Ambassador Doraemon

[kimpossible]

I'm sure this will help put to rest the idea that the Japanese are weird. I mean, really, why would you all think that?

http://media.komotv.com/images/080319_Anime_Ambassador.jpg

Japan appoints its first cartoon ambassador

By Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) - 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.

Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura appointed the cat an "anime ambassador," handing a human-sized Doraemon doll an official certificate at an inauguration ceremony, along with dozens of "dorayaki" red bean pancakes - his favorite dessert - piled on a huge plate.

Komura told the doll, with an unidentified person inside, that he hoped he would widely promote Japanese animated cartoons, or "anime."

"Doraemon, I hope you will travel around the world as an anime ambassador to deepen people's understanding of Japan so they will become friends with Japan," Komura told the blue-and-white cat.

The appointment is part of Japan's recent effort to harness the power of pop culture in diplomacy. Japan also created an International Manga Award last year under comic enthusiast former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who likened it to a "Nobel Prize" for an artist working abroad.

Manga, the name used for Japanese-syle comic books, often combine complex stories with drawing styles that differ from their overseas superhero counterparts, particularly in their emphasis on cuteness.

This year, the ministry plans to arrange showings of a Doraemon film in Singapore, China, Spain, France, and at other Japanese diplomatic missions around the world.

Doraemon - through voice actress Wasabi Mizuta, who spoke from behind a sliding paper screen - promised Komura that "through my cartoons, I hope to convey to people abroad what ordinary Japanese people think, our lifestyles and what kind of future we want to build."

Created by cartoonist Fujiko F. Fujio, Doraemon is a Japanese cultural icon and is popular around the world, especially in Asia. The robotic cat travels back in time from the 22nd century and uses gadgets such as a "time machine" and an "anywhere door" that come out of a fourth-dimensional pocket on his stomach to help his friends, allowing them to travel anywhere and to any time they wish.

Astro Boy, another cartoon icon, was named last November as ambassador for overseas safety.

[Adaon]

"Astro boy!! Help!! Billy fell in the well!!"

"But I can't function that well underwater!!"

(If I remember the cartoon right.)

[SunWuKong]

you gotta admit, Doraemon is a great candidate for the post. people my age and even older watched him when we were kids.

but it would be cooler if he appointed Gigantor to the post (otherwise known as 鉄人28号 or 鐵人28號). that's another cartoon we grew up watching.

another good candidate would be Lum, to instill a sense of Japanese fetish to boys worldwide:
http://www.gsoftnet.us/Anime/Lum.jpg

and cosplay too!
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HV3sWrOeL._SS500_.jpg

[thaite]

All hail Ambassador Doraemon!

[Sunflare]

Edit: I'm really too tired. I'm looking at the cosplay pic saying thats Azusa Yamamoto and the name is right there on the damn pic.

[deez nuts]

It's Xiao Ding Dong! We both share the same Chinese nickname but in oh so different ways!

[TB4000]

Kim needs to quit acting like she wasn't all gung-ho about it when she first heard the news.

[eos]

ding dong!!!!!! the first time i went to hk, my mom bought me the comic cuz i was crying or something and she wanted me to shut up. oh the memories!

[Broomer]

I'd prefer that android Girl from Prof IQ (not sure what the actual name is). I love that cartoon as a kid.

Ka.

[SunWuKong]

I'd prefer that android Girl from Prof IQ (not sure what the actual name is). I love that cartoon as a kid.

Ka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Slump

yeah another one of my favourites when i was a kid. Anita Mui was up and coming in HK at the time and she sang the theme song to the HK release of the cartoon.

[kimpossible]

It's Xiao Ding Dong! We both share the same Chinese nickname but in oh so different ways!

That's what wai-gung calls my son.

Kim needs to quit acting like she wasn't all gung-ho about it when she first heard the news.

I've been debating sharing the 'karate robot vs. pugnacious chicken' story. Once ototo let loose the kancho I knew the Japanese weirdness avalanche was unstoppable and I might as well share all the Nihon freaky I find.

I grudgingly shared the kancho info with my husband the other day. I'm paraphrasing but his reaction was basically "What is wrong with the Japanese? First you get stuck in one Chinese dynasty then you just get weirder."

[popculturepooka]

How come I didn't know about this thread until now?

I think my telepathic-link-by-japanese-blood with kim is failing.

If they really wanted to promote anime they'd just hand out hentai.

[Broomer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Slump

yeah another one of my favourites when i was a kid. Anita Mui was up and coming in HK at the time and she sang the theme song to the HK release of the cartoon.

Ahhh... yes. That's the one.
Loved that show when I was a kid. Got to catch up with a little bit of it when I was in Asia. I didn't know there was a DBZ crossover!

I swear the cartoons here sucks.

Ka.

[CBC guy]

DING DONG!

