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Shakugan no Shana Itasha

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Hey everyone. Remember me? Yeah I’m still alive. I shall not bore you with details about why I’ve been so inactive lately (nothing to do with Odex) and instead I bring you an extremely short post with zero actual content (aka a filler) just to let you know that I am not dead yet. But first, a picture!

Shana Itasha
Wait, what?

So here’s the story. Last Sunday, I was in the Orchard area playing my part for the community at large by volunteering as the official photographer for some charity street busking project—we have a lot of these. After seven gruelling hours spent repeatedly depressing the shutter button, I was ready to move on to the next stage of my spiritual evolution, i.e. death. Then, as I was close to drawing my final breath, I noticed a familiar face…in 2D. There was a Chevrolet car show going on at Civics Square (aka the empty area outside Ngee Ann City which, up to that point in time, was completely outside my sphere of awareness. (I’m not a car person, okay?) The only thing I know about Chevrolet is that Bumblebee is one. Good old Bumblebee.

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I am digressing, as usual. The point is that I saw the car pictured above on display. Apparently it won the “Best Dress up Car Contest”. Oh wow. I took a few shots. Some guy walked passed with his girlfriend and, after the initial momentary look of shock was replaced by one of recognition and child-like joy, took out his phone to take a few pictures too. Meanwhile, the announcer kept harping on Chevrolet’s (paid) appearance in Transformers.

Times like these bring tears to my eyes. The owner of this car has achieved one of my goals in life, except that I hate Shana and the line art trace he used for the decal is pretty fugly. Oh well, you can’t have everything in life. At least now I know who to look for when if I get my own car one day.

P.S. Don’t know what “itasha” means? Read this. It’s a (relatively) common phenomenon in Japan, but this is the first one I’ve seen in Singapore.

33 responses

  1. KANGWEI Avatar
    KANGWEI

    YEA YOU BLOGGED WOOO

  2. double Avatar
    double

    There are a few more itashas in Singapore,just need to spot them lol. Zer0 has a few pictures of the itasha’s he spotted,on his website.

  3. AnimeFreak!!! Avatar
    AnimeFreak!!!

    of all charactor out there and it have to be shana…
    should dress up in haruhi instead…

    Even better if it was lucy(nyuu)…

  4. LianYL Avatar
    LianYL

    I was rather convinced that Itashas are banned on the roads of Singapore but maybe I’ll now go learn driving just for that.

  5. Windbell Avatar
    Windbell

    It’s pretty nice and all but the color’s are really terrible. Especially her hair. It’s pink like pirated pikachu

  6. bummerout Avatar
    bummerout

    Umm… maybe its like painful for the car? … Kinda like when you get a tatto… The colours on this one look a little off…. haven’t gotten a chance to watch shana yet…. =_=
    And well… for all the money we have to spend on getting a car (esp in Singapore), think i’ll get one i like and leave it that way… no itasha for me…

  7. Kurogane Avatar
    Kurogane

    Awesome… if I had a car, I might consider doing that too…

    Sadly, this things are banned in Malaysia though.

  8. Zeroblade Avatar
    Zeroblade

    I dunno about their legality in the Philippines, but damn, I’d totally want one of those. A Ferrari Testarossa with Fate on it sounds pretty good to me.

  9. MoonlightBomber Avatar
    MoonlightBomber

    To Zeroblade:

    The LTO says that “glaring front or rear body parts and/or sporting dazzling accessories” is an offense (and you’ll shell out Php 50,000). Itasha markings are a-OK, as long as they don’t induce glares.

    For the past few years, I saw quite a few jeepneys with anime and video game decals and spray patterns trudging through major Manila thoroughfares. Will I call them itasha, too?

    I hope that someday I’ll ride in glory along a customized owner-type jeep chock full of decals of my favorite bishoujo. A Ferrari’s fine, too.

  10. Beowulf Lee Avatar
    Beowulf Lee

    >>>YEA YOU BLOGGED WOOO

    I second this.

  11. Kesenaitsumi Avatar
    Kesenaitsumi

    Kurogane “Awesome… if I had a car, I might consider doing that too…

    Sadly, this things are banned in Malaysia though.”

