I had expected either a more full explanation or for it to simply not be brought up since it's very well known that it exists and that's all you really need to know for most people
It is one of the few teams to win the championship multiple times. That certainly makes them a necessary inclusion. Even more so since they have been around for a decade now.
The thing that caught me off guard was having it right around tons of more usual sponsors. Like yeah oil company, autoparts company, bank, autoparts company, *HATSUNE MIKU,* autoparts company, etc.
If i remember right, Takata went bankrupt because they supplied a number of car models with an airbag system that turned out to be faulty and actually killed or injured several people really bad.
Nearly 20 million cars (can be more) got a recall because of their faulty air bags. My dad's 3rd gen Japanese Spec Honda Odyssey was among one of them.
Fairly sure it was the biggest motor vehicle recall of all time. Their airbag system would fail, potentially launching small bits of shrapnel into the occupant's face, due to cost-cutting on the explosive device that's supposed to inflate the airbag (which is massively over simplifying the whole thing).
Excellent video! Two things from the lightning round: 18:25 - One interesting thing about Pennzoil is that it's owned by Shell PLC, so even though the Pennzoil portion of the company is US-based, it's ultimately under British control. There is also SOPUS Products, which is hard to tell anything about, but it deals with Pennzoil/Shell products that are less noteworthy. 18:50 - Loctite is even more tricky, as it was originally founded in the US, but is now part of the German company Henkel. The other company that makes threadlocker, which is often called "Loctite" is Permatex, which also used to be under the same leadership as Loctite in the US. Permatex is currently part of Illinois Tool Works, also an American company. Loctite has a pretty noteworthy North American headquarters. So, not wrong on either count, but I figured it would be interesting to anyone reading the comments for further insight and the lightning round stuff seemed like prime candidates for expanding upon.
Now we've might gonna want (or at least it's just me) a video about Goodsmile Racing's history in the future. The team is well known as the "anime racing team", running Hatsune Miku sponsors since 2008 (although only as a title sponsor for Team Studie) and 2010 as a full racing team. The team itself is run by Goodsmile Company, a company known best for selling anime figures. So it's basically the company's motorsport division in some ways. They've got Ukyo Katayama, one of many former Japanese F1 driver as the team's director. And with the drivers lineup being Nobuteru Taniguchi, a very well known drifter/racing driver much like Manabu "Max" Orido, and Tatsuya Kataoka, the same Tatsuya Kataoka from Dome's LMP1 project if I remembered it correctly. He even founded his own racing team named TKRI (Tatsuya Kataoka Racing Invitation) and they're racing in the Super Taikyu series, and as recently partnered with Goodsmile Racing to enter the 2024 season of Kyojo Cup, an all female one-make racing series under the Inter Proto Series umbrella. And they're not just a running joke team apparently. They've found success in the Super GT series, winning the GT300 championship title in 2011, 2014, and 2017. They've also raced overseas in 2017 and 2019 editions of 24 Hours of Spa (although unfortunately they didn't finished the race in both editions a.k.a DNF) as well as Suzuka 10 Hours in 2018-19 (with better results than in Spa). Fun fact, the CEO of Goodsmile Company and the owner of the team, Aki Takanori, even as far as getting himself interested in motorsport through Goodsmile Racing. Idk but that's probably be what I would like to see in the future ¯\_(;u;)_/¯
A video on GSR would be wonderful! I've been one of the top individual sponsors for GSR for awhile now and It always surprises me how little people know about the team's existence. Lets hope for a good 2024 season^^
agreed! they are my top 3 favorite motorsports series!, jgtc/super gt will always stuck in my memory for the awesome and unique teams, cars, driver. i adore them so much
To be fair, an otaku basically just a word for people with specific obsession. You can be a stereotypical anime otaku, a train otaku, a model kit otaku, and yes, even a motorsport otaku.
When I saw the title, I was already half-expecting Goodsmile Racing to be briefly covered, and BOY my life flashed before my eyes when he mentioned Hatsune Miku instead.
I think the Goodsmile Hatsune Miku cars (Z4/AMG GT) are rather well known, even outside the Super GT and itasha community, so I will mention some infos about Pacific Racing Team's liveries/sponsors, as the other itasha running car in GT300. Pacific Racing Team was known with running Love Live! (a multimedia project consisting anime series, games, concerts about school girl idols - a LL fan can correct me if I was right, I don't have much knowledge about LL) liveries for a long time and lately, they are sponsored by Vtuber agencies. In 2019, they were racing with a Mirai Akari livery - Mirai Akari was one of the OG Vtubers in the scene, she has retired in 2023 March 31st. In 2022, Pacific Racing Team collaborated with Hololive, one of the leading Vtuber agency not just in Japan but worldwide as well - they have a Japanese, English and Indonesian branch, with numerous talents who are streaming, making original and cover songs, and partake in various 3D stage performances and live events. In 2023, they were running a VSPO livery - VSPO is a Japanese Vtuber agency focused on esports, their talents are cracked FPS players and in viewership, they are often the 3rd biggest behind Hololive and Nijisanji. They also have 3D events and currently are working on an overseas expansion.