I still remember the theme song from when I was 5! (in HK of course)
Brings back some fond childhood memories... the comics were pretty decent too

[yoMAMA]

when i was living in china and going to elementary school there, Doraemon (and a billion other really weird Japanese animes) were all the rage.

sigh...a childhood long gone.

[Broomer]

when i was living in china and going to elementary school there, Doraemon (and a billion other really weird Japanese animes) were all the rage.

sigh...a childhood long gone.

I know. We only really got One piece or Naruto these days and Naruto sucks.

Still prefer Dr Slump still.

Ka.

[deez nuts]

when i was living in china and going to elementary school there, Doraemon (and a billion other really weird Japanese animes) were all the rage.

sigh...a childhood long gone.

There was this cartoon of these people dressed up like birds flying around in a space ship. I forgot the name of the show. That chick in the pink bird suit I'm pretty sure gave me my first female induced stiffy when I was living in Taiwan.

[Sunflare]

^I remember the show 'Thunderhawks' from when I was a kid. That cartoon sounds similar to that cartoon you loved as a kid.

I thought that was cool. But my shit was Transformers. Especially that bitch ass Starscream. Loved that shishtee mofo. Transforming into a F-16 fighter jet and stuff.

My first stiffy came from the Lord Baroness in G.I Joe. That chick was HAWT. Hot straight haired brunette in the tights and shit who is always sweating Destro.

Then I discovered Hentai. It changed my whole life and perception on human sexuality as a kid. LOL.

Yeah yet another sick ass off topic retarded fucktard post as usual from your neighborhood post whore CC.

[TB4000]

^I remember the show 'Thunderhawks' from when I was a kid. That cartoon sounds similar to that cartoon you loved as a kid.

I thought that was cool. But my shit was Transformers. Especially that bitch ass Starscream. Loved that shishtee mofo. Transforming into a F-16 fighter jet and stuff.

My first stiffy came from the Lord Baroness in G.I Joe. That chick was HAWT. Hot straight haired brunette in the tights and shit who is always sweating Destro.

Then I discovered Hentai. It changed my whole life and perception on human sexuality as a kid. LOL.

Yeah yet another sick ass off topic retarded fucktard post as usual from your neighborhood post whore CC.

http://jsc.theanomaly.co.uk/uploads/photos/376.jpg


You're disgusting, man.

[Sunflare]

http://jsc.theanomaly.co.uk/uploads/photos/376.jpg


You're disgusting, man.

LOL. Art at its finest.

[Broomer]

There was this cartoon of these people dressed up like birds flying around in a space ship. I forgot the name of the show. That chick in the pink bird suit I'm pretty sure gave me my first female induced stiffy when I was living in Taiwan.


I loved that series mate. It was known by two names, G force and Battle of the Planets (I think).

Ka.

[Sunflare]

There was this cartoon of these people dressed up like birds flying around in a space ship. I forgot the name of the show. That chick in the pink bird suit I'm pretty sure gave me my first female induced stiffy when I was living in Taiwan.^I remember the show 'Thunderhawks' from when I was a kid. That cartoon sounds similar to that cartoon you loved as a kid.

I thought that was cool. But my shit was Transformers. Especially that bitch ass Starscream. Loved that shishtee mofo. Transforming into a F-16 fighter jet and stuff.

My first stiffy came from the Lord Baroness in G.I Joe. That chick was HAWT. Hot straight haired brunette in the tights and shit who is always sweating Destro.

Then I discovered Hentai. It changed my whole life and perception on human sexuality as a kid. LOL.

Yeah yet another sick ass off topic retarded fucktard post as usual from your neighborhood post whore CC.http://jsc.theanomaly.co.uk/uploads/photos/376.jpg


You're disgusting, man.LOL. Art at its finest.[QUOTE=deez nuts;537829]There was this cartoon of these people dressed up like birds flying around in a space ship. I forgot the name of the show. That chick in the pink bird suit I'm pretty sure gave me my first female induced stiffy when I was living in Taiwan.I loved that series mate. It was known by two names, G force and Battle of the Planets (I think).

Ka.




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/G-Force_-_group_shot2.jpg/800px-G-Force_-_group_shot2.jpg
G-Force in the cartoon Battle Of The Planets.

link to wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Planets

The girl in the pink bird suit is Princess in the US version of the original Japanese cartoon. No Deez nuts, I think the female fatale Lord Baroness from G.I. Joe is way hotter and can seriously kick her ass stupid into the next dimension.


:biggrin:

[Broomer]

^ We're not going to restart that whole hentai, ecchia thread are we?

[Sunflare]

Huh? Hentai? What's that? :innocent like an angel: 0=)

[sageb1]

According to my imagination Hello Kitty was not available to be worldwide ambassador due to the Helly Kitty vibrator scandal.

[Broomer]

According to my imagination Hello Kitty was not available to be worldwide ambassador due to the Helly Kitty vibrator scandal.

I'm very tempted to say something, but I get the nasty suspicion that someone here knows my wife.

Ka.