Shakugan no Shana Itasha
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!
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.
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.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
YEA YOU BLOGGED WOOO
July 31st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
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.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:56 pm
of all charactor out there and it have to be shana…
should dress up in haruhi instead…
Even better if it was lucy(nyuu)…
July 31st, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I was rather convinced that Itashas are banned on the roads of Singapore but maybe I’ll now go learn driving just for that.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:48 pm
It’s pretty nice and all but the color’s are really terrible. Especially her hair. It’s pink like pirated pikachu
August 1st, 2007 at 1:35 am
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…
August 1st, 2007 at 2:19 am
Awesome… if I had a car, I might consider doing that too…
Sadly, this things are banned in Malaysia though.
August 1st, 2007 at 3:09 am
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.
August 1st, 2007 at 8:50 am
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.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:57 am
>>>YEA YOU BLOGGED WOOO
I second this.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:38 pm
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 !!
August 1st, 2007 at 7:57 pm
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
August 1st, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Glad to know you’re not dead. n_n
And, of course, I always appreciate some cool itasha pics, especially when it’s Shana.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
@Kurogane: THEY BANT SINGAPOREAN CARS WITH TINTED WINDOWS. BLEAAARRRGHHHZZZ.
N I juz got my license too…
August 1st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
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.