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 No.119875

Don't think I have ever seen a mascot thread here.

 No.119876

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This is Harashima Rojami, the mascot for a discount store who garnered some popularity thanks to her ginormous boobers.

 No.119877

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 No.119878

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 No.119879

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 No.119880

>>119878
>BITTER CHOCOLATE
Didn't realize there was something between Milk and Dark.

 No.119881

>>119880
You can see the percentages right there.
Depending on how specific you want to get, you can come up with a variety of different terms for your chocolate.

 No.119882

man they're putting her on a lot of stuff
hope the artist's having fun drawing all these different outfits
>>119880
85% is REALLY bitter, 70% not that much

 No.119883

It sometimes is hard not to see Japan as this magical anime land

 No.119887

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 No.119888

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dekai...

 No.119889

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Halal bazonkers.

 No.119893

>>119888
I don't understand why this seems to be a mostly japan thing. I'd buy a shitload more if a big titted sales mascot were at the shelf of every product at my local grocer.

 No.119896

>>119889
>halal food council of Europe
Why does a Japanese poster... ah. Because it's Italian pasta. Italy is European.
Still, I would expect a Japanese or at least an Asian seal of approval on products sold in Japan.

 No.119897

>>119893
Perhaps your neighbors would hesitate to visit a shop with such sexualized advertisement?
I would expect a similar division in Japan. I have never been there, but I would not be surprised to find that outside of more open-minded areas, the majority of the country was free of such advertisements.

 No.119899

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>>119893
Mascots were huge in the US in the 20th century but definitely fell out of favor for some reason, at least for franchises. You can see mascots in small local stores now and then, but if there's one in some town in Kansas with a population of 20,000 people it's probably not going to have much of a chance of getting posted on social media. Animals are definitely the most common.
Attractive human(oid) ones, though? I think that's one of those things that is a relic of a bygone era. When people drew porn of that 'Erin from Esurance" character 15 years ago it somehow made the company so upset that they canned the entire thing. To this day I still cannot fathom such a reaction, but I guess we've been able to see with AI and video games that people are still very paranoid, uncomfortable and even actively angry at stuff relating to male sexuality.
I have a feeling that mascots are a thing that will probably never return to being common as they once were and I really don't know why. My guess is that it's another superficial obsession about looking mature and serious, which is in fact a sign of immaturity. "We can't have a dinosaur eating a hamburger! People will think it's for kids and not sophisticated businessmen!"

 No.119900

>>119899
>'Erin from Esurance" character 15 years ago
Flo?

 No.119901

>>119899
>Attractive human(oid) ones, though? I think that's one of those things that is a relic of a bygone era.
I think this kind of misses a point. I think it's more so that advertising has become more person-centric in advertising, relying either on celebrities or a character. For example, Terry Crews in the Old Spice commercials, or Flow from Progressive, Jake from Statefarm, or the Liberty Mutual guy and his emu partner. Most of that advertising is through TV or online video ads, whereas mascots tend to be an in-person advertising thing.

 No.119902

>>119900
No, Erin. I think it was going for a Totally Spies homage/ripoff. People saw a commercial like this and thought "I should draw porn of this". I guess r34 stuff was still unknown to most people back then, but it's obvious that they were going for sex appeal.

 No.119903

>>119899
There's a weird dichotomy about sexuality. People are very against it but at the same time it's more common than its ever been.

 No.119905

>>119902
that is such a random ad
it suddenly stops and cuts the previous plot and literally sits down on a explain things

 No.119906

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>>119897
Would a kemo otokonoko make people hesitate to join the airforce or send recruitment numbers through the roof?

 No.119907

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>>119906
this character becomingan actual mascot for the jasdf still one of the funniest things to happen for me, can't imagine any other country but japan having such a mascot

 No.119908

>>119907
wide furry boy hips and fluffy boy boobers

 No.119909

no pants....

