Bring the world of anime to your car with these new Itasha anime-themed Spots Cars. Itasha, which literally means “painful car”, are Japanese sports cars which have remained as a relative no name nationwide. These anime cars are sure to get some notice around the geek community. Itasha cars are known for their decals and paint jobs featuring anime, game, and manga characters.

These cars are featured in Itasha Road 2007, a book-sized magazine depicting the best in Itasha for the year. Hey, it’s not our cup of tea, but we’re sure some of you will go mad over it. Although, we wouldn’t deny if we were given one as a hint to try out *ahem*. Yeah, never going to happen.

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Fans of the Japanese form of graphic art have become a world wide occurrence. In Japan, it’s more than just a hobby, it’s life. A new service called ComCom, also known as Com2, by Japanese publisher Shinchosha, will deliver around 200 pages a month of the best in Japanese graphic art, directly to subscriber’s cellphones.

These art publications are not for the weak of heart. They’ll feature exaggerated gore and glassy eyed damsels in distress wearing schoolgirl outfits. The monthly manga will cost subscribers Â¥350 ($2.97, cheap!) and will be available through the three major service providers, for now only in Japanese. — Andrew Dobrow

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