Nameneko cats are still popular in Japan, but due to new technology it is no longer necessary to actually dress up the cats. 😉