It may be odd here, but in Japan? .....Not so much.

[Gray]

You really just need to check this out for yourself, tad hard to explain (Being i cant read japanese)

http://www.senakablog.com/archives/2007/08/722_1.html


http://www.senakablog.com/archives/img4/2007-08-18-201.jpg

http://www.senakablog.com/archives/img4/2007-08-18-217.jpg

http://www.senakablog.com/archives/img4/2007-08-18-227.jpg

http://www.senakablog.com/archives/img4/2007-08-18-242.jpg

[Lone Signal]

The site says they were the vehicles seen during Comike.
A lot of crazy things.

[Tuna]

People contracting to have their vehicles used as rolling advertisements is nothing new...so why not for anime?

Shoot - I'd be happy to be financially recompensed for displaying a cute anime gal on my ride...
^_^

[Sendo Takeshi]

Anime pictures on a car. Nothing weird about that.

[TheCrowsCry]

Thats awsome!

[Lone Signal]

People contracting to have their vehicles used as rolling advertisements is nothing new...so why not for anime?

Shoot - I'd be happy to be financially recompensed for displaying a cute anime gal on my ride...
^_^Hm, pretty sure those aren't paid ads...

[KatayokuのTenshi]

You really just need to check this out for yourself, tad hard to explain (Being i cant read japanese)

I've seen truck drivers in Japan pay artists to draw anime characters on the side of their trucks (on T.V. not IRL) so this doesn't really surprise me.

[Alice Catherine]

1 word: NASCAR.

No better way to advertise according to my dad.

[Vaikyuko]

Yeah, except these guys aren't sponsored like NASCAR because it's just a bunch of guys getting anime girls painted onto their cars.

That said, that Code Geass one is pretty spiffy. Who're the girls from in the middle one? I can't make them out.

[..Jenn..]

How cuute :)

[Sushikins]

Of all of those, I like the Code Geass one the best. I wouldn't mind having the Zeon Flag or maybe the 3G Logo on my car.

[Hybrid Shock]

Comike
Really, nothing else needs to be said...

the blue S15 looked really well done. I wouldn't mind putting a hot anime girl if i could get it looking decent, and not just fanboy-ish. someone like Asuka Sugo or Kyoko Iwase or even Reina Akikawa would be a good pick. Someone like Konata or Haruhi.... Not so good.. (even comming from a hiranotard...)

Don't southerners paint scantily clad women on their trucks? i don't really see the problem if japanese guys do it too...

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Man, you could easily get laid if you had a car like that.

Sadly they threw away their poon tang chances by painting big eyed cartoon boobies on it

[tenshi_a]

I'm not so much a fan of the things people have done to their private cars (it looks pretty ill-fitting to me) as I am of the advertising I've seen photos of on buses. Have a look through this site:

http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/

Chiyo-chan (http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/azubus.html) and Azumanga Daioh (http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/azubus2002.html) buses

Gunslinger Girl bus (http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/gansuribus.html)

various anime and manga (http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/daiohbus.html) advertised on this bus... 2x2=Shinobuden, Azumanga & Yotsuba to, Onegai Twins etc

DearS (http://zbzbm.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kikaku/moebus/dearsbus.html) bus... (though I'd be a bit scared off by that bus... makes me think it ought to be the "sex bus" in the X-Change hentai games)

there's also the Lucky Star (http://kinishitaramake.blog75.fc2.com/blog-entry-136.html) bus.

[googles] and another Lucky Star (http://f.hatena.ne.jp/actypio/20060724080211) bus...

[Spike]

Those are some nice rides. One day I plan to visit japan.

[Vaikyuko]

Lucky Star bus is love.

[Animematt55]

Hm, pretty sure those aren't paid ads...

You would be surprised. People in the anime industry often contract models to cosplay as characters. When you see those really cute japanese girls, with REALLY good cosplay outfits? yeah, those are models, and professionally made costumes.
This is nothing that strange

[Chikyuu Senshi]

The cars? Nice; I'd take a ride in one of those any day. The pictures on them? Not so hot for. I wouldn't want one.

[Solid_Snake]

This would be as weird as me having a Smurfette painted on my car.

1 word: NASCAR.

Yea. But Nascar is watched by millions. And they usually advertise companies. Not cartoons.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...i wish i had a tricked out Honda with Doraemon all over it.

[tenshi_a]

I'd be slightly embarrassed about the Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime (http://teo.cocolog-nifty.com/ref001/futagohimebus001.jpg) bus...

[Jeht Black1]

Konata painted on the back of that bus is just funny. i cant stop laughing

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...you know what, F tricked out Hondas. i'll go with the buses, thank you...

[Waynestock]

Outside of the otaku culture in Japan, it might still seem a bit strange to see moe'd rides like that over there (maybe I'm wrong on that).

Though I definitely wouldn't mind having an anime character plastered on my car.

[LeslieSama]

Ooh!! I'd want an evangelion car that transforms into one when I'm in danger +D

[Undrave]

Hehehehe car paintjobs...

http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20060811

http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20060812

[Magami No ER]

Hm. When I went to Japan all I saw on people's cars was Disney's Stitch. Maybe ONE Nana advertsiment, on a bus.

[earsofdoom]

As funny as i think this is that logo of saber does look pretty cool. (maybe not on the hood of a car though) I don't see how advertising on cars is very effective... i mean whens the last time any of us saw an "ESSO" logo on a car at a nascar show and all of a suddan felt the urge to go get gas?

[SSB]

Lol, in Japan i would like to ride those, but... in north america... everyone would give me that.... look...

You know that look where they think u should be thrown to jail type thing lol.