“Itain” Moe-Hanko Make Big Impression
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 13, 2012 04:33 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Image Gallery, Moe, Otaku, Seals, Touhou
Japanese otaku have been delighted to learn they can now stamp all manner of official documents with moe girls thanks to the advent of the “ita-in” seal, with fans busily registering them for use at banks and other official institutions, and some enthusiastic souls even vowing to use them to seal their marriage certificates.
The seals in question, traditional throughout East Asia, are still essential for “signing” most legal documents in Japan, so there is a diverse market for every kind of seal imaginable, in materials ranging from wood to mammoth ivory.
The idea for the business came from their earlier efforts to sell rubber moe-seals, already fairly well known amongst otaku. These were felt to be a little lacking however, and they enquired of traditional seal carvers (a multiplicity of which will have shops near any Japanese station of size) as to whether they could carve moe seals.
This proved possible, and the results were so impressive they soon led to a business venture.
The company’s break occurred when a tweet pointing out that the seals could be registered for use in official contexts such as banks just as any seal was widely retweeted, leading to a flood of orders.
For those interested in the specifics, various standard sizes of hanko and inkan are available for ¥1,380-¥2,980, and custom designs can be submitted by providing a monochrome image.
The main problem for many potential customers may be their hard line on copyright and doujin art – only Touhou and Higurashi derivative art receives automatic approval, with permission from the copyright holder (i.e. publisher, not merely the artist) required for everything else, severely limiting the possibility of K-ON! and Moebyou seals for now.
Orders and further information can be pursued on their site.
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So many cute moe stamps. Like the Touhou one.
The power of moe compels me!
Just give me a seal with the image of a cock so I can stamp a dick on my penis.
Pick one:
Someone got pregnant from just a seal of a cock.
or
If you test positive for the pregnancy test in spite of being a real dick, you got testicular cancer!
If it rains tomorrow, the capital of France is Paris.
While you're at it, why don't you stamp it on your forehead?
Stamp on forehead, so we can call you a dickhead.
^
Awww, someone's butthurt!
*yodawg stare*
I'm gonna buy one to stamp my woman.
me envy u..
I'm gonna buy one to stamp my dakimakura
So you can stamp your waifu with an image of that waifu?
This receives my seal of approval. :p
I see what you did there
You there, what did I see?
Quite literally!
I seal you there, did it.
What you did there i seal it.
>seal their marriage certificates
Even amongst the most depraved otaku, hope springs eternal.
otaku + marriage = contradiction
Its a juicy contradiction?
MATTA!
No contradiction. They can now officially marry anime and game characters, so it doesn't contradict anything for otaku to have a marriage ceremony. Just they won't have a 3D girl, but they'll be happy.
I love 2D and 2.5D! XD
I know a married Otaku couple... so your statement doesn't really make any sense.
They seal their marriage with a seal of the imaginary girl they're marrying... Now I see the point in it.
Just stamp on the pillow they married to
Younin!Younin!
Petanko!
Younin! Petanko! Younin! Petanko!
Cookies for the one who gets this reference.
Seitokai no Ichizon Lv.2 is ready.
Hell yes! Imma get one!
i'd rather have a monhan "quest clear" stamp
I like that.
count me in
interdestinghuhh
This is amazing! I'll have to buy one as soon as possible.
it is always a -guilty- pleasure to read the penmanship of the snobbish.
I want one so bad.
Make one or have one made by someone who knows how to carve wood? It's not like they have any official meaning outside far east so I doubt it matters...
They should make some hentai seals and use them instead of paper stamps.
So.. Why not just express your love for stupid shit by making your own seal?
It's hardly original to have a mass production seal.
Because handmade ones aren't legally binding. Those stupid shitty massproduced ones however are
Someone seems to be lacking in reading comprehension.
Actually, it's the opposite. Mass-produced ones aren't unique enough for legal documents, which is why people have them handmade. They don't do it themselves, largely because not everyone has the skill to carve kanji in mirror image, and also because despite this story, the requirements for a jitsuin are rather stringent (so it's kind of like taking your own passport photo vs having it done professionally.)
Can these be registered as a person's jitsuin (official registered seal that can be used for legal documents, such as contracts), or just for lower priority, such as a ginkoin (bank seal for passbooks)?
Yes! It's available in official documents.
The article says it can be used for official contexts like banking, but a banking seal isn't as high as a personal registered seal...
Yeah, try forging seals now. Fraudsters will now have to study anime and moe before they can commit crime.
Employ otaku as seal id checkers. You want to withdraw money, okay, who's this character on your seal? Wrong, you're a thief!
Their official website (http://www.itaindou.com/jisseki.php , sory I don't know html) says these aren't accepted at city halls. I assume that means they can't be registered as jitsuin since you register it at your local government office.
However they also say some city halls which have no rule against "designed seal" may accept it, so there's still hope.
ah ha! i see some coffee kizoku =D
Coffee-Kizoku FTW!!
Pedo Bear Seal of Approval, GET ON IT!
Do they deliver outside of Japan? I'm a teacher and I use stamps all the time. I have one with Bob Sponge but I'm tired of it.
Staples will do anything if you provide the image.