Mascot Fest

[Emzie]

Just now, Smultron said:

@Emzie omg, that bear !!!!  True nightmare material here. I never thought mascots could be so disturbing  

 

Neither did I 

Fortunately for y'all this were the last creepy photos from my country I found, only thing left is drunk Pooh, "tiny Emzie + mascots" and two cute ones

[yuzuangel]

5 hours ago, Emzie said:

Stuff from nightmares - evolution of a White Bear

White Bear is our oldest mascot, he debiuted for the first time in 1920. At the beginning it was a random dude who happened to have a bear fur and wanted to scare the kids, who happened to notice later that dressing up as a bear equals to easy money - a lot of tourists wanted and still wants a photo with a "cute" bear. And that's how the business grew... Currently there're a few people wearing bear costumes, more or less horrifying. If you're desperate for photo you can find White Bear in a beautiful town Zakopane.

Now, let the horror begin:

First sighting, 1920

 

1939

 

1943

 

1962

 

1978

 

2012

Oh my god.............,.......

[Hydroblade]

5 hours ago, Emzie said:

omg this one is my favorite hahahahaha the face of the bear!!

[yuzuangel]

1 hour ago, yuzuangel said:

 

this is the scariest

bc of uncanny valley

[Anony]

Meet Papatako 

[ralucutzagy]

 

[sweetwater]

On 2017/6/26 at 午後8時52分, Emzie said:

1962

For me, this one is the scariest…probably because of the fur stole?

[sweetwater]

I don’t know how they would be categorized: cute or weird?  Gachapin and Mook.

Gachapin is known as a challenger

He can also skate.

He appeared in an advertisement video with Nobu too.

 

[ralucutzagy]

44 minutes ago, sweetwater said:

I don’t know how they would be categorized: cute or weird?  Gachapin and Mook.

Gachapin is known as a challenger

He can also skate.

He appeared in an advertisement video with Nobu too.

 

LOL .. The green one is weird, the red one is creepy ...

[sweetwater]

16 分ぐらい, ralucutzagy said:

LOL .. The green one is weird, the red one is creepy ...

But they have been stars of a famous children’s television series for over 40 years…

[ralucutzagy]

1 minute ago, sweetwater said:

But they have been stars of a famous children’s television series for over 40 years…

OMG! Really? The green one is okay, but the other one - 40 years of nightmares ... poor kids 

[Hydroblade]

2 hours ago, sweetwater said:

I don’t know how they would be categorized: cute or weird?  Gachapin and Mook.

Gachapin is known as a challenger

He can also skate.

He appeared in an advertisement video with Nobu too.

 

I like the red one ha ha ha

[Emzie]

2 hours ago, sweetwater said:

I don’t know how they would be categorized: cute or weird?  Gachapin and Mook.

 

The green one is a weird caterpillar and red one is like Japanese Cousin Itt

[kitsune]

When I was a kid I remember those mascots at the NHK.

  

Those mascots were cute .

[sweetwater]

17 分ぐらい, kitsune said:

When I was a kid I remember those mascots at the NHK.

  

Those mascots were cute .

Spoo and his friends. Yuzu must have seen them when he was a child, too.