    Har?? Tanning a car is banned in Malaysia??!! I was just thinking of tanning it with anime when i brought my own car later on !!

  12. tiny Red Man Avatar
    tiny Red Man

    lol..i saw that car too..after a tired walk through kinokuniya and art friend, shana was there to keep me awake! it’s caffine to the soul~~

    http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6943/dsc01073fe0.jpg

  13. 0rion Avatar
    0rion

    Glad to know you’re not dead. n_n

    And, of course, I always appreciate some cool itasha pics, especially when it’s Shana.

  14. dKiWi Avatar
    dKiWi

    @Kurogane: THEY BANT SINGAPOREAN CARS WITH TINTED WINDOWS. BLEAAARRRGHHHZZZ.

    N I juz got my license too…

  15. Melvin Avatar
    Melvin

    S’far as I know they shouldn’t be too popular in Singapore, seeing that we have a rather conservative society and whatnot. I do remember seeing one on the road outside my house, though – the guy had noticeably large decals on the sides and bonnet. That’s the only time I saw one – pity I didn’t take a closer look.

  16. Elydis Avatar
    Elydis

    Shana… T-T im so happy

  17. game hacks Avatar
    game hacks

    I think this is not going to work in singapore !

  18. SHINING Avatar
    SHINING

    Mmm. I want to learn to drive now :P (I’ll think about get that car later…).

  19. Model_X Avatar
    Model_X

    That’s a pretty rare sight. I haven’t seen any cars in SG being modded with an anime character. Only those typical bengs with their dual exhaust.

  20. sesshomaru_haku Avatar
    sesshomaru_haku

    I was debating whether I would -should- ever get a car, but after seeing this…

  21. miya Avatar
    miya

    I salute the car owner for his originality. But I spit at the fugly paint job he did. It’s one horribly done itasha. I don’t like Shana as well, but at least use RED for her hair dammit! If Shana wasn’t a glob of wavy Bandung, I wouldn’t have said anything.

  22. Darkdraogn500 Avatar
    Darkdraogn500

    Nice decal for a car? Meh I like Shana, but the coloring and all are crappy =( I’ve seen “shopped” pictures of car w/ ani. decal better than this…but oh well. Interesting none-the-less. Nice snag of a picture moment?

  23. Zer0 Avatar
    Zer0

    Yo DM, please check your email and hopefully reply ASAP by SMS!

  24. hitokiri_k Avatar
    hitokiri_k

    Behold the Saber WRX!
    http://gao-gao-gao.blogspot.com/2007/02/otaku-car-spotted-in-spore.html

  25. Gerrymon Avatar
    Gerrymon

    Shana W00t~!
    but….

    wth with the pink hair? and where’s the flame?
    I tottally agree with “the line art trace he used for the decal is pretty fugly”

  26. animeking Avatar
    animeking

    Yay,the lord of the blog lives! Lets celebrate! Now that I have that out of the way,I am bored. >.>

  27. LoserEXE Avatar
    LoserEXE

    I’ve seen a pikachu one before while I was in the bus. I was like WTH! Oh and then I also saw another one which had an Anime girl on it similar to the Shana one but the car had that NFS nylon lights and all going on with the heavy engine sound hahaha.

    Anyway, isn’t Shana’s hair Flame red when she fights? (Sorry been out of the Anime scene for awhile now)

  28. terry Avatar
    terry

    i have actually saw this car in sungei gedong camp lol.. so..

  29. _shana_ Avatar
    _shana_

    konochiwa ^^
    bueno
    esto que es?o.o
    bueno
    no importa
    ahora me tengo que ir
    sayo ^^

  30. Bster Avatar
    Bster

    Crap design for a crap car!

  31. melatonintablets Avatar
    melatonintablets

    Shana looks very cool. i like her long red hair and the sword too.

  32. boobblegum Avatar
    boobblegum

    This is a good itasha from
    Shakugan no Shana II

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280391990633&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

  33. koy Avatar
    koy

    The Moehaku 2010 has lots of itasha
    http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/moehaku-2010-full-of-itasha-itansha-and-itachari/

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