8. San-x Characters like Tare Panda!
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Tare Panda: Says some San-x company shill, “I guess they (office workers) saw a little bit of themselves in the worn-out panda character, so they were sympathetic toward it.” By 1999, sales of Tare Panda goods had reached 30 billion yen.
Ginshari-san: The last grain of rice in your bowl. He spends most of his time trying to avoid your chopsticks.
Goringo: Apparently major TV characters in Japan like Domokun. But do they need to look so odd? I mean, apples with giant lips and eyebrows?
Kogepan: A burnt red bean bun with a chip on his shoulder cause no one will ever buy him. When I first started reading about him, I couldn’t figure out if he was just a jerk or suicidal. Check out this site for more. http://www.lazyjuice.com/!/kogepan/
Wanroom: Ummm, as far as I can tell, they are dogs that are furniture and they are totally happy about it.
Atsugari-san and Samugari-san: I call these guys Hot Man and Cold Man. They are Japanese spirits and they are pretty self explanatory. They also hate each other.
Nagomimakuri: When I first saw this character I thought it was some odd Darwinian whale. Turns out it’s just a lazy salamander.
Beer-chan: A beer fairy who enjoys beer. Need I say more?
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2 Comments
Ying Ying
Thursday, 12th March 2009 at 10:15 am
Tare Panda!!!! I love Tare Panda!
Teresa
Saturday, 12th September 2009 at 11:05 am
Tare Panda is so awesome! Can’t hardly find Tare Panda stuff in the U.S. though, even on Amazon
I would really love to have a Tare Panda pencil case. Anyway to order direct from the company?
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