(Via Modellismo Hobbymedia - ) The Japanese hobby maker Aoshima seems fascinated (like us) by itasha and now they made a huge step for the otakization of the World with a brand new dekotora plamodel kit with otaku most loved anime: Lucky Star!!

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After the huge success of the Suzumiya Haruhi model car Aoshima announced the second model of this Itasha Model series. This time the car (a Toyota Corolla AE86) features decals with illustrations from the visual novel To Heart 2.
I met Aoshima at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and it seems that they are interested in the European and American markets so there is the chance that these itasha series, sooner or later, will be officially distributed in our countries.

When I found this photo I tought it was one of the old Forza Motorsport 2 custom cars created by Japanese gamers. Instead Aoshima decided to produce a 1/24 scale reproduction of an FD3S RX-7  with an itasha customization  dedicated to Haruhi Suzumia. This car is the first model of the new Itasha Plamodel Series and will debut in January.
 
(Geek note: itasha customization trend has been featured for the first time by our otaku photographer Julie  in her  photobook Samurai Girl published at the beginning of last year way before japanese magazines recognised this phenomen).