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Coligny wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:Kumamon and all his yuru-kyara butt-buddies set a Guinness world record for synchronized dork dancing.
No Toyocky in the dorkfest... yeah...
The Grauniad wrote:Kumamon leads Japan's mascot craze, but don't mention Pluto-kun
They help collect taxes, promote tourism and save the environment, but Japan's mascots cannot escape controversy
He is a genuine household name in a country where celebrities are ten a penny. His rosy cheeks and unreadable expression appear on hundreds of products, from sweets and snacks to bags of rice, stationery and toys – part of a commercial portfolio worth almost 30bn yen last year.
That's not bad for a cuddly black bear with a mischievous streak, who has risen from humble beginnings promoting a new bullet train station in southern Japan to become the country's pre-eminent mascot.
Kumamon – a combination of the words Kumamoto, his home prefecture, and the local pronunciation of mon, or "things" – has built up a following to rival that of fellow bears Pooh and Paddington since being named Japan's most popular mascot two years ago.
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Coligny wrote:WRONG!!! The bunghole is not sexual and therefore never censored in Pr0n...
Taro Toporific wrote:Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima on Tuesday visited Harvard University near Boston with “Kumamon,” the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, to give a lecture on how the cuddly character has helped “maximize the overall happiness” of residents…
Coligny wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima on Tuesday visited Harvard University near Boston with “Kumamon,” the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, to give a lecture on how the cuddly character has helped “maximize the overall happiness” of residents…
I really want to punch sumthing when I read this kind of bullshit...
nobody in Harvard thought aboot telling the guy that theemperorgovernor was naked ?
At Harvard, more than 100 students and other people packed the hall to listen to the lecture, entitled "Kumamon's political science and economics," by the 66-year-old governor with a doctorate in political economics from the Ivy League school
chokonen888 wrote:
As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of kumamon isn't successful.
chokonen888 wrote:As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of kumamon isn't successful...
Baccarat Presents Crystal Glass “Kumamon” Figure
JIJI Press | Dec. 2, 2013
French high-end glass maker Baccarat will release on Dec. 9 crystal-glass figures of “Kumamon,” a mascot bear for Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan...more...
...will be on sale at the price of 39,900 Japanese yen (approximately 400 U.S. dollars).
Taro Toporific wrote:Za Frenchies seem to have bought into the whole Kumamon mystique...Baccarat Presents Crystal Glass “Kumamon” Figure
JIJI Press | Dec. 2, 2013
French high-end glass maker Baccarat will release on Dec. 9 crystal-glass figures of “Kumamon,” a mascot bear for Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan...more...
...will be on sale at the price of 39,900 Japanese yen (approximately 400 U.S. dollars).
chokonen888 wrote:As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of Kumamon isn't successful.
Taro Toporific wrote:"the only acceptable black-face" ---(@Absurdum14)'s twitter
さとゆか (@satoyuka0723)'s twitter January 16, 2014
IparryU wrote:Dumb as a rock...
Golden statue of Kumamon
Ky0d0 News | May 1, 2014
A pure gold statuette of Kumamon is unveiled by Tanaka Kikinz0ku Jewelry in Tokyo’s Ginza district. The statue, with a price tag of 1OO million yen, weighs ten kilograms and stands about 18 centimeters tall.
Russell wrote:Yes, but there is a markup for the design...
chokonen888 wrote:Russell wrote:Yes, but there is a markup for the design...
How many kyabakura trips does it take to copy an established design?
おはくま~!今日は金曜日、あとひとがんばりかモン☆ くまモン【公式】 (@55_kumamon) September 3, 2015
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