"Itasha" literally means "pain car" in Japanese, suggesting that these cars garishly decorated with colorful anime character graphics are embarrassingly painful to look at, or ride in. A bit harsh, perhaps, but there you have it! Another take on the name is that it's riffing on the similar sound of the nickname for Italian cars, also pronounced "Itasha" but with the kana for Italy's "Ita" in place of the kanji for pain (also pronounced "ita" in this combination). "Sha" in both cases means "car."
This nice Mazda Speed FD3S RX-7 kit features graphics from the anime "Working!!" The decals for the graphics are particularly well done, featuring image fidelity not often seen in automotive kits. Aside from the decals, this is Aoshima's standard curbside (no engine detail) kit of the Mazda Speed RX-7. Nice!
Scott and Brian raid the Tamiya booth to report on the 1/32 Corsair, the 1/35 JGSDF Type 10 MBT, the resurgence of Tamiya’s 1/25 series of “Big Tanks,” and a...
The Shizuoka Hobby Show kicked off this past Thursday, May 16th and we were there! We took in the Bandai booth, along with those of other distributors, who had some new plamo to...
In this episode of Gunpla TV Ryan introduces the audience to what he has planned for his next kit, and Syd explains about the Real Grade line of Gunpla kits finishing off with the...
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