By In another sign of rising militarism in Japan, the Japanese military has chosen a character to represent the SDF, Prince Pickles:
Now compare the SDF mascot to the Korean Army mascot Hogugy:
I think it is safe to say Hogugy could whoop Prince Pickles ass. Rest easy Korea, Dokdo is still safe for now.Â
5:03 am on February 20th, 2007 1
Looks like the kid from Dragon Ball Z: http://www.wallpapers-zone.com/wallpapers/mangas/dragon_ball/dragon_ball_031.jpg
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8:05 am on March 8th, 2007 2
“I think it is safe to say Hogugy could whoop Prince Pickles ass. Rest easy Korea, Dokdo is still safe for now.”
I could not stop laughing and rolling on the ground when I read this. I think you can also post this under your Dokdo Madness subject.
BTW, do you think having cartoon mascots work to the benefit of the military image? I know this will never work for the US military, but in certain Asian countries it seem to work.
Just curious as to your thoughts on this.
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8:38 am on March 8th, 2007 3
If this was tried in the US it would never work, however with Asia’s appetite for anything cute, it does work. Plus the military in ROK likes to show a softer image than the hard ass ROK Army image they are usually associated with.
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8:02 pm on May 31st, 2007 4
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8:37 am on August 1st, 2007 5
[...] Then how can we forget that warmonger in waiting Prince Pickles: [...]