America Itasha

Hijacked from Dancing Queen who shows us what could be the first Itasha in the US of A?
More pics at her blog.
If you are thinking of doing this to your car too then have a look at the previous Itasha Show article for more inspiration.
Who's next to do this to their car (or their dads/mums car)?
Original text from Dancing Queen below.
Made Myself an Otaku car! i'm super excited about this! Does anyone else have stuff like this? You can see more pictures of my car at my Blog Howagirlfigures.com
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Secretary
http://figured.wordpress.com/
Itai lol. Nobody can doubt that you love Gurren Lagann now!
C. Engineering Student
http://otaku.baywords.com
Dude I give you credit for driving that around lol.
Eternal Dreamer
Dude, awesome! Spread the love! If I get a car I'm also gonna make it an Itasha!
Motivational Speaker
How much did that run you and what steps did you have to go through to get stickers for your car?
Motivational Speaker
And by steps I mean what place did the sticker for you?
Blogger, Figure collector, Baby Photographer?
http://www.howagirlfigures.com
i did them myself, i have a giant printer that prints hi quality pictures. i went to this one place and they wanted $60 a sticker, this cost me about $12 a sticker
NEET
not bad at all. what material is the sticker sheet, or where could interested otaku obtain it?
Motivational Speaker
I second this!
Otaku/Agent Of Death
I freakin 3rd this!!!!! that is a must have, all spiral beings must have this on there cars. Muahaha!!
Blogger, Figure collector, Baby Photographer?
http://www.howagirlfigures.com
the paper i found on ebay from a seller who doesn't exist anymore sorry :(
Retailerz
how much is the printer I know of places that can sell that paper
Programmer, Pantsu Hunter
http://beotaku.net/
awesome ^^
Art Student/Freelancer
http://jenarwen.deviant.art.com
Your very br
Art Student/Freelancer
http://jenarwen.deviant.art.com
oops brave ^^;. The fact you have Gurren Laggan on your car is epic
Seeing red!!!
nice....give u credit to go around with that in US....
Programmer
http://www.nowloading.co.uk
Very nice!
I don't own our car, so the Mrs might be a bit funny about me doing it, plus it would probably get burned out where I live, but nice work!
Slacker
http://generationotaku.net
i would suggest get a sticker that's big enough to cover a good part of your vehicle to avoid the "cuts" on them. I dunno how to explain it well lol I just don't want the stickers getting cut abruptly.
Here's a picture of my suv btw http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5341/acarzk6.jpg
University Student
Yoko looks great on ur car!
Maybe you can add something extra to put together the stickers so it looks like a complete design.
In my Hellsing themed atv I used red tribals like Alucard's red outfit vanishing behind of his face besides of a few text words like Hellsing and some bikes sponsors and I think it turn nice picture here: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn30/Dann_055/HellsingAtv.jpg
大がくせい
Aren't you scared you're more likely to get your car vandalized? It really nice, but I know one of the thing that would make me worried about doing it to my car, is the fact, I think it'd be more likely to get vandalized then without it. ^^;
Blogger, Figure collector, Baby Photographer?
http://www.howagirlfigures.com
not really, i don't live in a bad neighborhood and the only time my car is outside is at work and i work in a hospital that and a guard watching the parking lot.
萌え命
Little do you know that the guard will be the one...
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
LOL Touch wood...
student
>.< Knock?
I guess touching wood works too.
Retailerz
Mine would totally get it my city is car theft capital of canada and attempted break in is x2
Project Manager
http://cherryblossomsfalling.myfastforum.org/index.html
That looks awesome!
figs seller , photographer
http://exelica-meteor.com/
Awesome , i'll love to do that too :)
Looks great !
Blogger, Figure collector, Baby Photographer?
http://www.howagirlfigures.com
woot for hijacking!
Software Engineer
http://www.neilduckett.com
I'm afraid in many places around Australia that would just promote getting you car scratched or you being involved in road rage.
Desktop Support in the Medical Field
http://thedisjointedzone.com
I know what u mean.
萌え命
...Although I've always wanted to drive around the Western Suburbs of Sydney in a tuned up itasha, windows rolled down and pumping out moe songs at full volume...and then maybe challenging some hoons to a street race...
mechanic
http://mangarabbit5000.deviantart.com/
was about to start the otakufying of my 65 galaxy(big a@@ car), but the oil pump gave out so im going to have to fix it first!...lol
Computer Engineering Student
http://ryan2006.deviantart.com
It would be fun say dropping my brother off for school or better yet, picking him up from school in one.
http://frishkram.blogspot.com
that is nice. would love to do that to my car.
???Confused???
when gas starts lowering here, then maybe i can start sticking em on...
IT/System Admin
that will be never >_<
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://immalion.com
Looks very nice, even more when it was not profissionaly made... certainly the best work I saw around this part of the globe... but lacks something in comparison to japanese Itashas...
Probably because the stickers for itashas are custom made...
