This Nagoya pachinko company is handling the matter of advertising one of their newer series of games machines (originally based on a manga series) with aplomb, decorating the entire face of their office building in a way that is most familiar to fans of itasha.
The company is Takao Corp., a maker of the metal pinball arcade machines that inhabit Japan’s countless pachinko parlors.
The specific game being shown above is カイジ / Gaiji, which has its own confusingly made website available here.
The original source material is 賭博黙示録カイジ / Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji), a manga featuring a young gambler serialized in Weekly Young Magazine.
For some reason the connection between pachinko and anime is strengthening, with pachinko based on Evangelion and the like virtually ubiquitous, and with pachinko characters even being adapted into anime…
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I hope they spread mahjong parlors all over Japan not just pachinko so that everyone can play like saki or akagi :3
RON ! RON ! RON ! RON ! RON ! ROOOOOOOOOOON ! RON ! RON !
I always despised pachinko, but maybe I should go give it a try there...
I wouldn't want to bet my eardrum though.
ZAWA ZAWA FTW!
Read this manga before and is quite exciting :p Like akagi better though because of the mahjong :>
I'll play it.
I'll lose, but I'll play it.
Zawa Zawa inside pachinko
the thing i couldnt stand about Akagi was the art style and specifically the NOSE makes everyone seem like pinnochio when hes telling lies
so do you play the machine by standing around thinking about playing the machine?
and do you have your fingers cut off if you lose?
its Ka not Ga ... notice the lack of " you should watch the fansubs the anime rocks
ZAWA ZAWA... ZAWA ZAWA...
with Kaiji theme, somehow I get the feeling that the bet is very, very risky ;^^
sawa sawa sawa sawa...
Kaiji is one of the most incredible shows I've watched. Good thing it's getting more attention.
Akagi was awesome, I'm looking forward to watching Kaiji.
Naturally "Zawa Zawa" is all over the place.
suddenly i feel like playing pachinko...
And for Mahjong building there's Saki ^_^
Kaiji > Saki
Garness > Moeness
srs bsns. \m/(ಠ`皿′ಠ)\m/
Akagi >>>> Kaiji >>>...>>> Sucky
@daz
You forgot that new moe baseball anime, moe girl band anime, and moe street racing anime.
lolwut?
Exactly anon.
Saki is rubbish, an insult to the proud genre of mahjong anime. No amount of service can save this piece of shit. Mahjong without gambling = a complete waste of time. This trend of ruining guy things with girl animes must stop...first Kendo (Bamboo Blade), now mahjong.
Kaiji is average, with stupid games in it.
But Akagi is GOD-LIKE! He makes mahjong seem riveting (and I really did learn mahjong from watching/reading Akagi, Tetsuya and Kindai Mahjong magazine).
Anime tie-ins are easy ways to get yen from the typical otaku. the same applies for things like sports teams, is it really worth the permiumm to have the Yankees emblazoned on your towel so you can wipe your ass with them?
If C.C. was on my towel, i would wipe my penis with it. Continuously. Never stopping. Forever.
that was random
And ever...
Delicious Kaiji. That show's totally awesome !
Wonder if you can bet more than money in there... many "Zawa...Zawa..." would ensue.
zawa zawa~
zawa zawa~
Ron
Season 2 when
I've heard rumors of this fall. We can only hope.
That's just epic.
Delicious???
> カイジ / Gaiji