When you think of the Japanese second dimension, what comes to mind first? The first is Japan's animation culture, Japan as an "animation country" has produced many household names, many people's love for animation has reached the point of fanaticism, some of them have put animation stickers on their mobile phones, some people specially customize animation backpacks, and even more their cars have become "pain cars", but today we have to understand not "pain cars", but "pain planes".
Learn about the "pain" culture
Before entering the theme, let's first understand what is the "pain" culture, the so-called "pain", in fact, is a widely circulated artificial compound word in the television and online media, referring to the irreparable tragedy or the state of being very satisfied with oneself while others seem to be out of the ordinary.
"Pain" culture first originated from the Japanese otaku culture, that is, the culture of otaku otaku, and COSPLAY, "pain" culture is a product of the times from the second dimension to the third dimension, at the beginning the "pain" culture is only a kind of subculture, very niche, but the enthusiasm of young people who like the second dimension is unimaginable, so the "pain" culture is gradually transformed from a niche subculture to a culture, which is slowly being accepted by the public.
Japan's "pain plane" has linked up with what works
Japan Airlines has linked many anime works, and today we mainly look at the two most popular series - Pokémon and Ghost Blade.
Pokémon as Japan's national IP has maintained a lot of popularity in the world, and Japan has also launched many different Pokémon "pain machines" in conjunction with Pokémon.
Japan's first "pain machine" was painted with a Pokémon
In 1988, Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) used the Pokémon image livery for a Boeing 747 aircraft, which was also Japan's first "pain plane".
According to incomplete statistics, the number of tourists in Hokkaido in March 2020 has begun to plummet, and the most exaggerated time is even 80% to 90% less than the number of tourists in the same period. Therefore, the Hokkaido government, Pokémon Corporation (GF), and AIRDO Airlines (Japan Hokkaido Airlines) have cooperated to launch a special coating machine "ROKON JET HOKKAIDO" on December 1, 2021 to revitalize Hokkaido's tourism industry.
The "ROKONJET HOKKAIDO" is painted with six tails in the Arora region
The other side of the "ROKONJET HOKKAIDO" fuselage uses ordinary six tails
This "pain machine" is not only painted differently on the surface of the aircraft, but also has a clean inside the cabin. Six-tailed headrests have also been replaced in the cabin, and during the delivery service, flight attendants will also wear aprons with six-tails and use six-tailed paper cups for passengers to use, while preparing Pokémon-themed postcards and stickers to distribute to the passengers who need them.
Specially painted paper cups, aprons and postcards are supplied with the aircraft
The same function as this "pain machine" is the Pokémon airliner in May this year.
There are a number of water-based Pokémon on the livery, which can be said to be very suitable for the regional characteristics of Okinawa
The theme airliner is from Japan's Pegasus Airlines and aims to promote the Japanese island of Okinawa to tourists. The aircraft features a variety of different Pokémon, including King Carp, Howler Whale King, Sun Coral, and Shemi. The airliner began flying on commercial routes in May 2022.
After watching Pokémon's airplane livery, let's look at another popular aircraft livery series, Ghost Blade.
Japan's All Nippon Airways has partnered with The Devil's Blade to launch two Ghost's Blade painted aircraft in 2022, the first of which was officially launched in January 2022.
Travel around Japan with your favorite characters
In addition to the special livery of this aircraft, when the aircraft takes off and lands, it will use the voices of the characters in the anime to broadcast for the passengers, which is refreshing, the flight attendants on the plane will also wear aprons printed with special patterns for you to serve, the water cup is also printed with the pattern of the Ghost Blade, when the aircraft meal is started, the passengers will also find that the aircraft meal prepared by the aircraft is also ingenious, and the crew intimately prepares the same beef bento for the passengers as the aircraft meal. At the same time, passengers on the flight can also receive acrylic character standing cards and ride certificates as small gifts.
Special aprons for flight attendants and small gifts for passengers
The beef bento on the plane can be said to be exactly the same as in the anime
The second painted aircraft in this series also began official operation on March 26, 2022, and the content is exactly the same as the first aircraft except for the different livery. Unfortunately, these two painted planes only serve Japan's domestic routes, and if any of your friends like this activity very much, you can only go to Japan to ride.
The second ghost plane, this time the plane is painted with the character standing painting of the nine pillars in the anime
The commonality of the works of airline linkage
Looking back at the anime painted aircraft produced by Japan Airlines, it is not difficult to see that these works can be divided into two categories, one is a very classic, and it is still a classic IP that still has popularity and traffic, such as Pokémon and Doraemon. The other is the super popular works that have dominated the list on various platforms as soon as they appear, and have become the top in a short period of time, such as the Devil's Blade. However, the fundamental purpose of the linkage between these two types of works and airlines is only one, that is, win-win. Airlines can use these painted aircraft to promote their own airlines, increase exposure, promote local tourism spending, and be able to sell some unique anime peripherals at the airport. For animation companies, painted airplanes can promote animated episodes and movies, and can also make and sell peripherals for airports, so as to maintain the popularity of the work at a stable stage.
How expensive is airplane painting
In the case of the Airbus A320, for example, the entire spraying process requires a team of ten people to carry out a two-week spraying work, which is expected to take 950 hours, and the price of the paint used is about 300,000. These painted aircraft in Japan need more paint, a larger team to paint the fuselage, and the special paint for the aircraft also needs to have high temperature resistance, cold resistance, and friction resistance, and the human and financial cost of drawing an aircraft is really unimaginable.
brief summary
The main function of these various aircraft paintings is to be aesthetically pleasing, to attract passengers to choose to ride, and to promote local tourism, and the different designs and unique gifts in the cabin can also allow passengers to have a better flight experience. For fans who love these works, flying these planes will also have special significance, allowing them to fly to the blue sky with their favorite characters.