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afarris



Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:58 pm Reply with quote
I bought this little plastic tote bag the other day and I mean to sell it on eBay. I have no idea who the characters on it are, and I'm totally unfamiliar with any japanese cartoons (I hope this is the right place to be asking!) Anyways, here are some pictures of the characters. It also has some writing, mostly in japanese, which I don't understand. Where should I go to translate this?

Thanks SO MUCH for any help. - Aarika







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Starwind Amada



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:01 pm Reply with quote
It kinda looks like Hello Kitty, but I have no idea. It may not even be from an anime, it might just be some character the bag's designer drew. One question though - why'd you get the bag if you didn't want it?
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:05 pm Reply with quote
it's from "shueisha", so it's gotta be a character
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afarris



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:07 pm Reply with quote
I bought it specifically to sell on eBay - it was only 25 cents.
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:18 pm Reply with quote
only name that keeps coming up is soemthing called "Tanpopo-tan" , but i can't find any info on it. Hatsue Tokoro is the Mangakai who made it.

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DarkTenshi90



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:34 pm Reply with quote
afarris wrote:
I bought it specifically to sell on eBay - it was only 25 cents.

o.o that is quite the deal. I'm not sure who these characters are, but is seems v1cious maybe knows.
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afarris



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:42 pm Reply with quote
Thank you all so much!
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bimbo69



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:55 pm Reply with quote
The hiragana on the bottom say "Nyankororin"
I did a google image search and got a couple of pics.
I hope this helps.
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dormcat
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:52 pm Reply with quote
OMG, afarris, you've digged up some really antique item!

As mentioned above, it's Nyankororin (にゃんころりん) by Hatsue TOKORO (ところ はつえ), serialized in Margaret from 26th issue of 1971 to... I can't find exactly when it ended, probably around 1976. Anyway, it has four tankoubons:


(from http://park2.wakwak.com/~rikabon/books/hibai/h-tokoro.html)

v1cious wrote:
only name that keeps coming up is soemthing called "Tanpopo-tan"

たんぽぽたん is her newest work (well, still ten years old already), serialized in Ribon (or Ribon Mascot?).
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Haru to Ashura



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:31 am Reply with quote
That's cute. I would consider buying it. :)
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:49 pm Reply with quote
Starwind Amada wrote:
One question though - why'd you get the bag if you didn't want it?


Uh read the original post carefully next time, flandango.
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