Sponsorships in Super GT/JGTC will always be one of the most fascinating things to talk about. There's always this satisfying feeling when knowing what the main sponsors actually are, for example, Daishin being a dealership network of some sort (probs among other things), and Gaikokuya, a dealership specializing in foreign cars (if the 1994 team name isn't obvious enough lol)
Ngl, your mention of Hatsune Miku caught me off guard because it was in the middle of serious sponsors like banks, oil companys and such lmao. I must add that I own the Racing Miku Nendo that is shown on the AMG GT tho
As an American Gran Turismo gamer who is fascinated with Super GT, I can say that you've done this series justice. I swear it took me years to find out what Xanavi was!
as a fellow SUPER GT fan, I give you the "man of culture" award keep up the great work with these video. shout out to the #8 ARTA in GT500 and #4 GOODSMILE RACING in GT300🏎🏁🎌
The Goodsmile racing Super GT liveries have been my favourite since I first saw them. Not because I like Itasha cars or anything but because of the juxtaposition of seeing a piece of pop culture which isn't usually associated with a brand on such a serious car in such a serious class of racing.
A video on the various itashas in the Super GT would be very cool but GoodSmile Racing Hatsune Miku's legacy is long enough an entire video could be made on them alone. GSR is where I got the inspiration to make itasha Super Formulas in GT Sport. Obviously start with Hatsune Miku but these days I make Hololive themed Super Formulas.
There are some that are super obscure that lasted 1 season. Take for example the 2012 Dijon Racing CALLAWAY CORVETTE Z06-R GT3. Yes, a Corvette, on anime girl wrap. And the kicker is that the anime inspired design wasn't an anime, manga, videogame or light novel. It was to promote Nipponbashi, a shopping district skewed towards anime in Osaka.
if we're talking about designs, then 2019 is probably the best followed by the 2015 design. But if we're talking about the design of THE CAR with the livery, then the best one's gotta be the 2013 Z4. the way the art perfectly fits the car, that whatever angle you look at it it just looks perfect. Though personally I find the 2018 Suzuka10hr to be the best of all. after all that design is a bit more special compared to the others. That design is to show the whole world who they are as a team and that they're fighting for the country of Japan, not just their team. unfortunately they lost in Spa24h where that design is originally made for, but they made the message loud and clear when they won on Suzuka10h. Nothing beats the moment when the 00 car reaches the finish line with all the grandstands filled with lightsticks. That's why I think 2018 Suzuka10h car is the best one, it's the most special one.
I remember autobacs from dtm of all places. In 2003 Persson fielded a Mercedes clk driven by katsutomo kaneishi in full autobacs livery. I have no idea what they were thinking.
The thing that I love the most about Super GT is that there are much looser restrictions on the type of car that a team can enter than any other high-level tin-top racing series in the world. It's the reason why we had all these obscure manufacturers, and even a Toyota Prius competing in Super GT.
"Harsune Miku" is not a sponsor, Good Smile is (Good Smile Racing are their derivative SGT branch). They're a company that specializes on hobby products, specifically figurines/scaled figures, Crypton and Good Smile have a special relation starting around the late '00s and Miku/VOCALOID has been the team's mascot ever since. The most noticeable proof of Miku not being the actual sponsor is 2019's Spa 24h, where Good Smile ran a TYPE-MOON livery instead. There's also been multiple times of different VOCALOID mascots appearing on GSR's liveries.
16:12 Such a minor detail, but I find it funny they have not even used the Marelli font for the large text logo...like whoever was making up the decals just used a standard font and said 'close enough'
19:40 It's factually correct for Miku but not Good Smile Company and GSRacing Team 🤣 21:55 The Axia Trampio R32 #22 is actually my favorite design among all sponsors, I remembered it at the first sight when I watched JGTC videos at that time
dome's 2010/11 weider "metalder" livery will always be my favorite ; love the half&half style (and if you're curious, weider is an american fitness nutrition company)
Man, it’s good to actually understand the backstory of these sponsorships in GT 500. I am so interested on learning the outside sponsors as maybe a continuation of what makes them iconic in their respective race series.
Honestly, these SuperGT videos are some of your best. I haven't watched that many races since Nismo TV/The Race stopped their broadcasts, but this makes me want to watch it again, even if I don't understand what the commentators are saying.
26:18 The blue of this car looking closer to purple (at least to me) in this picture, plus the green of the tire and the red of the markings gives me big Eva Unit 01 energy.
I remember watching that 2018 finale at Motegi live on THE RACE (I think it was still called NISMO TV at the time), that race was incredible Naoki Yamamoto was COOKING that season, pulled the Super GT and Super Formula double AND OH MAN DO I REMEMBER WATCHING THE 2020 FINALE LIVE-I was hollering I couldn't believe the absolute heartbreaker of losing the race & championship basically AT THE LINE
One thing for sure, JGTC/Super GT almost always churning out great liveries for their cars. Some can be simple, some can be complex but they're all iconic in their own way.
I always wondered what the Yellow Corn or LARK McLaren's were actually sponsored by. If this becomes a series or at least gets a follow up, those two surely deserve a mention.
