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Anime art nails it

/ CBS News

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A woman shows off her finished nail art at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon, in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 27, 2014. 

Clients are able to bring in any image they desire and have them painted onto their fingernails, some even in 3-D. 

Japanese Anime characters are currently the most popular and a full set of nails can take as long as three hours to complete, depending on how complex the design. 

Over the past five years the nail-care and nail art industry in Japan has been booming with an estimated market size of over 200billion yen.

All photos taken in Tokyo, Feb. 27, 2014.

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Recent work by nail artists at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon is shown off.

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An anime character is seen on a client's phone next to nail paint at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A woman has her choosen anime character painted onto her fingernails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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Nail artist Suzuki Ai paints an anime character onto a woman's fingernail at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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Nail artist Suzuki Ai paints a 3-D teddy bear design on a woman's fingernail at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A woman shows off her finished nail art at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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Recent work by nail artists is displayed at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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Nail artist Suzuki Ai displays her nails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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Nail artist Suzuki Ai paints a teddy bear design on a woman's fingernail at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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A woman has her choosen anime character painted onto her fingernails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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A woman has her choosen anime character painted onto her fingernails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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A woman has her choosen anime character painted onto her fingernails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Nail artist Suzuki Ai paints a teddy bear design on a woman's fingernail at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

Tokyo

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Nail artist Suzuki Ai paints an anime character from an image on her clients iphone at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A woman has her choosen anime character painted onto her fingernails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A client shows her phone to nail artist Takahashi Miwa with an image of the character she wants painted on her nails at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A woman shows off her finished nail art at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A woman shows off her finished nail art at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.

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A client shows off her new nail art next to the image used as reference at Ita Color's Yellow nail salon.
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