Anonymous Driver Gear in the style of Initial D
Hi guys,
I created a trademark for a new brand last October, called "Anonymous Driver" and created clothing/apparel in the style of characters from Anime that features an unknown driver, such as Initial D, Wangan Midnight, and MFGhost (at least in the 1st season when nobody knew Kanata was a driver of the MFGhost challenge). I purposely wanted to release this idea when MFGhost was currently showing episodes, and found myself being able to finish all the infrastructure set up just after Season 2 of MFGhost ended.
My clothing features Japanese Kanji graphics that translate to the words, Anonymous Driver. And each piece of clothing (on the hoodies and T-shirts) features a comical phrase related to people not being able to find out the driver's identity (such as when Keisuke didn't know he was racing against Takumi delivering tofu in the mountain, in Initial D First Season).
Unfortunately, my clothing doesn't feature pictorial imagery from Initial D or any car anime since I was really concerned about infringement of worldwide copyrights. But my plan was to gather enough sales and then approach companies such as Honda North America and different anime companies for royalty agreements to deliver clothing with graphics created by fans/artists of Honda cars (Civic Type R, Integra Type R, NSX, etc.) and anime characters/cars (such as Takumi and his AE86, Kanata's 86, or Sena in his MKV GR Supra). I've always really wanted to release a t-shirt with a scene from the Todou School EK9 Type R race with Takumi, since I also drive a Civic Type R.
I just recently got some samples that I used for photos, and included my username u/TheHamsterball on the pictures to show you some of the products and show you guys legitimate pictures.
It would be greatly appreciated if you guys could check out my store and social media.
I also created a very short video series (with seasons and short acts instead of episodes, with each act lasting 2-3 minutes) that surrounds the characters in my marketing ads. The series is called, "Anonymous Driver Origins", which is a fictional story about the characters of my brand with fragments of real life events. The series is on Youtube and a new Act will be released during every major sale (hopefully), so people have some entertainment to follow along with. (No it will not be as good as Initial D).
My social media (IG, TikTok, Youtube, Facebook) also has all the media related to the characters of the series/brand and series, and mockups of clothing: u/anonymousdriverwear
I highly suggest watching the two commercials I created before watching the Origins First Act.
There's more mockups and a full catalog of stuff at my store's URL: Anonymous Driver Wear Store
Mods, if this is not allowed, my apologies. I was trying to find the most appropriate place to post this. Since the clothing/hats/caps are very niche, I thought to join this subreddit and post here.
I've been having a really hard time justifying to customers that the shirts, clothing, and hats/caps are worth it. I purposely chose a high-quality graphic printing supplier to ensure there's no product defects or issues with the dye quality. If you look closely, you can see from the images that there's no issues with quality on the gear. That's kind of why my prices are a little higher.
Thank you so much for checking us out.
(Sorry for the wrinkled red shirt, I had it washed before the pictures and didn't iron it).