Comments on: Two lip-sticked seal-panda babes swimming through the seas of dried noodles while having a drink...

Two lip-sticked seal-panda babes swimming through the seas of dried noodles while having a drink...

jokeefe — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0800

Japanese packaging design: snack characters. From the awesome Pingmag (previously 1, 2, 3). Via AT Chicago. Also recently in Pingmag: First Generation Graffiti in Iran.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:47:07 -0800

Hey, one of those characters looks just like me, but I don't speak Japanese, so can't figure this out without much humor and confusion. /Homer

By: Miles Long

Miles Long — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:37:54 -0800

just the first link and already i love this post.

By: carter

carter — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:50:32 -0800

Thank you! FYI there's higher res shots in their Flickr set.

By: breezeway

breezeway — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:01:40 -0800

Heh. That "Milky" candy, with red-cheeked Peko-chan on it? There's a funny ad jingle that goes along with it. The lyrics go: miirukii... wa mama no aji, which means "Milky, tastes like mom." It's quite delicious. Just like mom, I guess.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:35:38 -0800

Given the long istory of Persian and Islamic calligraphy, I have to admit I'm kind of dissappointed in the Iranian graphitti.

By: RubberHen

RubberHen — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:16:52 -0800

Pocky stix -- they rule! I shop for the packaging first -- content later. Mental Note: Just make sure they are not dried squid wafers or something crazy like that!

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:40:34 -0800

Wonderful post jokeefe! Pingmag is such a delightful site. KookyChow has some bizarro, er, food items and packaging. The Japanese condom ads floor me, the cuteness and childishness of them. Then there's the WeirdMeat blog (warning:wretch factor). But the snack items included in this webpage had me laughing out loud, really worth a look.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:53:22 -0800

These are great. When I was in Japan I wanted to remember all of them - but I would have overloaded my bag with disgusting snacks to do so. I love ramune!

By: baklavabaklava

baklavabaklava — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:14:56 -0800

I don't know... you've gotta wonder about an interviewer who asks Iranians about "other Arabic countries" and continually asks about Arabic (in a country with a 3% Arab population?!)... are all Chinese magazines this badly written? I love kimchee!