That bread and red bean headed freak’s got character(s)
A Japan Times article reports that Anpanman, the superhero with a head made of bread and sweet red bean paste ubiquitous in Japan, has made it into the Guiness Book of World Records. The record: most characters in an animated series. Apparently, as of March 1,768 different characters have appeared in the long-running cartoon.
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