Network Admin
Nice work on the stickers and you just proved you have more "stones" then most guys. Personally, I just can't bring myself to put any type of decal on a car. When I grew tired of them chances are the paint would be a different shade underneath the stickers then the rest of the car (paint fades in sun).
mahou kishi
http://www.animedia.com.mx
I already did that to my car, so thats not the first american car with anime
Programmer
http://linuxhacker.ru
Since we hate putting stickers on a car, this is how we express we like to watch anime: http://linuxhacker.ru/stuff/tag.jpg
おたくと大学生。
http://jp.youtube.com/user/acw2097
i have seen photos of PC cases that look like itasha. what would that be? an ita-PC?
http://ziroc.blogspot.com/
Nice looking car. Like Daemon's Haruhi car to.
already left the world
That would be fun~~~
Though my dream would be an Ita-plane, no not the pokejet~~
i mean a airplane with anime all over it's fuselage~~ if only i were a billionaire lol XD
Design Student
http://wraith11.deviantart.com/
That's sweet. I never got further than putting little (subtle) "eX-D" decals just ahead of the rear wheel arches. If I had a modern I might try it, but I couldn't bring myself to to do that to a classic, no matter how much I love anime. Besides, the Alfa club, mechanic and folks would probably shoot me. The Lotus mob would laugh themselves silly... then shoot me.
Since 99.9% of the Australian anime-geek community probably doesn't know what eX-Driver is (let alone the general populace) I think I'm pretty safe with the the "eX-D"s for now :P
Nice work printing them out yourself too. Might have been better if you lined the cut offs up with the car's pannel lines though.
Student / gamer
sweet, lol...i'd probably wait to get a newer car tho, mine's old XD
Renaissance Man
http://www.evistro.ca
Looks great, vynil stickers also work great and here in T.O. a sticker that's as big as a skate deck that's professionally printed (laser) is about $20CN. I think it's a worth it investment to get it professionally printed but with $60US a pop...that's a bit too much.
Still great work non the less...GURREN LAGANN!!! FTW!!!
Ever thought of getting it painted via air-brush?
Nandeyane~
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jollepoker
I need to find some place that sells these stickers, I've looked around for awhile now, but I only find sites that sells already made ones (you know, the usual... Snake... Flames etc.). Anyone knows where you can order some custom ones? ^^
Mechanical Engineering student
http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
Now if only I have a car... XD
If I had a plane, I'll do that as well! Are you all familiar with downloadable skins for the aircraft in the game Ace Combat 6? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about XD
Warehouse Employee
Heheh, nice idea! Looks great!
大学一年生
http://jp.youtube.com/user/aznfatalflip
have been looking for a source to buy these stickers from but had no luck. will try when I buy my own car. Can't belive she used her own printer for this, turned out pretty nice.
Perv
Naisu desu! I wish I could do that to my car...
Student, ACG Fans
http://modvisc.blogspot.com
Awesome car.
i definitely will make a itasha in future(not now at least).
i'm in the U.S and i did it
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7892/dsc5940jv4.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4877/dsc5939ki9.jpg
thats Asa Shigure from shuffle! if your wondering
Engineering Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Wow.. I admire your courage and bravery to put that on your car.
萌え命
Oh my....how on earth did you....
Undergraduate
Please Xzibit. Pimp my Ride!
lawlz
nice Yoko decal though
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
Wow... With this, your car will be the car that will, uh... pierce all roadblocks! :/
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
I wish I could cover my parents car with lovely anime-goodness. But they would most likely have a fit.
I dont wanna learn to drive yet.... so I won't have my own car to play with.
Healer and Support
It's amazing how nobody said that the Itasha article link was broken, it links to article 1342 while it should point out to 1341 (http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1341/Itasha+Show.html)...
Tech Support Officer - Network Security Engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
NEEDS BIGGER DECALS
AND A SPREAD OF YOKO ON THE HOOD
that is all
オタク all day long
http://www.nekomagic.com
no matter what, I'll not do that to my car... (-_______-.
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
http://www.cadha13.com
I like to get me a old Chevy car. Put some new internals a 300+ hp small block with loud exhaust. Clean out the inside with a video screen for all passengers with 5.1 surround, and put a Urd spread on the side of that two door Caprice and a Mikuru on the long hood life sized. Color it a nice pink. That's pimpin'.
I like to do that in the future after I pay off my current truck in two or so years and drive around in Albuquerque. I could do that by myself and possibly those would be airbrushed with a coat of clear to protect it.
Motivational Speaker
Argh! Still no luck for me in finding a place that does this kinda stuff Waaah v_v
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
http://ejump.wordpress.com/
the only thing you need to worry now is 4chan /a/ and /jp/ rage.
*they and their 'supress powerlevel' thing
should make a bigger Yoko and put on the front hood and roof
だいがくせい
http://www.myspace.com/awsumchino
i think what we need are faster cars for itasha so it'll be twice as cool. like a Evo X with some risque stickers on it. all in all Great work, wish i had some form of uber printer along with a zippier car =/
Mad scientist
I consider it a bad idea to block windows with anything so I would really disproof of the one covering the rear window.
As for adding something to the parent's car... well I failed to even add a simple URL so fat chance :P
Future Pioneer and a Dreamer
lol
Retailerz
hoe does one get that put on the car?
About that......
if anyones gonna put details on their car, make sure it looks good and on a damn decent car, not a family runaround