Chris Carlier's guest appearances

Chris Carlier

WHY COME JAPAN

Japan Station: A Podcast About Japan by JapanKyo.com

Robert Campbell

Gesshin Claire Greenwood

Babe Ruth

Usagi Yojimbo

Jonathan Clements

David Nakayama

Zack Davisson

Steven Heine

Richard Lloyd Parry

Susan Spann

Matt Alt

Kevin Derendorf

Anthony Joh

Patrick St

Aaron McCann

OwlTail

Episode seven of the Japan Station podcast is here and this time we're taking a deep dive into the crazy world of Japanese mascots. Chris Carlier runs the blog Mondo Mascots and the very popular Twitter and Instagram accounts of the same name. On Mondo Mascots Chris documents Japan's many, many, many mascots. From the bizarre to the cute, Chris covers them all. In this episode we discuss the history of Japanese mascots, the origins of the term yuru kyara  (yuru chara) and how it is different from go-tōchi kyara, the voting scandal at the 2018 Yuru Chara Grand Prix, whether the popularity of Japanese mascots is on the decline, Chris' desire to get a yuru kyara designed by him turned into a costume, and, of course, we talk about a whole lot of odd mascots, including the infamous algae ball with an erection from, Marimokkori. So yeah, this one's a pretty silly one.

Episode seven of the Japan Station podcast is here and this time we're taking a deep dive into the crazy world of Japanese mascots. Chris Carlier runs the blog Mondo Mascots and the very popular Twitter and Instagram accounts of the same name. On Mondo Mascots Chris documents Japan's many, many, many mascots. From the bizarre to the cute, Chris covers them all. In this episode we discuss the history of Japanese mascots, the origins of the term yuru kyara  (yuru chara) and how it is different from go-tōchi kyara, the voting scandal at the 2018 Yuru Chara Grand Prix, whether the popularity of Japanese mascots is on the decline, Chris' desire to get a yuru kyara designed by him turned into a costume, and, of course, we talk about a whole lot of odd mascots, including the infamous algae ball with an erection from, Marimokkori. So yeah, this one's a pretty silly one.

07 The Wacky World of Japanese Mascots (Chris Carlier)