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[Mulboyne]

The above video shows Kumamoto's "Kumamon" winning the nationwide mascot competition. Here's my favourite picture:

[bolt_krank]

That pic's a classic.

"Look what I did ! "

[Netherlander]

Cute!:p

[Taro Toporific]

Kumamon and all his yuru-kyara butt-buddies set a Guinness world record for synchronized dork dancing.

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Kumamon says...

[Coligny]

Kumamon and all his yuru-kyara butt-buddies set a Guinness world record for synchronized dork dancing.

No Toyocky in the dorkfest... yeah...

[Taro Toporific]

Kumamon and all his yuru-kyara butt-buddies set a Guinness world record for synchronized dork dancing.

No Toyocky in the dorkfest... yeah...

Toyocky's butt-hole couldn't make it past the PTA censors.

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View Youtube...

[Coligny]

WRONG!!!

The bunghole is not sexual and therefore never censored in Pr0n...

You should really try stuff more recent than your nikkatsu roman porno pink collekshiun...

[yanpa]

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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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

WRONG!!! The bunghole is not sexual and therefore never censored in Pr0n...

That's only for giving kancho, right?

[Taro Toporific]

Japan's mascot craze...

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/ ... T00279.htm

[Taro Toporific]

Kumamon leads Japan's mascot craze
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KUMAMON ENLISTS!

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[Taro Toporific]

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kenY/N -- http://imgur.com/a/QjoGL/

[Taro Toporific]

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[Taro Toporific]

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Japanese governor gives Harvard lecture on official mascot Kumamon
2013 Nov. 12 / GlobalPost
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…
…”Kumamon’s universe expands on its own,” Kabashima said, adding that it is created by fans, businesses and media.
Kumamon also showed up and danced to the tune of a song named after the character...
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[Coligny]

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 the emperor governor was naked ?

[matsuki]

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 the emperor governor was naked ?

As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of kumamon isn't successful.

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....and then there's this:

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

[Coligny]

As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of kumamon isn't successful.

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Great... one more reason to give the finger to BMW drivers...

[Taro Toporific]

As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of kumamon isn't successful...

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).

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[yanpa]

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).

"bought into the whole mystique of selling high-priced tat to a market packed with gullible consumers" is how I'd put it. (And why not?...)

[Coligny]

We have to pay for another aircraft carrier... And Hollande moonlighting as a hooters hostess is not exactly filling the piggy bank...

[Taro Toporific]

As silly as that shit sounds, it's hard to say the promotion of Kumamon isn't successful.

‘Kumamon effect’ generates ¥124.4 bil.
December 27, 2013 | Jiji Press
“Kumamon,” the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, generated economic effects worth ¥124.4 billion in the two years through October, the Bank of Japan’s Kumamoto branch estimated...
...The effects of Kumamon’s popularity on the prefecture’s economy have proved substantial in terms of their extent and cost-effectiveness, the branch said...more...

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[Taro Toporific]

"the only acceptable black-face" ---(@Absurdum14)'s twitter

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さとゆか (@satoyuka0723)'s twitter January 16, 2014

[IparryU]

"the only acceptable black-face" ---(@Absurdum14)'s twitter

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さとゆか (@satoyuka0723)'s twitter January 16, 2014

Dumb as a rock... The kid looks like a monkey too.

But it generated monies!

Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk.

[Taro Toporific]

Dumb as a rock...

In this case the dumb-as-a-rock is a gold brick...

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.

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Let's do the Japanese math.

--The solid gold Kumamon weighs ten kilograms but costs 1OO million yen ($975,772 USD).

--Today’s price for ten kilograms of gold is 42,336,234 yen or $413,104.94 USD.

Hmmm, that seems a bit high for a gold bricker.

[Russell]

Yes, but there is a markup for the design...

[matsuki]

Yes, but there is a markup for the design...

How many kyabakura trips does it take to copy an established design?

[Russell]

Yes, but there is a markup for the design...

How many kyabakura trips does it take to copy an established design?

A few.

But they need the half-a-million-dollar fee to cover the artist's inspiration...

[Taro Toporific]

Cool Kumamon cruising in his Porsche 911---Life is good.

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[Taro Toporific]

AKB48's Haruna Kojima & Bear Mascots Gather for Ted 2 Event
ANN | 2015-Aug-27
AKB48's Haruna Kojima recently appeared as a member of the "Ted Fan Club" at a Japan promotional event for the U.S. film, Ted 2 last week...
...Also in attendance was Ted himself along with a team of Japanese bear mascots including Kumamon, ZomBear and Melonkuma among others. Kojima dealt with a lot of activity from the bears as Melonkuma tried "eating her" and Ted became rather hands-on with the pop star, as per his crude nature. The many bears got along well as they went on to lounge briefly on stage and interact with each other.
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[Taro Toporific]

Proof of Kumamon’s alien origin!
Photo of Kumamon’s escaping his spaceship’s crash landing in a Japanese playground.

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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