There also was an ARTA Team in the DTM (I think it was in 2005), where they would use a Mercedes CLK-DTM. Interesting, because Autobacs was never a thing in Germany
I'd like to share my knowledge on Super GT Sponsors through music which you may find equally interesting. I've been an avid fan of the eurobeat genre of music for several years now and I actually own a handful of Super Eurobeat CD albums that are sponsored by Super GT, which is what I'll be talking about here. Real quick in case you don't know what Super Eurobeat is, it is a CD album series from Japan by the company Avex Group / Avex Trax (as seen on the purple Raybrig Honda NSX) featuring songs under the eurobeat music genre and has been running since 1990, being the longest running CD album in the world at 250 volumes not including special versions. With that out of the way, one of the special CD sub series was the Super Eurobeat Presents JGTC. Starting in May of 1999, the first CD album was released with sponsorship directly from the JGTC and right away on the second CD they got sponsored by AUTOBACS in early 2000. There would be a 1st Round CD and a 2nd Round CD for each year, with an occasional nonstop mix. By 2005 a transition started replacing the CD cover art sponsor of AUTOBACS and JGTC into just SUPER GT. There was a brief exception in 2008 as both 2008 CDs (2008 1st round and 2008 2nd round) did not get sponsoring by the music distributor I've aforementioned, Super Eurobeat, as half the tracklist on both CDs used songs from other music genres. 2009 things went normal again, with Avex still supplying special CDs for the Super GT series up until the final one in 2010. Also on top of this, as I had said before in a small hint, the purple Raybrig Honda NSX had direct on-the-car sponsorship from Avex themselves in certain years and this car famously was in Gran Turismo 4. There was also the #18 Avex DOME Mugen Honda NSX which was mainly sponsored by Avex Group, you can even see it in this video at around 25:30 onward. I hope this information is understandable and some of you who may read this have learned something! Stay cool and please do feel free to learn more by Googling for SUPER EUROBEAT: Presents JGTC or Super Eurobeat in general! Thank you ^^ EDIT: Also at around 21:40 I'd appreciate a followup video as you could maybe include some of this information!
Loved the video! My brothers & I have been to both Super Autobacs locations. One was located in West Covina (the last one to open then close) & the Long Beach location. The Long Beach location was larger with a formula car strapped upside down in the showroom & had an upstairs section for dvds & collectibles. We went again in 2009 (our first trip there was 2005 for my bro’s bday my uncle took us) but by then they were named ‘Super AutoToyz’ for some odd reason.
My second favorite car in Gran Turismo was the Super GT NSX. I had a Stihl livery on it. My favorite, however, was the Weider Honda. I dominated in that car.
Amazing video, I remember being shocked a few years ago to find out that Raybrig are no longer around, it'll take me a while to get used to them being gone.
Because of GT5 i became low key obsessed with the '06 Raybrig. I love that silver accent. Sad to see them go. I may or may not have cried after seeing the Fuji finish for the first time.
Best bang for your advertising buck would easily have to be Castrol and Toyota in the early GT games. 20+ years later and older gamers can easily recognise the Castrol Supra (and to a lesser extent, the Celica); its impact is such that still gets modded into other car games to this day
Pennzoil was founded in Pennsylvania and was a part of the massive company Standard Oil. Mobile 1 motor oil is produced by Mobil which was founded as Standard Oil of New York and would later merge with Exxon (Standard Oil of New Jersey) to form ExxonMobil. Exxon is known more outside the United States as ESSO which stands for the English letters "S" and "O" for...Standard Oil.
Esso also had their whole tiger theming which made it funnier to me when they teamed up with Pugeot for the WRC and BTCC efforts. Pugeot's badge is a lion, not a tiger, and yet they got some of the best liveries out of it. In GT2 (the game, not the category) in NA the Esso logos were replaced by Exxon weren't they?
However, Pennzoil and Quaker State merged, and Shell bought them out. The brand has a massive presence in Indycar and especially in NASCAR, where names like Tony Raines, Mark Martin, Darrell Waltrip, Michael Waltrip, Kevin Harvick, Steve Park, AJ Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth, Jamie Macmurray, TJ Bell, and most famously, Joey Logano all carried a Pennzoil paint job as a primary or an alternative sponsor in all 3 major divisions.. (note, drivers were placed on no particular order)
Man the ending of this video really had me in the feels. Love your videos mate! I'd love to see more videos about these more niche obscure motorsports stories that deserve some love.
Another long term title sponsor coming to an end in 2023 is ZENT with Cerumo which they have used since 2005, the team now as KeePer as Cerumo's title sponsor starting this year. Also Yuji Tachikawa became Cerumo's new team princapal after his retirement from racing
Great video bud, loved JGTC my entire life. Have you considered doing a video on the Japanese cars that went over and raced at Le Mans in 1995 and 1996? Interesting era and the last time JGTC cars there. Was always gutted the GT500's never got an invitational entry.
If so, we should follow Kazutoshi Mizuno's story. The constant internal turmoil at Nissan continues to have a negative impact not only on production cars, but also on racing activities. The Z33, which was developed without the company's knowledge, and the R35 GT-R, which was developed in secret with the help of some outlaws who had taken early retirement from Isuzu, are all connected to the stories of GT/SWPC/LM.
Komputer here. Really liked the video, good one. Now if only you could do a video on the weird cars that competed in both JGTC and Super GT over the years.
Asparadrink is an energy drink/health supplement product sold in tiny glass bottles, while RE Amemiya is a tuning company specializing in Mazda's rotary-engined offerings.
