Official Japanese bloodsucking mascots
Today’s Pink Tentacle shows many of the official bloodsucking characters promoting blood donation in Japan.
I especially like, “Buratto-kun, whose name means ‘blood boy’” employed by Aomori prefecture…”
It interesting that the blood-sucker Buratto-kun says, “GIVE BLOOD SAVE LIFE” (sic). Japanese blood drives have either refused foreign blood donors as was done here in the 80s and 90s, or more commonly nowadays they take foreign/gaijin donations and throw it away. I suppose that the use of the engRishy “SAVE LIFE” rather than ’save lives’ is a hint to native English speakers that the campaign does not want alien blood, ha, ha.
I have to say I prefer these so-called “maid” mascots promoting blood donation in Azabujuban Tokyo a while back.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Please note that I have strongly support Red Cross blood drives and I have made over 100 donations in the US. I just get very tired with the Japanese blood drive officials who do EVERYTHING in their power to turn me away from making a donation.
Read the various comments of gaijin in Japan who have tried to donate blood here:
http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/419556/all