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2Chanerized Characters Part 2: Mickey Mouse & Hello Kitty

Started by tofugu · 8 months ago

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, ... Continue reading »

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  • lawnmowerlatte

    7 months ago

    Wow these past two articles have been so disturbing/awesome! I'm looking forward to more!

    Quick question: why is blood type such a vital statistic among Japanese? I first noticed it on Mixi and then I noticed it's on Hello Kitty's profile. I personally have no idea what blood type I am, is it a big deal in Japan?

    P.S. - I LOVE the Tofugu RSS logo.
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  • koichi

    7 months ago

    I'm not sure why blood type is so important... It's just one of those things. Part of it is because there's be belief that blood type dictates personality / creativity / work ethic, etc. I'm not exactly sure of all the different blood types and what they mean, but here's what Wikipedia says:

    Type A
    Best Traits: Earnest, creative, sensible.
    Worst Traits: Fastidious, overearnest.

    Type B
    Best Traits: Wild, a doer, cheerful.
    Worst Traits: Selfish, irresponsible.

    Type AB
    Best Traits: Cool, controlled, rational.
    Worst Traits: Critical, indecisive.

    Type O
    Best Traits: Agreeable, sociable, an optimist
    Worst Traits: Vain, careless.
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  • Arky

    7 months ago

    I'm going to go with the 'That's bull' response.

    I personally think I'm more of an AB but have Type O blood. Or is thinking I have AB's qualities Vain...? Oh crap, That's supposedly one of my worst traits :(
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  • koichi

    7 months ago

    Type O is the "lazy but sociable type" haha.

    I'm Type A, and I think it fits pretty well :)
    Definitely kind of fastidious.
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  • Viet

    7 months ago

    Japan is secretly a cattle society. Bred for the very purpose to feed the vampires. This is the sole reason they are a homogeneous society. The vampires won't allow the best pure breed for blood to be tainted by outsiders. The blood types is sort of like flavoring/quality, just like wine. Through generations of mental conditioning, the vampires tricked the Japanese into openly advertising their blood types. It makes it easier for them to sort out the population.
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  • Captain_Ron

    7 months ago

    Haha, that is so weird Koichi

    I'm so startled right now
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  • Arky

    7 months ago

    Sometimes I wonder what you search in google Koichi.

    Although I have to say that I giggled at the first Hwllo Kity one~
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  • mmnessa

    7 months ago

    They might be "two of the most well known mascots in the world" but I think I would rather enjoy domo-kun parodies ^_^
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  • WOTDsctoo

    7 months ago

    The kitties at the top are going to eat Pikachu next. :(
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  • koyoshiko

    6 months ago

    hey the video was removed>:(can anyone tell me wat happened?
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  • masterman300

    2 weeks ago

    the Long Hello Kitty looks like a dildo! ): 0<-- barf
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  • masterman300

    2 weeks ago

    > <
    ----- again barf
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