Tofugu is built on WordPress, so we were excited when WordPress Japan recently announced its new mascot, Wapuu. While it’s not quite as cool as the Tofugu fugu (what is?), Wapuu is still pretty darn cute.

But if there’s one thing we all know for sure about Japan, it’s that has tons of mascots. So how does Wapuu stack up against  other Japanese blogging characters?

Ameba, one of Japan’s biggest blogging sites really pales in comparison when it comes to the mascot department. Ameba somehow missed the memo about Japanese mascots being cute and chose possibly the weirdest mascot of all: an amoeba.

Who’s the cutest protozoa? You are!

Amoeba are microscopic single-celled organisms. To me at least, it’s a mystery how a formless blob represents blogging or is supposed to get people excited about Ameba. But considering Ameba’s astounding popularity in Japan, they must be doing something right.

Maybe Ameba should have taken a look at Typepad. Typepad is a blogging software a lot like WordPress, and about five years ago it decided on its official Japanese mascot, Toph:

Toph is the total opposite of the Ameba amoeba in a lot of ways: Toph’s a more recognizable creature (a legless fox, duh), a lot cuter, and doesn’t have terrifyingly blank eyes.

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