Yeah, even as far as taking the ZENT sponsor along with him (smh) Context: Starting from 2024, Team Cerumo, the team where Yuji Tachikawa had raced for, will drop ZENT as their title sponsor and Keeper will be the ones who is sponsoring them
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been interested in Super GT ever since I bought GT7, but it’s tough to find English-langue content/context about the series
I love this video, thank you so much for this in-depth look at Super GT and it's sponsorships. I would like to see that break down of other sponsers more in depth if you can. I'm sure I'm not alone in that sentiment.
I loved the video. I discover many new things to add to the ones I already knew. I would love to watch a second part soon explaining another very well stablished sponsors in Super GT, very loyal sponsorships. Denso, Jaecs, Kaneko, Yokohama Advan, HKS, JLOC (Japan's Lamborghini Owners Club), BP, etc. Greetings from Spain!!!
this guy is gonna make a video on Gran Turismo fonts and I'll probably be watching it within 10 minutes of it being uploaded
Don’t give him any ideas (i’d watch)
I don’t even play the game, I don’t have a PlayStation, I’m just a arcade and sim racing fan that likes this guys voice 😭
I'm excited for a 10 hour epic on the evolution of menu icon design...
...do it
April fools is coming up so...
Finally, Roflwaffle has to talk about Hatsune Miku
Indeed lmao, it's been like 15 years now since we've seen the first Hatsune Miku sponsored racecar in the series in 2008
Funny thing is they were actually competitive like a decade ago
"Hatsune Miku" was not a name I expected to pop up here, despite fully knowing that there were cars with her livery
I had expected either a more full explanation or for it to simply not be brought up since it's very well known that it exists and that's all you really need to know for most people
It is one of the few teams to win the championship multiple times. That certainly makes them a necessary inclusion. Even more so since they have been around for a decade now.
#fightgsr gang
The thing that caught me off guard was having it right around tons of more usual sponsors. Like yeah oil company, autoparts company, bank, autoparts company, *HATSUNE MIKU,* autoparts company, etc.
She ain't just hiding in your Wi-Fi. She's also hiding on your GT3 liveries.
The Hatsune Miku one is actually run by Good Smile Racing, a part of model and anime figure maker Good Smile Company.
Wait, I'm sure I've seen their products before...
@@rogehmarbi Possibly their tiny figure lineup called Nendoroid.
@@SumoPoweredAlanLior Figma Action Figures
Oh yes, and they've expanded into robot model kits with the Moderoid toy line too.
Goodsmile racing is also co-owned by Ukyo katayama, a former f1 driver
If i remember right, Takata went bankrupt because they supplied a number of car models with an airbag system that turned out to be faulty and actually killed or injured several people really bad.
"a number of car models" is a bit of an understatement
@@Fay7666well it was a whole lot of cars at risk for sure
Nearly 20 million cars (can be more) got a recall because of their faulty air bags. My dad's 3rd gen Japanese Spec Honda Odyssey was among one of them.
I knew that name sounds familiar. I was like 'didn't they had some controversy not too long ago?' but I haven't looked into it yet
Fairly sure it was the biggest motor vehicle recall of all time. Their airbag system would fail, potentially launching small bits of shrapnel into the occupant's face, due to cost-cutting on the explosive device that's supposed to inflate the airbag (which is massively over simplifying the whole thing).
Excellent video! Two things from the lightning round:
18:25 - One interesting thing about Pennzoil is that it's owned by Shell PLC, so even though the Pennzoil portion of the company is US-based, it's ultimately under British control. There is also SOPUS Products, which is hard to tell anything about, but it deals with Pennzoil/Shell products that are less noteworthy.
18:50 - Loctite is even more tricky, as it was originally founded in the US, but is now part of the German company Henkel. The other company that makes threadlocker, which is often called "Loctite" is Permatex, which also used to be under the same leadership as Loctite in the US. Permatex is currently part of Illinois Tool Works, also an American company. Loctite has a pretty noteworthy North American headquarters.
So, not wrong on either count, but I figured it would be interesting to anyone reading the comments for further insight and the lightning round stuff seemed like prime candidates for expanding upon.
Now we've might gonna want (or at least it's just me) a video about Goodsmile Racing's history in the future. The team is well known as the "anime racing team", running Hatsune Miku sponsors since 2008 (although only as a title sponsor for Team Studie) and 2010 as a full racing team.
The team itself is run by Goodsmile Company, a company known best for selling anime figures. So it's basically the company's motorsport division in some ways. They've got Ukyo Katayama, one of many former Japanese F1 driver as the team's director. And with the drivers lineup being Nobuteru Taniguchi, a very well known drifter/racing driver much like Manabu "Max" Orido, and Tatsuya Kataoka, the same Tatsuya Kataoka from Dome's LMP1 project if I remembered it correctly. He even founded his own racing team named TKRI (Tatsuya Kataoka Racing Invitation) and they're racing in the Super Taikyu series, and as recently partnered with Goodsmile Racing to enter the 2024 season of Kyojo Cup, an all female one-make racing series under the Inter Proto Series umbrella.
