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Games Editor  Posts: 5744 Joined: 20 Dec 2005     | |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 358 Joined: 23 Oct 2008     | It's kind of sad how much bigger Domo-Kun is in North America than in Japan. When I was in Japan, a friend of mine wore a Domo-Kun shirt, and he got a lot of dirty looks. Still, I'll be picking one up. XD |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3268 Joined: 10 Mar 2009     | Well that explains why I saw his face on an empty 7-Eleven hot dog box on the side of a street. And If I'm correct, you can occasionally see his show play on Nicktoons Network. |
On the Record  Posts: 7138 Joined: 23 Mar 2009     | So it's spread farther than I thought. Surprised me to no end when I saw Domo-kun adorning a billboard in my town... |
Beat Writer  Posts: 210 Joined: 11 Sep 2009     | Awww, how cute! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3438 Joined: 26 May 2009   | Now i get drink Domo from a cup wheee. Crazy how Domo is still awesome even after venturing far from the internet |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1742 Joined: 17 Jul 2009     | Domo has been around in the US for almost five years (at least, in my area), usually in Target stores, especially during Halloween. There are a lot of Target stores around southwest Ohio, so I know this. I guess it was only a matter of time before he hit the gas station stores. There's no 7-Eleven stores around the area, so I probably will not be getting one of those Slurpee drinks. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1387 Joined: 29 Apr 2009    | Ah jeewhiz! I want one, it's so CUTE! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1869 Joined: 16 Jul 2009     | Damn me and my UK based lifestyle! I want a Domo cup! |
Master Archivist  Posts: 9861 Joined: 10 Mar 2009     | I saw those when I went to 7-Eleven this morning. They're also all over Target. Domo is making millions. :O |
Master Archivist  Posts: 9533 Joined: 22 Aug 2008   | Domo-Kun always struck me as something which is popular because it's popular. >_> He's still cool in my book though. |
Server Administrator  Posts: 584 Joined: 27 Sep 2004     | What jerk trademarked Brainfreeze? :/ |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1415 Joined: 16 Jan 2009     | The populace must be purged of this unholy abomination... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 920 Joined: 4 Mar 2009    |
Isn't Domo-Kun a baseball team mascot? maybe they suppourted a different team. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4561 Joined: 28 May 2009   | Well, now that that thing is famous it's no longer funny. Okay, /b/tards, we need a new meme! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4422 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     | I love those straws and Domo-Kun, sadly no 7-Eleven's around here. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 390 Joined: 3 Jan 2008  | Many thanks to the Stern show for hammering this advertising down my throat for the last 2 weeks or so. I never knew that Domo was its name, but when I saw it in the shop, I knew who it was. Odd promotion by 7-11, but at least it's a little more interesting than most. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 843 Joined: 12 Feb 2009   | these have been at my local 7-11s for almost 3 weeks. still dont know who he is, but is slurpee is very addicting. |
Muckraker  Posts: 250 Joined: 12 Aug 2009  | Weren't a bunch of Domo games released for the DSi this week too. |
On the Record  Posts: 5064 Joined: 20 Apr 2009    | So Grues will eat you at 7-elevens now? Why yes, I am an Uncyclopedia user, thank you. |
On the Record  Posts: 6709 Joined: 25 Jan 2008  | What about Canada? I want some Domo-Kun. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 445 Joined: 27 Feb 2009  | Last year a girl in my chemistry class had a Domo-kun notebook. I was so jealous. D: Domo-kun is cute, but I still wonder how he suddenly got so popular over here. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 111 Joined: 29 Jul 2009   |
Domo is something of an infectious real-life meme, in my opinion. Just his iconic odd and cutesy appearance. *shrug* I'm not big on random pointless things like this, though, and i definitely don't like jumping on mascot bandwagons ;p |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 587 Joined: 2 Aug 2008  | I'm not sure what to think of this. On one hand, it's a very basic step towards sharing culture Now, if only we could get Marimokkori over here. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1025 Joined: 29 Apr 2008  | I don't really browse the internet much but I hear he's popular around there (yeah I know the internet is not a place). But he looks funny, and I have seen him somewhere before but I can't place where. |
On the Record  Posts: 6426 Joined: 7 Mar 2008  | behold the power of Fark for bringing Domokun to North America, they are probly one of the biggest reasons he got popular over here, he was used in so many different photoshop memes and just in general on the site for a long time in fact i do believe that kitty photoshop was a product of Fark |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1655 Joined: 29 Jan 2009   | I doubt 3/4 of the people who wear this stuff has never seen where it's from, but are rather just trying desperately to join in on a fad... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 841 Joined: 8 Jan 2009   | I read this article and all I can think of is that somewhere, there is a warehouse full of Pedobear meme merchandise waiting to be unleashed upon an unsuspecting populace... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 959 Joined: 15 Jan 2009   |
Kill the nonbeliever! edit: OT, i think he has suddenly become more popular because more people are useing the internet in america now then they were 10 years ago |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4672 Joined: 25 Mar 2009  | PLEASE tell me these cups are being sold in Canada... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 383 Joined: 3 May 2009    | holy- YES! they will be mine |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 5 Nov 2009 | i'm personally a huge fan of domo kun, and i'm glad that he came to 7eleven, i actually bought a cup and a domo straw, for only 2$ each it's a pretty good deal! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4692 Joined: 20 Aug 2008   | As an old Farker who met my wife on that site, it warms my heart every time I see Domo in the mainstream. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 393 Joined: 6 Nov 2008  | Ah, I always liked Domo-kun's little face. Kinda got this "RAOOOWWRR, I WILL EAT YOUR HEAD!" thing going on. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 776 Joined: 13 Jan 2009  | I prefer Doraemon when I went to Asia they were Nutso for that little Robotic Blue thing |
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Japanese Mascot Domo-Kun Invades US Convenience Stores
Domo, the odd-looking mascot for Japanese public television station NHK (and Internet meme in his own right) will be invading 7-Elevens across the US in the form of Slurpee cups.
This one goes under "odd cross-promotions" for the week: In a promotion for the US release of the first Domo DVD, the fuzzy open-mouthed mascot will be gracing Slurpee cups and coffee cups found in 7-Eleven stores all across the United States.
Domo, who was created by Japanese illustrator and director Tsuneo Goda as the mascot for Japanese public television station NHK in 1998, has become somewhat of an Internet meme thanks to his odd (though adorable) appearance, and... okay, it's mainly just his odd and adorable appearance. Outside of Japan, Domo is perhaps best-known for being the source of grisly kitten death every time somebody whips it out.
There's also a three-part episode produced specifically for the promotion (viewable on Domonation and slurpee.com) that features Domo and pals in search of delicious frozen 7-Eleven treats - and finding only brain-frozen trauma. Delicious, brain-frozen trauma.
You can read the full press release here, or check out the limited-edition Fuji Frost Slurpee flavor - complete with Domo cup and straw - at pretty much any 7-Eleven.
(The Consumerist)
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