 No.119911

>>119897
That's true, I remember a few times where Japanese people has complained about Mascots, for example there was an anime crossover with a blood donation place and people complained the breasts were too big making it over sexualised, another time there was a Love Live girl promoting a supermarket and people complained about the thigh creases and another time there was a cute anime girl mascot made for oyster divers and they complained because most of them were old ladies and they felt it was not accurate.

 No.119912

>>119911
The PTA will complain about anything.

 No.119913

>>119888
This one's my favorite. Looks like you could just reach out and grab those big beautiful boobers.

 No.119914

>>119911
The blood drive one was 4 people. I'm sure they got more attention on English imageboards than in Japan

 No.119915

>>119875
She looks like a 90s website mascot

 No.119916

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Most Japanese mascots look like this though

 No.119917

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>>119907
Not really the same thing but the Bundeswehr commissioned a short manga for its magazine once

 No.119918

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>>119917
An actual manga or "manga"?

 No.119919

>>119917
>MANGAS
>S

 No.119920

>>119919
Well we say Katanas so why not Mangas?

 No.119921

>>119919
PINGAS

 No.119922

>>119919
clearly the germans are not afraid of anglo tism

 No.119923

>>119899
It's nuts to me that a rest stop mascot resonates this much with people

 No.119924

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The west will always have Konqi

 No.119926

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Do these count or was this one commercial that the internet took far

 No.119927

>>119926
does RAN RAN RUU count

 No.119928

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Maybe its the freckles but this looks vaguely European

 No.119932

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bought some canned fish because of cute mascot

 No.119933

>>119932
New szs character

 No.119934

>>119917
The Bundeswehr's reputation in the population has basically bottomed out.
It doesn't help that they ended conscription, which means that 99% of the population has nothing to do with them and their only knowledge of the Bundeswehr is the unflattering rumors going around, and the fact that it's the successor of the German armies that lost two great wars.

 No.119936

>>119934
>they ended conscription
This is a surprise, considering the trend worldwide is the other way around

 No.119937

>>119936
That was in 2011, to be clear.

 No.119939

At least Japan still likes it

 No.119948

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The art style has a bit of a retro feel to it. I quite like it.

 No.119949

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 No.119951

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Does drawing her in a modern style ruin it for you

 No.119952

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>>119951
Not at all. I would still shop a Rogers with the force of a thousand suns.

 No.119992

>>119951
Is that a modern style of earlier 2000s style? I associate modern with being a lot more flat than that.

 No.119994

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>>119951
I think that's close enough to her usual design to fit, but something like this or >>119952 are missing more a core part of her design that makes her seem less of a mature older cake and more of a muchimuchi teen. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate the thickness, however.

 No.119996

>>119994
MAN skindentation to this degrees makes me feel pain over the bloodflow

 No.120012

>>119994
Why do imageboard users like mature women so much?

 No.120013

>>120012
You are in a thread dedicated to a well-endowed woman.
If you want to see people express interest in other body types, you are in the wrong place.

 No.120015

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>>120012
It's interesting, isn't it? An entire imageboard of people preferring the mature allure and not a loli liker in sight. I like to think that people with great taste just naturally gravitate here.
Kissu: my bellies and cakes are here.

 No.120021

>>119994
I really really like this picture

 No.120022

>>119994
If her breasts were more normal this would be a cute fit woman

 No.120023

I liek OL with a little bit of belly chubb

 No.120025

Dating service for desperate OL cakes and desperate younger otaku!

 No.120026

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>>120022
I would say that her breasts match her thighs and butt when it comes to the level of "normalcy". The heavy skindentation on the thighs also indicates that it's fat and not muscle so she's squishy and not fit at all. Sadly her stomach area is dangerously flat, which really doesn't match the rest of the body if you ask me. She has the makings of a kissu girl if only that was there.

 No.120027

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>>119916
That reminds of that one time they tried replacing Donpen with an anthro "ド" character.

 No.120028

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I don't really remember anything about these 3 pics, but she's cute.

