| they look pretty chinese to me.
sure they are "cute" but I don't think japan is the only country allowed to produce "cute" things. I think bashing on them for their japanese influence is sort of like bashing on almost every modern american rock band because much of their sound came from the british invasion... or almost every hollywood action movie that uses elements of HK cinema. that's how pop culture works. (if you could call the olympics "pop" culture.... I don't see why not) when something is extremely successful everything that comes afterward ends up looking a little bit like it. -then the lines between what's "british" "american" "japanese" or "icelandic" get blurred. and that's supposed to be a good thing, right? really, I think they are tastefully done.... expecially when compared to the mascots of other recent olympic games. |
Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascots