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Japanese Mascot Showdown!

September 16th, 2008 by James

Last week’s episode of TV Champion featured a battle for dominance between mascot characters Below are a few clips from the event.

The dramatic entry of the contestants:

Mascot soccer game [if you watch one clip in this post, make it this one] :

Hikone Castle’s mascot tries to run away from little kids before they can pop his balloon:

Sumo death match:

A mascot from Saga Prefecture makes a vaulting attempt:

A summary of the results can be seen on the official TV Champion site.

[via Fanboy.com]



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7 Comments »

Comment by sputnik
2008-09-16 09:21:48

holy crap, the soccer was priceless!

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Comment by kabocha
2008-09-16 10:09:55

I saw it! It was hilarious!

I’m just glad that in the end that fish guy lost at sumo to the yellow-block guy. Heh, you could just tell he was so full of himself.

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Comment by Julian
2008-09-16 10:46:21

This made my day, is there anything more funny than a couple of Japanese mascots trying to play soccer? I mean look at them, they cleary have serious problems only running in those costumes already. priceless!

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Comment by Colin
2008-09-16 18:34:51

Maybe the winner can enter the Mascot Grand National:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DxcpruJzjDo

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Comment by Nixx
2008-09-16 22:24:25

is tat female judge Jun Natsukawa?

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