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Creating Mona Lisa with 3000 Students

A NTV show dug up a clip from a contest that aired on the network 21 years ago where 3,000 students from Saitama Sakae High School create an image of Mona Lisa:

Like seriously, what could be better than standing in a playground using time from a Art lesson by learning like this? Way better than drawing sitting cooped up in a room :D

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Mascotmania in Hikone

Ever been to a Mascot Summit in Japan? Where there are like mascots on every street corner? Or even see a mascot being protected by bodyguards? Well you will see it in Hikone!

NTV’s “Zoom In” morning show has shown a the mascot summit that was recently held in Hikone, a yura-character where more than 130 mascot characters attended, making it the biggest event of its kind in Japan:

The most popular non-Hikonyan mascots at the event were the cuddly animal versions of famous Sengoku period samurai. Ishida Mitsunyan, a feline mascot based on Ishida Mitsunari was especially popular with the ladies, many of whom no doubt became his fans due to his manly portrayal in the Sengoku Basara video games. We maybe need to have a JAP-On! Mascot to attend this very event next year! Although it may not be popular elsewhere, at least we know that even video games have cuddly mascots! And maybe even bodyguards protecting us from fans like Fairchild! :P [JapanProbe]

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NTV's Chimpspecting New Announcers

It seems Japan ran out of Presidents in its latest episode ofÂ "Shirmura Zoo" where Pan-Kun the Chimpanzee was made a company president so that the new NTV announcers can practise business etiquette. In Part 1, the new announcers introduces themselves and hand business cards to Pan-Kun: Next, they must show off their news announcing skills about observing Pan-kunâ€™s actions and giving live commentary: Seems like NTV's announcers has Pan-kun seal of approval then ;) As an bonus, how to manipulate the mind of a Chimpanzee into liking something...