Name: 日本吉祥物的恐怖之處｜10個最瘋狂的角色 (The HORROR of Japanese Mascots | 10 Craziest Characters)
Uploaded: 2020-10-29T19:50:33.000Z
Duration: 12 min 27 s

A land where ancient customs and rituals coincide with-

在這片土地上，古老的習俗和儀式與... ...

oh my god, is that a bear with a melon for a head?!

哦，我的上帝，這是一個熊與瓜的頭？

What's that panda doing with that tongue?

What, with Halloween fast approaching I wanted to make a video

什麼，萬聖節快到了，我想做一個視頻。

on something truly shocking and disturbing.

在一些真正令人震驚和不安的事情上。

And whilst my face alone would usually fit that description,

雖然我的臉通常符合這個描述。

this year, time and again, I've come across Japanese mascot characters

今年以來，屢屢遇到日本的吉祥物。

that look like they've been ripped out of Stephen King's imagination.

看起來就像從斯蒂芬-金的想象中撕扯出來的。

So, today, I want to show you just how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

所以，今天，我想告訴你，兔子洞到底有多深。

I've assembled ten of the most obscene and disturbing characters

我收集了十位最淫穢、最令人不安的人物。

that I've found on my travels around the country.

But the first thing you need to know is Japanese mascots, known as 'Yurukyara',

但你首先要知道的是日本的吉祥物，也就是所謂的 "優衣庫"。

Not that long ago, I was passing through Kyushu in the south

when I came face-to-face with the richest mascot in the country:

當我和全國最有錢的吉祥物面對面的時候。

Kumamon the bear, who is said to be worth a billion dollars to the local economy,

熊熊熊，據說他對當地的經濟價值達10億美元。

originally conceived to promote Kumamoto Prefecture when a new bullet train line opened in 2010.

最初的設想是在2010年新的子彈列車線路開通時，促進熊本縣的發展。

In 2011, he was ranked as the number one yurukyara in all of Japan,

2011年，他被評為全日本第一的優伶。

with his newfound fans snapping up every manner of Kumamon-branded paraphernalia

與他的新粉絲們一起搶購各種公文品牌的用具。

Meanwhile, Kumamon the superstar traveled the country on horseback,

與此同時，熊蒙這位超級大明星騎著馬遊歷了全國各地。

At first, I couldn't understand how a simple mascot, designed to promote a public initiative,

一開始，我不明白，一個簡單的吉祥物，怎麼會被設計成宣傳公益活動。

had gone on to become so ubiquitous and popular around the country.

曾走到了全國各地，如此無處不在，深受歡迎。

And it wasn't until I spoke to a Japanese mascot expert that it all became a lot clearer.

而直到我和日本的吉祥物專家交流後，一切才豁然開朗。

[Ryotaro-- I mean, Roger Takeshi speaking Japanese with a heavy accent.]

[良太郎... 我的意思是，羅傑武說日語，口音很重。]

After Kumamon's raging success, the game had changed

在Kumamon洶湧的成功之後，遊戲規則發生了變化

and now you can scarcely walk down the street in Japan without bumping into a character

現在在日本走在大街上，幾乎沒有不被撞見的人物。

who's become the sentient manifestation of a product, a place, or a public initiative.

誰成為一個產品、一個地方或一個公共舉措的有情表現。

Case in point: trying to promote Bollywood movies to a Japanese audience?

案例：想向日本觀眾推廣寶萊塢電影？

Try Naanko-chan, a walking talking piece of naan bread.

Running an anti-drugs campaign, but want to make it fun?

開展反毒品運動，但又想讓它變得有趣？

Meet 'No Dora-kun', a knotted blue syringe with an awkward slogan on the front:

遇到了 "No Dora君"，它是一個結結實實的藍色注射器，正面有一個尷尬的口號。

見鬼，連亞馬遜都有自己的特色。

'Pochi the dog', which is a dog made out of cardboard boxes.

'狗寶奇'，這是一隻用紙箱做的狗。

Some places have gone the extra mile and actually turned real life animals into their mascot.

有的地方還特意把現實生活中的動物變成了吉祥物。

A few years ago I presented a documentary about Japan's cats obsession,

幾年前，我曾介紹過一部關於日本貓咪迷戀的紀錄片。

and for one segment we went to the prefecture of Wakayama, just outside of Osaka,

而有一段我們去了大阪郊外的和歌山縣。

to feature an astounding story about a cat called 'Tama-chan'.

報道了一隻叫 "Tama-chan "的貓的驚人故事。

A struggling railway station had adopted a stray cat,

一個舉步維艱的火車站收養了一隻流浪貓。

put it in a hat and turned it into a stationmaster to greet arriving passengers.

把它裝在帽子裡，變成站長迎接到站的旅客。

It sounds really quite clever, but all they've done was put a cat in a hat and stick it on a pedestal by the entrance.

這聽起來真的很聰明，但他們所做的只是把一隻貓放在帽子裡，然後貼在入口處的底座上。

55,000 people in the first year came to see the cat,

and it generated 10 million dollars for the local economy, all to see a slightly bemused cat in a hat.

併為當地經濟創造了1000萬元的收入，都是為了看一隻戴著帽子的略帶迷茫的貓。

It begs the question: why the fuck didn't I think of that myself?

