Thursday, September 30, 2010

Anime and manga cars on Tokyo's roads

Cars covered with anime can be spotted all over Tokyo, but what's curious is their name 'itasha.' It literally means 'painful cars.' Our gallery features a selection of cars spotted around the city by various members of the public, including kirainet who discovered the more yellow creations. Itasha comes from combining the Japanese words for Italy (Ita) and car (sha) at a time in the 1980s when Italian imports were expensive. read more

Anna Friel Anna Kournikova Anna Paquin AnnaLynne McCord Anne Marie Kortright April Scott Arielle Kebbel Ashanti Ashlee Simpson Ashley Greene

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