And they're not just a running joke team apparently. They've found success in the Super GT series, winning the GT300 championship title in 2011, 2014, and 2017. They've also raced overseas in 2017 and 2019 editions of 24 Hours of Spa (although unfortunately they didn't finished the race in both editions a.k.a DNF) as well as Suzuka 10 Hours in 2018-19 (with better results than in Spa).
Fun fact, the CEO of Goodsmile Company and the owner of the team, Aki Takanori, even as far as getting himself interested in motorsport through Goodsmile Racing.
Idk but that's probably be what I would like to see in the future ¯\_(;u;)_/¯
YES PLEASE :D
Same dudes who ran the Hatsune Miku AMG GTR?
@@chrismaina1830 Indeed, an AMG GT3 to be exact since of course the AMG GTR is a road model while the GT3 is the racecar version of it
A video on GSR would be wonderful! I've been one of the top individual sponsors for GSR for awhile now and It always surprises me how little people know about the team's existence. Lets hope for a good 2024 season^^
@@konomata"Top individual sponsor for GSR" 😂😂😂 How many figurines did my mans buy
The JGTC/Super GT is my favorite event in every Gran Turismo. IRL, it's Japan's DTM and is far more insane than any GT3 race I've ever seen.
agreed! they are my top 3 favorite motorsports series!, jgtc/super gt will always stuck in my memory for the awesome and unique teams, cars, driver. i adore them so much
I love that Rofl is basically just an otaku, but instead of anime, its Japanese motrsports.
Man of culture nonetheless
To be fair, an otaku basically just a word for people with specific obsession.
You can be a stereotypical anime otaku, a train otaku, a model kit otaku, and yes, even a motorsport otaku.
I don’t understand a word of what you said.
Man not even Motorsport is correct :(
1:39
"unfamiliar, bizarre, or even down right confusing"
* anime squid girl ferrari *
Ah yes, the Pacific Ika Musume F430 GT300.
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God bless Ika Musume
Ika Musume will rule over motorsport
@@deanchur the power of reddit user funding compels dogecoin
When I saw the title, I was already half-expecting Goodsmile Racing to be briefly covered, and BOY my life flashed before my eyes when he mentioned Hatsune Miku instead.
The Woodone Supra from GT4 for me is iconic as the Castrol Supra.
And funny to learn that they actually handle wood, which explains their name. XD
Same here, I always assumed they were a Japan only car audio company for some reason.
@@toypop96 Maybe mixed up with Kenwood audio?
@@vinching926 Kenwood is available worldwide though.
I think the Goodsmile Hatsune Miku cars (Z4/AMG GT) are rather well known, even outside the Super GT and itasha community, so I will mention some infos about Pacific Racing Team's liveries/sponsors, as the other itasha running car in GT300.
Pacific Racing Team was known with running Love Live! (a multimedia project consisting anime series, games, concerts about school girl idols - a LL fan can correct me if I was right, I don't have much knowledge about LL) liveries for a long time and lately, they are sponsored by Vtuber agencies.
In 2019, they were racing with a Mirai Akari livery - Mirai Akari was one of the OG Vtubers in the scene, she has retired in 2023 March 31st.
In 2022, Pacific Racing Team collaborated with Hololive, one of the leading Vtuber agency not just in Japan but worldwide as well - they have a Japanese, English and Indonesian branch, with numerous talents who are streaming, making original and cover songs, and partake in various 3D stage performances and live events.
In 2023, they were running a VSPO livery - VSPO is a Japanese Vtuber agency focused on esports, their talents are cracked FPS players and in viewership, they are often the 3rd biggest behind Hololive and Nijisanji. They also have 3D events and currently are working on an overseas expansion.
Sponsorships in Super GT/JGTC will always be one of the most fascinating things to talk about. There's always this satisfying feeling when knowing what the main sponsors actually are, for example, Daishin being a dealership network of some sort (probs among other things), and Gaikokuya, a dealership specializing in foreign cars (if the 1994 team name isn't obvious enough lol)
Ngl, your mention of Hatsune Miku caught me off guard because it was in the middle of serious sponsors like banks, oil companys and such lmao. I must add that I own the Racing Miku Nendo that is shown on the AMG GT tho
SuperGT ( not the racing class ) must be devastated 😂
As an American Gran Turismo gamer who is fascinated with Super GT, I can say that you've done this series justice. I swear it took me years to find out what Xanavi was!
as a fellow SUPER GT fan, I give you the "man of culture" award keep up the great work with these video. shout out to the #8 ARTA in GT500 and #4 GOODSMILE RACING in GT300🏎🏁🎌
i know you're talking about the motorsport and not the youtube channel of alex albon; however, I must.....
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9:44 And now, its successor sponsor, Marelli, has left Team Impul too.
As of now, TRS has become the main sponsor of Team Impul.
If I remember correctly, the iconic orange and green livery on the 787B is from a company that makes socks.
Renown was a clothing company
The Raybrig HSV was the prettiest car on recent SuperGT history, even the sound was on point, i miss that car 🙌🏻
I'm watching a Roflwaffle video. Of course I want a breakdown of the most niche sponsors possible.
Great stuff!
Absolutely.
