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Australia Says Furry Representation With 2021 Olympic Mascots
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The article is a bit misleading since it seems to be just the supermarket chain making a sticker collection?
"Fans of thing ruined thing" is still the most sophomoric reaction to media, especially something as ubiquitous as anthropomorphic cartoon characters.
"Fans of thing ruined thing" is still the most sophomoric reaction to media, especially something as ubiquitous as anthropomorphic cartoon characters.
Bushfires, we've been too quick to judge you…
But more seriously, I assume the request for anime-style art was in order to relate the campaign to japanese pop culture. So using furry-style art, which is more associated with the west (though inspired by anime at least), reflects poorly on the artist as they put their own desires before the purpose of their assignment. Noone is going to look at the characters and associate them with Japan, though luckily for the artist their bosses can't tell that. But some people may prefer it this way, anyways.
But more seriously, I assume the request for anime-style art was in order to relate the campaign to japanese pop culture. So using furry-style art, which is more associated with the west (though inspired by anime at least), reflects poorly on the artist as they put their own desires before the purpose of their assignment. Noone is going to look at the characters and associate them with Japan, though luckily for the artist their bosses can't tell that. But some people may prefer it this way, anyways.
Nope, they were commissioned by the federal government as part of a campaign in partnership with Woolworths.
You assume incorrectly.
The Government Unknowingly Commissioned Furry Art To Promote The Tokyo Olympics
"The fursonas I was commissioned to draw by the government" truly is an unbelievable sentence.
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My bad, then. I'm guessing they were prioritizing appeal to children. Nevertheless, disappointing that a project requesting an artist who can do anime-style ended up tying more to the west than Japan on the latters once-in-a-century olympic opportunity, especially considering Japan has lost most of the opportunity. The bosses probably weren't familiar with the associations of the different cartoons they found.
Yep! Our mascots back then were Syd (platypus), Millie (echidna), Ollie (Kookaburra) and Lizzie (frill necked lizard) for the paralympics
I haven't been to Woolies in ages, I need to go to get these.
I've been handing the sticker packs to customers over the last few days. They're technically free but you need to spend at least $20 to get even one.