Japan has created an unusual government post to promote animation, and named a perfect figure Wednesday to the position: a popular cartoon robot cat named Doraemon.
So I guess there’s a new anime ambassador. I’m a little skeptical since Doraemon has no ears, but then again Hello Kitty has no mouth. Also, isn’t Doraemon considered kinda low-quality by his peers?
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Hello Kitty is created by the Japanese, but she is technically British according to her character background. That’s why Doraemon win over her as an ambassador.
Someone like Lelouch would have been a better ambassador.
Hey, don’t knock Doraemon! I grew up with him around, and he was pretty good escapism… better than the voiceless iconic existence of Hello Kitty at any rate.
I liked Doraemon too, but he seems like he would be easily bribed. Also, while on paper Lelouch would be a good ambassador, his last attempt at negotiating a truce didn’t go that well…
Finally, I did not know that Hello Kitty was British. Shouldn’t she be Cheerio Kitty then?
I think Cheerio is more of a goodbye than a hello. At least it seems that way on TV.
I think Cheerio is actually the British equivalent of Aloha, that is it can be both a greeting and a parting.
I think the British way of saying hello is “Hello.”
Doraemon had his ears eaten by a mouse. That’s why he’s afraid of them.
The mice, that is.
I grew up on Doraemon. On the anime and on the manga. I think it’s worth being the mascot because it is one of the most popular anime characters every kid (at least in asia) can relate to (aside from Goku from Dragonball).
I would have thought Lacus Clyne to be the better ambassador. But I guess I can see why they’d want to distance themselves from GSD.