Let’s face it: Car culture is as much of a fandom as anime or video games. For Gregory Formosa, he loves all three, and you can see some of his passions with his 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR. Formosa steered that car to a runner-up finish in the Small Tire 200tw during the first…
He's on to something. That's why there are so many anime and video game themed cars in the SuperGT series in Japan. In the late 2000's, someone at the GTA sat down, looked at the demographics data of their fans and found a strong correlation between people who attend touring car races, people who play video games, and people who buy anime merchandise. Next thing you know, teams are making phone calls and half of the GT300 class grid has some sort of major anime or gaming sponsor on their car.
My personal favorites from the era include:
The Neon Genesis Evangelion EVA-01 / Apple MP4-12C
The DIJON Wako's Endless Corvette Z06R GT3
They may be painful to look at, but it's good for the teams, good for the fans, and a good business decision all around.
Nice insight.
Here's a series of questions.
How many of us would want to go to SEMA and/or PRI?
I should see a bunch of hands go up.
How about San Diego Comic-Con?
How about E3?
I bet there's a decent chunk of hands for the latter two, too.
See also: How many of us saw Akira in the theater during its initial U.S. release? :)
These ran at Spa and the 'Ring.
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