Super GT is probably one of the main reasons why I want to visit Japan. Would love to see a race
Same friend, some friends & i are going Japan end of October early November mainly to go for the final round at Motegi god spare life.😁👍
Advan is also a tire brand owned by Yokohama Tire, not just a wheel brand
You Forgot Keihin, that´s one of most iconic Sponsor in the Series and one of the main supplier of Honda
And Epson sponsoring the Nakajima Honda as well
I have a 2007 Raybrig NSX model car in my collection. Its the most exotic of any of my models. It looks so awesome!!!! It really stands out. 🤩
The Goodsmile racing Super GT liveries have been my favourite since I first saw them. Not because I like Itasha cars or anything but because of the juxtaposition of seeing a piece of pop culture which isn't usually associated with a brand on such a serious car in such a serious class of racing.
21:45 I would love to see a video about niche brands a sponsors.
I have to say the Calsonic and Pennzoil GT-Rs are always my go to cars for Gran Turismo's JGTC events along with the Castrol Supra, and Mobil 1 NSX.
A video on the various itashas in the Super GT would be very cool but GoodSmile Racing Hatsune Miku's legacy is long enough an entire video could be made on them alone.
GSR is where I got the inspiration to make itasha Super Formulas in GT Sport. Obviously start with Hatsune Miku but these days I make Hololive themed Super Formulas.
There are some that are super obscure that lasted 1 season.
Take for example the 2012 Dijon Racing CALLAWAY CORVETTE Z06-R GT3. Yes, a Corvette, on anime girl wrap. And the kicker is that the anime inspired design wasn't an anime, manga, videogame or light novel. It was to promote Nipponbashi, a shopping district skewed towards anime in Osaka.
21:55 yes! more sponsors
Nothing will ever compare to the Miku AMG. Even in Forza games I'll usually pick that design if I see it.
The 2019 design of the Miku AMG is indeed, the best Miku AMG (hell even as the best livery design of all Goodsmile Racing's racecars IMO)
@@LmaoItsDeadThose designs are very nice though i do prefer the 2021 livery
if we're talking about designs, then 2019 is probably the best followed by the 2015 design.
But if we're talking about the design of THE CAR with the livery, then the best one's gotta be the 2013 Z4. the way the art perfectly fits the car, that whatever angle you look at it it just looks perfect.
Though personally I find the 2018 Suzuka10hr to be the best of all. after all that design is a bit more special compared to the others. That design is to show the whole world who they are as a team and that they're fighting for the country of Japan, not just their team. unfortunately they lost in Spa24h where that design is originally made for, but they made the message loud and clear when they won on Suzuka10h.
Nothing beats the moment when the 00 car reaches the finish line with all the grandstands filled with lightsticks. That's why I think 2018 Suzuka10h car is the best one, it's the most special one.
I remember autobacs from dtm of all places. In 2003 Persson fielded a Mercedes clk driven by katsutomo kaneishi in full autobacs livery. I have no idea what they were thinking.
Especially since he finished last in the 2003 DTM and went back to Japan afterwards
Thank you for posting immediately as i come back home
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Same.
Thank you for posting immediately as I come
So...I just discovered that Motul in french. I don't think much french people know this as Total and Elf are far more popular.
Michelin as well.
I was only talking of peoil company but yes.@@KevinAbillGaming
Its definitely a smaller brand. But motul has a big presence in motorsports
The thing that I love the most about Super GT is that there are much looser restrictions on the type of car that a team can enter than any other high-level tin-top racing series in the world. It's the reason why we had all these obscure manufacturers, and even a Toyota Prius competing in Super GT.
"Harsune Miku" is not a sponsor, Good Smile is (Good Smile Racing are their derivative SGT branch). They're a company that specializes on hobby products, specifically figurines/scaled figures, Crypton and Good Smile have a special relation starting around the late '00s and Miku/VOCALOID has been the team's mascot ever since. The most noticeable proof of Miku not being the actual sponsor is 2019's Spa 24h, where Good Smile ran a TYPE-MOON livery instead. There's also been multiple times of different VOCALOID mascots appearing on GSR's liveries.
Super GT cars with anime sponsors is my type of aesthetic
Itasha race cars are always cool to see
16:12 Such a minor detail, but I find it funny they have not even used the Marelli font for the large text logo...like whoever was making up the decals just used a standard font and said 'close enough'
My mind was blown when I saw Loctite products in the superglue section of a hardware store, lock... tight... it lives rent free in my head every day
19:40 It's factually correct for Miku but not Good Smile Company and GSRacing Team 🤣
21:55 The Axia Trampio R32 #22 is actually my favorite design among all sponsors, I remembered it at the first sight when I watched JGTC videos at that time
dome's 2010/11 weider "metalder" livery will always be my favorite ; love the half&half style (and if you're curious, weider is an american fitness nutrition company)
We def need a part 2
So much love for Super GT, what an amazing series, great video mate!
ASL Garaiya only use SR20 in 03, 04 or after was changed to VQ engine due to less overheat and more efficiency
Man, it’s good to actually understand the backstory of these sponsorships in GT 500. I am so interested on learning the outside sponsors as maybe a continuation of what makes them iconic in their respective race series.
PLEASE make that sequel video! Super GT/JGTC Is probably the most interesting racing series I can think of
Honestly, these SuperGT videos are some of your best. I haven't watched that many races since Nismo TV/The Race stopped their broadcasts, but this makes me want to watch it again, even if I don't understand what the commentators are saying.
