Domo-kun
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Originally Posted by BadNick
Domo-Kun was the mascot for the GSC Supra when it ran in the One Lap of America a couple years ago.
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For those unaware of the mascot of NHK televisison station, based in Japan, and has now morphed into something grander, becoming the darker, male-affiliated-counterpart icon for Japanese kitch marketing, juxtaposed against
Hello Kitty, I'll give a brief synopsis of the story of
Domo.
Domo-kun was created in 1998 as NHK’s satellite broadcast mascot, and Domo has been gaining great popularity worldwide.
The name "Domo" was acquired during the second episode of his show in which a TV announcer said, "dōmo, konnichiwa" (どうも、こんにちは?),
which is a greeting meaning something along the lines of, "Well, hello there!", but which can also be interpreted as "Hello, Domo!", and thus is
a convenient pun ('dajare'; you just learned a Japanese word). The kun suffix on "Domo-kun," the name used to describe the character in the
animated shorts, is a Japanese honorific often used with young males. He has appeared in several 30 second stop-motion sketches shown as
station identification during shows (these station-ID-mini-commercials are known as 'bumps' in American syndication).
And, so, a
Domo was born.