itasha

A car or other vehicle with an extensive anime-themed paint scheme.

"Itasha" is a combination of the Japanese words itai (痛い; painful, cringe, embarrassing) and sha (車; vehicle). "Itasha" literally means "painful vehicle", in the sense of "painfully embarrassing", "painful for the wallet", and "painful to look at".

This tag includes cars, motorcycles, airplanes, mecha, and other vehicles with anime liveries, too.

Examples

One of Goodsmile Racing's Racing Miku racecars

A real life Hoshimachi Suisei-themed itasha

An ita-fighter jet

An ita-motorcycle

An ita-mecha

See also

• Character print
• Itabag
• Nose art
• Otaku room

External links

• Wikipedia: Itasha