There's also one team with underrated livery. It's Pacific Racing with their Ferrari 488 and Hololive livery.
26:18 The blue of this car looking closer to purple (at least to me) in this picture, plus the green of the tire and the red of the markings gives me big Eva Unit 01 energy.
7:09 OMG that thing looks like a baby Saleen S7
I remember watching that 2018 finale at Motegi live on THE RACE (I think it was still called NISMO TV at the time), that race was incredible
Naoki Yamamoto was COOKING that season, pulled the Super GT and Super Formula double
AND OH MAN DO I REMEMBER WATCHING THE 2020 FINALE LIVE-I was hollering
I couldn't believe the absolute heartbreaker of losing the race & championship basically AT THE LINE
So, many of my remembering brands of sponsors are going away, back when i played Gran Turismo 5.
One thing for sure, JGTC/Super GT almost always churning out great liveries for their cars. Some can be simple, some can be complex but they're all iconic in their own way.
I always wondered what the Yellow Corn or LARK McLaren's were actually sponsored by. If this becomes a series or at least gets a follow up, those two surely deserve a mention.
LARK is a tobacco brand owned by Philip Morris International, while Yellow Corn is a motorcycle apparel brand.
You’re so informative it’s ridiculous!! I appreciate your videos. The level of nostalgia this brings me is insane .
it sucks to know my favorite livery (raybrig) was retired. but at least it went out on the highest of high notes 🙏🙏🙏. great video roflwaffle!
Hey Rofl! I want to say you are doing a great job! Keep it up!
There also was an ARTA Team in the DTM (I think it was in 2005), where they would use a Mercedes CLK-DTM. Interesting, because Autobacs was never a thing in Germany
That was Katsutomo Kaneishi driving a Autobacs sponsored Persson Motorsport Mercedes CLK in 2003
i never thought a video explaining what are pretty much ads would be so interesting and fun to watch, and yes, i would love a follow-up!
I'd like to share my knowledge on Super GT Sponsors through music which you may find equally interesting. I've been an avid fan of the eurobeat genre of music for several years now and I actually own a handful of Super Eurobeat CD albums that are sponsored by Super GT, which is what I'll be talking about here. Real quick in case you don't know what Super Eurobeat is, it is a CD album series from Japan by the company Avex Group / Avex Trax (as seen on the purple Raybrig Honda NSX) featuring songs under the eurobeat music genre and has been running since 1990, being the longest running CD album in the world at 250 volumes not including special versions. With that out of the way, one of the special CD sub series was the Super Eurobeat Presents JGTC. Starting in May of 1999, the first CD album was released with sponsorship directly from the JGTC and right away on the second CD they got sponsored by AUTOBACS in early 2000. There would be a 1st Round CD and a 2nd Round CD for each year, with an occasional nonstop mix. By 2005 a transition started replacing the CD cover art sponsor of AUTOBACS and JGTC into just SUPER GT. There was a brief exception in 2008 as both 2008 CDs (2008 1st round and 2008 2nd round) did not get sponsoring by the music distributor I've aforementioned, Super Eurobeat, as half the tracklist on both CDs used songs from other music genres. 2009 things went normal again, with Avex still supplying special CDs for the Super GT series up until the final one in 2010. Also on top of this, as I had said before in a small hint, the purple Raybrig Honda NSX had direct on-the-car sponsorship from Avex themselves in certain years and this car famously was in Gran Turismo 4. There was also the #18 Avex DOME Mugen Honda NSX which was mainly sponsored by Avex Group, you can even see it in this video at around 25:30 onward. I hope this information is understandable and some of you who may read this have learned something! Stay cool and please do feel free to learn more by Googling for SUPER EUROBEAT: Presents JGTC or Super Eurobeat in general! Thank you ^^
EDIT: Also at around 21:40 I'd appreciate a followup video as you could maybe include some of this information!
Loved the video! My brothers & I have been to both Super Autobacs locations. One was located in West Covina (the last one to open then close) & the Long Beach location. The Long Beach location was larger with a formula car strapped upside down in the showroom & had an upstairs section for dvds & collectibles. We went again in 2009 (our first trip there was 2005 for my bro’s bday my uncle took us) but by then they were named ‘Super AutoToyz’ for some odd reason.
Bro keep the good work stay on the grind
I actually have been looking for livery ideas and this video is a perfect opportunity
Another banger, love your videos
Maybe do this with DTM sponsors like Sonax, Dekra, Playboy, Deutsche Post etc
My second favorite car in Gran Turismo was the Super GT NSX. I had a Stihl livery on it. My favorite, however, was the Weider Honda. I dominated in that car.
I need to know what for sure Hiroto was. They sponsored an R34 and JLOC but I never knew what they were
Wake up babe, New gt content
Amazing video, I remember being shocked a few years ago to find out that Raybrig are no longer around, it'll take me a while to get used to them being gone.
Because of GT5 i became low key obsessed with the '06 Raybrig. I love that silver accent. Sad to see them go.
I may or may not have cried after seeing the Fuji finish for the first time.
my favorite sponsor has to be asparadrink just because i always thought it was cough syrup when i was younger
Great video, I love this type of stuff. Please make a video on the more obscure ones as well!
Best bang for your advertising buck would easily have to be Castrol and Toyota in the early GT games.
