Dangard Ace Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Tokyo's going all in on anime mascots. They are: Son Goku, Sailor Moon, Naruto, Atom, Shin Chan, Pretty Cure, One Piece. Mario and the plumber boys get snubbed. Not anime enough? http://www.konbini.com/en/entertainment-2/goku-2020-tokyo-olympics/ http://nextshark.com/tokyo-2020-olympic-ambassadors/ Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to kick off on July 24 - August 9, 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 So they want to attract a younger audience with decades old characters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 hour ago, electric indigo said: So they want to attract a younger audience with decades old characters? 20-something/30-something age group I guess. I would imagine that a good number of people (in many countries around the world) who were kids during the late 90's/early 2000's would be familiar with at least one of those anime characters. The only one that doesn't fit is Atom. Probably should be replaced with Pokemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzan Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Makes sense. No need to invent a brand new mascot when you have all these recognizable characters already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangledThorns Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 No Godzilla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 No Mezzo Forte? ...Oh, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Wow...not even a sIngle Gundam?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, kajnrig said: No Mezzo Forte? ...Oh, right. I see what you did there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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