One of the latest offshoots of the itasha (lit. "pain car") trend is the itahikouki, or "pain plane" -- actual aircraft covered front to back with anime decals. After this spring's elaborate Eromanga Sensei-themed Piper PA-46, a new design is about to take to the skies, featuring everyone's favorite anthropomorphic animal girls.

Hosted by blogger and former F-15J pilot FlyTanuki, the new project is aiming to cover a plane with stickers featuring the varied cast of Kemono Friends. Interested parties can opt to "adopt" a Friend, paying anywhere from 50,000-80,000 yen for the privilege. Sponsors will have their name (or nickname) featured on both the website and the plane itself. In addition, they'll receive a one-of-a-kind sticker, keychain, and T-shirt featuring the character art. And, once the project is over, they get to keep the giant sticker, too.

And he may not be available for sponsoring, but we do spy a Grape-kun sticker alongside Hululu!

Fans who don't have quite as much cash to throw around can also donate at the 5,000, 10,000, or 30,000 yen levels to receive stickers, keychains, and shirts.

Those who'd like a spin on the plan can also reserve a seat in the "Friends Flight Club," with flights taking place over the course of November. Flights require two participants minimum and are priced between 20,000-47,000 yen per person.

Alternatively, there are two aerial photography seatings, where participants can fly in a Cessna C172 to gets photos of the Kemono Friends plane in action. Flights require three participants minimum and are priced at 48,000 yen per person.

The campaign runs until November 30.

>> Kemono Friends Pain Plane Crowdfunding Site

>> Official Kemono Friends Website

>> Watch Kemono Friends on Crunchyroll





Source: Ota-Suke

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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, blogs and runs interviews for (Re)Generation Who and PotterVerse, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos. Her latest story can be found in Ride the Star Wind, available now from Broken Eye Books.