20+ years later and older gamers can easily recognise the Castrol Supra (and to a lesser extent, the Celica); its impact is such that still gets modded into other car games to this day
Thank you for making JGTC/Super GT content, there's a criminal lack of people talking about this series 😢
Pennzoil was founded in Pennsylvania and was a part of the massive company Standard Oil. Mobile 1 motor oil is produced by Mobil which was founded as Standard Oil of New York and would later merge with Exxon (Standard Oil of New Jersey) to form ExxonMobil. Exxon is known more outside the United States as ESSO which stands for the English letters "S" and "O" for...Standard Oil.
Esso also had their whole tiger theming which made it funnier to me when they teamed up with Pugeot for the WRC and BTCC efforts. Pugeot's badge is a lion, not a tiger, and yet they got some of the best liveries out of it. In GT2 (the game, not the category) in NA the Esso logos were replaced by Exxon weren't they?
However, Pennzoil and Quaker State merged, and Shell bought them out. The brand has a massive presence in Indycar and especially in NASCAR, where names like Tony Raines, Mark Martin, Darrell Waltrip, Michael Waltrip, Kevin Harvick, Steve Park, AJ Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth, Jamie Macmurray, TJ Bell, and most famously, Joey Logano all carried a Pennzoil paint job as a primary or an alternative sponsor in all 3 major divisions.. (note, drivers were placed on no particular order)
oh whatttt,,, that final raybrig race was incredible
Man the ending of this video really had me in the feels. Love your videos mate! I'd love to see more videos about these more niche obscure motorsports stories that deserve some love.
Another long term title sponsor coming to an end in 2023 is ZENT with Cerumo which they have used since 2005, the team now as KeePer as Cerumo's title sponsor starting this year. Also Yuji Tachikawa became Cerumo's new team princapal after his retirement from racing
The Loctite/Zexel JGTC GTR is still to this day my favorite livery of all time.
Great video bud, loved JGTC my entire life. Have you considered doing a video on the Japanese cars that went over and raced at Le Mans in 1995 and 1996? Interesting era and the last time JGTC cars there. Was always gutted the GT500's never got an invitational entry.
If so, we should follow Kazutoshi Mizuno's story. The constant internal turmoil at Nissan continues to have a negative impact not only on production cars, but also on racing activities. The Z33, which was developed without the company's knowledge, and the R35 GT-R, which was developed in secret with the help of some outlaws who had taken early retirement from Isuzu, are all connected to the stories of GT/SWPC/LM.
I alwyas found Cusco funny sounding, cause where I'm from in Brazil that's slang for dog (literally, no innuendo, just dog.)
I would love a video about obscure sponsors, great video as always, makes me want to watch super gt. Keep up with the great work😊
Komputer here.
Really liked the video, good one.
Now if only you could do a video on the weird cars that competed in both JGTC and Super GT over the years.
This is such a great video idea and i can't believe it hasn't been done before. Seems you forgot to mention Asparadrink/Re Amemiya though!
Asparadrink is an energy drink/health supplement product sold in tiny glass bottles, while RE Amemiya is a tuning company specializing in Mazda's rotary-engined offerings.
@@TwentyNinerR I know, but feel like it could’ve been in the video.
For Tachikawa to retire with the only team he's ever known is special.
Yeah, even as far as taking the ZENT sponsor along with him (smh)
Context: Starting from 2024, Team Cerumo, the team where Yuji Tachikawa had raced for, will drop ZENT as their title sponsor and Keeper will be the ones who is sponsoring them
@@LmaoItsDead Bye bye Pachinko.
@@luisy.gonzalez6469it's still there but not a title sponsor
..and now he continues as Team Cerumo's Team Principal. Cerumo eternal.
What a guy!
I clicked on this video with the question "What the hell is Raybrig?" Thank you for shedding light on that
19:32 bruh didnt even need to say the real sponsor, just Hatsune Miku
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been interested in Super GT ever since I bought GT7, but it’s tough to find English-langue content/context about the series
How dare you lightning round Hatsune Miku
1:42 Anybody mind filling a racing world ingorant with the context behind the Ikamusume livery?
It's the Pacific Racing Team, who promoted Ika Musume back in the day.
I'm certain that Roflwaffle can read out a phone book and it would still be interesting.
I love this video, thank you so much for this in-depth look at Super GT and it's sponsorships. I would like to see that break down of other sponsers more in depth if you can. I'm sure I'm not alone in that sentiment.
It's still unreal to me that your channel exists lol, absolute class since the very first video.
I loved the video. I discover many new things to add to the ones I already knew. I would love to watch a second part soon explaining another very well stablished sponsors in Super GT, very loyal sponsorships. Denso, Jaecs, Kaneko, Yokohama Advan, HKS, JLOC (Japan's Lamborghini Owners Club), BP, etc.
Greetings from Spain!!!
this video feels like a dream come true, i always wondering what really are the sponsor on the super gt cars since i was a kid
Would absolutely love a part two
Fun but little known fact: DENSO also invented the QR code in 1994
Would really like to see you talk about good smile racing
I feel the same way about the 2004 Raybrig NSX that I do about the 2019 Alfa Romeo F1 livery. The Shell logos make it work.
Just want to say that your videos are awesome and keep up the good work!