這就引出了一個問題：我他媽為什麼自己沒有想到呢？

In fact, so inspired was I by the story of Tama-chan, I went out and bought my very own cat mascot:

事實上，我被多摩仔的故事所啟發，於是我買了自己的貓咪吉祥物。

...whose subsequent appearances led to an increase in views, subscribers, likes and comments.

...其隨後的出現導致了瀏覽量、訂閱量、點贊量和評論量的增加。

It seemed like the good times were never gonna end.

好像美好的時光永遠不會結束。

... And then lots of viewers pointed out that Mr Snuggles looked a little bit like Hitler.

...然後很多觀眾指出，Snuggles先生看起來有點像希特勒。

And, begrudgingly, I had to fire him before viewers thought I had some sort of... malicious, hidden agenda.

而且，勉強的，我不得不解僱他 在觀眾認為我有某種... 惡意的，隱藏的議程。

Though, this afternoon, I do think I might have found...

雖然，今天下午，我想我可能已經發現... ...

我想我可能已經找到了一個替代品。

I was wandering aimlessly through a shopping mall

我在商場裡漫無目的地閒逛著。

when I came face-to-face with a cheeky looking toy called 'DJ Bear'.

當我面對著一個看起來很滑稽的玩具 "DJ熊"。

I'm not sure what it was that drew me to the character.

我不知道是什麼原因吸引了我，這個角色。

Maybe it was the cumbersome expression on the front saying,

... or perhaps it was simply his deeply unnerving expression.

........也可能只是他那令人深感不安的表情。

What I like about this is, unlike Mr Snuggles, who was just, in effect, an inanimate object,

我喜歡的是，不像依偎先生，他實際上只是一個沒有生命的物體。

DJ Bear can actually move and do something.

So he can potentially provide an invaluable contribution.

所以他有可能提供寶貴的貢獻。

[An amazingly awful remix with Chris' 'hello'.]

[一個驚人的可怕的混音 與克里斯 "你好"。 ]

Chris: *breathes*--- [DJ Bear plays the same remix music again]

[This time, an enlightening remix with just the word 'twat'.]

[這一次，一個開明的混音 只有 "twat "一詞。]

On the island of Hokkaido, there's a town called Yubari,

在北海道的島上，有一個叫夕張的小鎮。

famous for having the most obscenely expensive melons on the planet:

以擁有世界上最昂貴的甜瓜而聞名。

But how expensive can a melon really be, you ask?

但你問，一個瓜子到底能有多貴？

Well, this year, two Yubari King melons went for $45,000!

好吧，今年，兩隻渝北王瓜就賣到了4.5萬元!

5 million yen for some fruit! Two melons!

五百萬日元買些水果！兩個瓜！

I don't get it, and whilst I'd like to tell you the real horror in this story is the melons going to $45,000,

我不明白，雖然我很想告訴你這個故事真正的恐怖之處在於瓜子要賣到4萬5千元。

the town of Yubari cashed in on this melon craze by creating a fun-loving, cute, cuddly mascot,

夕張鎮利用這股瓜子熱潮，創造了一個有趣、可愛、可親的吉祥物。

Half melon, half bear, and half children's nightmare.

一半是瓜子，一半是熊，一半是孩子的噩夢。

I first came across Melon Bear on a trip to Sapporo two years ago,

我第一次見到瓜子熊是在兩年前的札幌之行。

when he caught my friend Natsuki's attention for his unusual teeth.

當他因為他那不尋常的牙齒而引起我朋友夏樹的注意時。

[Natsuki trying to sort his thoughts out on Melon Bear's teeth.]

[夏樹試圖在瓜熊的牙齒上理清思路]。

Hokkaido is actually home to quite a lot of bears,

and the story of his genesis goes that, a bear sunk its teeth into a juicy Yubari melon.

他的起源故事是這樣的：一隻熊用牙齒咬住了一個多汁的尤巴里瓜。

And since then, Melon Bear's gone on to sink his teeth into the competition.

而從那時起，瓜子熊就開始沉下心來參加比賽了。

[CB]: Take that, Kumamon! Try meeting Keanu Reeves with your head ripped off.

[CB]:嚐嚐這個，Kumamon!試著去見基努・裡維斯吧 你的頭被擰下來了。

But Melon Bear is just one of many terrifying mascots to come out of Hokkaido.

但瓜子熊只是北海道眾多恐怖吉祥物中的一個。

One of Sapporo's most iconic buildings is the old Clock Tower building in the heart of the city.

札幌市的標誌性建築之一是位於市中心的老鐘樓建築。

It actually became an issue that tourists were going to see the Clock Tower and were left feeling underwhelmed by its appearance - myself admittedly included.

實際上，遊客們去看鐘樓，卻被它的外觀所折服--當然包括我自己在內，這成了一個問題。

And so, a local video game company came up with a solution to appease the hordes of ungrateful tourists who failed to appreciate the 19th century architecture.

於是，當地一家電子遊戲公司想出了一個辦法，來安撫那些未能欣賞19世紀建築的大批忘恩負義的遊客。

Modeled on the Clock Tower, he is the literal representation of the horrors of traveling all the way to Sapporo to see the famous clock tower

以鐘樓為原型，他是遠道而來的札幌看著名鐘樓的恐怖的文字代表。

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