
In another memorable Akihabara itasha sighting, photos of a Porsche given the ita treatment have surfaced, with the subject being Lucky Star’s famous tsundere, Kagami Hiiragi.
Owners of itasha tend towards more expensive and sporty cars for use, much as a painter would prefer to use a high quality canvas for his artwork, but going as far as using a Porsche is certainly beyond the norm…
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Eroge makers Age and Nitroplus are exhibiting a trio of itasha which are on a different level to the norm, being extremely expensive sports cars. The total cost of the cars is said to have come to $500,000, which is certainly a solid statement of the success of these companies (or at least their profligacy).
The cars in question are a Lamborghini Gallardo (above), worth around $200,000, a Lancia Stratos HF (so rare the price is elusive, in yellow below), and a BMW M5 (next below), worth $80,000; all are being exhibited at Akihabara UDX.
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On the evening of Dec. 23, reports were made of an extremely foul odor in front of the Akihabara train station. Fearing a biological terror attack, a small army of police, fire fighters and chemical experts were dispatched to the scene, only to discover the true culprit – a smelly sewer system.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Akihabara, Games, News
- Date: Dec 21, 2008 00:04 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Cammy, Capcom, Oshiri, PC Gaming, PS3, Street Fighter, Xbox 360

Capcom has announced that much lusted after later mainstay of the Street Fighter series Cammy is to feature on the home editions of the game, due for release February 12. Presumably, she will also feature in the anime.
Since Cammy’s basic purpose is posterior service, I shall obligingly reproduce a few such images at the end of the article.
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This rather eccentrically decorated itasha of Rei Ayanami is not among the most artistic or stylish itasha yet seen, but the feverish enthusiasm that undoubtedly went into its creation certainly makes it worthy of attention, if not outright praise.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Akihabara, Anime Figures, Galleries, H
- Date: Dec 7, 2008 19:29 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Cook, Fashion, Hadaka Apron, Image Gallery, Nopan, Oppai

This gallery focuses on illustrations of girls sporting 裸エプロン / hadaka apron (naked apron), for some reason one of the most popularly fixated upon fetishes available.
Little explanation is likely needed, as it is also one of the simplest fetishes around, consisting merely of some permutation of nakedness coupled with a skimpy apron.
See them all on the Channel.
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Attention seeking cosplay biker gang “the Ladies” has once again engaged in some impromptu gravure on the streets of Akiba, opting for sexy Santa costumes, instead of their previous choice of maid and light fetish apparel.
This time, they were apparently accompanied by two non-Japanese ladies, though otherwise the results were the same: police shooed them off for making a nuisance of themselves.
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Major electronics retailer Yodobashi Camera’s huge flagship Akiba store has been displaying a broken Xbox 360 for some time, and it seems they are not even minded to cover up the glowing Red Ring of Death, a problem which has been the bane of both Xbox owners and Microsoft PR for some time now.
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A gang of female maid cosplay bikers, with no less than eight bikes and calling themselves the “Ladies”, has appeared for unknown reasons in Akiba; police soon dispersed the renegade maids and restored public disorder to its usual level.
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A new variation on the now passé standrad maid café emerges in Akiba, with this one offering the opportunity for masochistic foot fetishists to be trampled underfoot by schoolgirls, or rather, “massaged” by them.
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Sayaka-chan here, who debuted into the world of idols at the tender age of 5, has apparently become the youngest idol ever to hold an event in Akihabara, with the event in question celebrating the anniversary of her first image DVD release.
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This itasha, spotted parked in Akihabara, sports an interesting motif, incorporating as it does Kyonko, the long suffering gender swapped companion of Haruhi. Feminised Koizumi also makes an appearance.
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