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The "2012 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix Series Tokyo Drift in Odaiba" was held on 1-2 December 2012, at the Aomi Odaiba NOP Street Area Special Arena. Since its inception in 2001, the event has garnered much attention for spotlighting "kawaii cars" and "kawaii racecars". Did you know that among these vehicles, many feature popular anime and game characters?

Cars that feature popular anime or game characters often remind one of itasha. However, the racecars at D1 Grand Prix are not casual hobbyist designs, but official character models recognized by automobile makers. Among these character models are "Toyota Denryoku Hokan Keikaku Prius Evangelion Number 1 Color", "GSR Hatsune Miku BMW", and "Little Busters x Modellista", as well as many others.

On top of the vehicle exhibition, there were also talk shows, appearances by special guests, and limited edition event merchandise on sale. These additions made the Grand Prix more or less a large-scale anime event that no otaku would want to miss out on!

This article contains translated excerpts from http://animeanime.jp/article/2012/11/18/12102.html (Japanese).