The last part of this little series is the “Japanese Mascots” category. We’ve done Ronald McDonald / Colonel Sanders, Mickey / Hello Kitty, Food Mascots, and American Children Shows. Today, we focus on well known Japanese characters. There was a lot of Mario and Luigi out there, so I thought we’d start with that.
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If you thought American children shows were safe from this series, I have no idea what you were thinking. We’ve hit Fast Food Mascots, Mickey & Hello Kitty, Food, and today we’re hitting Winnie The Pooh, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Sesame Street. Prepare for your childhood to be ruined.
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Previously, we’ve covered Ronald McDonald, Colonel Sanders, Hello Kitty, and Mickey Mouse, but today we’re going to delve into food items being parodied. Things like the image above, which are just a little too sexy creepy to eat. Really, it looks like it should be called SM&M. Why do you think he’s showing his pinky [...]
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In our previous post, we covered Ronald McDonald (i.e. “Donald”) and Colonel Sanders. This time, we’ll be looking at perhaps two of the most well known mascots in the world: Hello Kitty and Mickey Mouse. Hello Kitty is owned by the company Sanrio, which has a bunch of other cute characters as well, and Mickey? Well, [...]
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This is a 5ish part series covering parodies of well known characters by Japanese artists, which will include Ronald McDonald, Colonel Sanders, Sesame Street, Pooh, Hello Kitty, Thomas the Tank Engine, Mickey Mouse, and more. When I was looking for an image for my Japanese McDonalds Menu article, I came across a ton Ronald McDonald images [...]
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