March 1, 2005

99 Bottles of Bear on the Wall

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Our Spartan young bears can get thirsty training for baseball and future roles in the bureaucracy, but there is no excuse for leaving those empty sports drink cans in the subway cars and platforms! The makers of these ads have become indulgent in their details: click on the image above for a close-up of the "Mr. Bear Power Drink" which includes the text, クマ専用　(special bear-use).

Posted by marxy at March 1, 2005 4:25 PM
Comments


Just when you thought it was safe to back into the train station ...

Posted by: sparkligbeatnic at March 1, 2005 5:39 PM

Dang it all! You beat me to it once again! Curse you and your fast camera!

Posted by: Chris_B at March 1, 2005 9:28 PM

I'll leave the cultural criticism to others...cho kawaii!

Posted by: ted at March 2, 2005 3:43 AM

Dang it all! You beat me to it once again! Curse you and your fast camera!

I'm telling you, this Bear thing is what put me on the map.

Posted by: marxy at March 2, 2005 12:41 PM

A wise observation from a real Japanese person in regard to these ads: maybe they are making them so cute that they'll in themselves become a "boom." At that point, the subways can profit off product licensing. This seems possible, no?

Posted by: marxy at March 2, 2005 1:40 PM

Here's hoping that the bears DO become a boom, quickly followed by an even larger boom in amusing (if somewhat tasteless) parodies of the 'Priceless' variety.

Posted by: Dave at March 2, 2005 7:17 PM

omg! you have bear pictures! do you have any more? all my subway bear pictures got eaten by my dying laptop when i came back to the states!

Posted by: sunshineyellow at March 7, 2005 6:45 AM