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

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.............,.......

5 hours ago, Emzie said:

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

1 hour ago, yuzuangel said:

 

this is the scariest

bc of uncanny valley

Meet Papatako 

 

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?

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.

 

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 ...

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…

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 

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

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

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

  

Those mascots were cute .

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.