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 No.120031

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>>120028
>>120029
>>120030
CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE

 No.120059

>>120012
Maybe we're all old now.

 No.122668

>>120028 >>120029 >>120030
Luckily, the name of the mascot is listed on each of those three photos!
カムロちゃん = Kamuro-chan
With that, I got the JP Wiki page for this mascot.
Google Translated SummaryKamuro-chan is the former mascot character of Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture . With the completion of the city's Sakura Castle Town 400th anniversary project, [Kamuro-chan](1) graduated from the city's official character in 2020. The concept is "More than Yuru-kyara , but less than Moe-kyara!?"

Kamuro-chan was a monster who lived in Sakura Castle a long time ago. In the Edo period book "Kokin Sakura Masako," there is a description of a "Kamuro" (a child with a bobbed hair) who was about 8 or 9 years old and would escape and play with pictures drawn on the cedar door of the castle's shoin(2) every night. Since the castle was demolished, it has been lying dormant in the castle ruins, but after more than 400 years, it has been "resurrected in modern times" as the project's image character to convey the charm of Sakura.

The word "Kamuro" in Kamuro-chan's name refers to a child whose hair is cut to the shoulders. It is similar to what we would call a bobbed hair or bob cut in modern times.

(1) Both Google and DeepL say "he" but I place Kamuro-chan in brackets instead, since the wiki page does not specify the mascot's sex. I even tried looking for specific identifying phrases in the untranslated text and could not find any. Everything points toward Kamuro-chan being female including attire, overall design, and voice.
(2) shoin (書院) = audience hall

According to the Twitter page, since graduation in 2020, Kamuro-chan supposedly resumed activity as a private character and even has a cute little merch shop. The lastest activity on the Youtube channel is just 4 days ago.

Finding little things like these to research is fun. Super cute mascot! Hopefully you get to see this, Anon.

 No.122671

>>122668
Man, that's so cool to have a mascot with a history/story like that.

>Hopefully you get to see this, Anon.
Really cool research and I saw it as I'll be here forever. Thanks! I'm not quite sure about the costume with the giant head, though. Human mascots outfits kind of freak me out.

 No.122672

>>122671
Great, I'm glad you got to see it! I never would have known about this mascot if not for the photos you shared.
Huge head mascots aren't for everyone, for sure. If those creep you out, then I suspect kigurumi (着ぐるみ) masks will also get ya good! They essentially make the wearer look like a 1:1 scale doll when worn with a skinsuit and cosplay clothing. They can be creepy to many. Very different than the comfy onesies/pajamas that most people normally associate with the same term.

While thinking of mascots, I'm suddenly reminded of Nyango Star, who's a talented heavy metal drummer that drew lots of eyes to his city/prefecture of Kuroishi, Aomori for his performances in an apple-cat costume haha.
The embedded YT video should start at the 51-second mark, but if it doesn't work the no matter. Just wanted to save ya a minute.
"When you're overqualified for the job"

 No.122675

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Mascot for Ryohoji "Moe-ji" buddhist temple. She has her own theme song too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiPLsJnE-U

 No.122676

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She has her own figurine too.

 No.122677

>>122675 >>122676
Whoa, a buddhist is one of the last that I'd expect would have a moe mascot like her. But I ain't complaining, she's cute.
I was listening to the theme song and thought "This boppin' music is giving me IOSYS vibes somehow. Who made this?" Checked description:
>Composed by: ARM
Well, that explains everything!
Eyeballing that itasha too, I love creative itasha that aren't the usual generic decals or wraps. Vans are some prime candidates for amazing creativity inside too.
I'm also curious if that figure is a garage kit or not, but I quite like it. Tempted to do more searching on her later, good stuff.

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 No.122681

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>>122680
Nice find, that gave a bunch of useful info. Thanks!

 No.122686

>>122675
>>122676
I don't see him credited, but the designs looks very Akio Watanabe.

 No.122691

>>122686
I had exactly the same thought




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