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…
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?
the thing i couldnt stand about Akagi was the art style and specifically the NOSE makes everyone seem like pinnochio when hes telling lies
its Ka not Ga … notice the lack of ” you should watch the fansubs the anime rocks
Zawa Zawa inside pachinko
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!