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Tsuneo Gōda

Japanese director and stop motion animator

Tsuneo Gōda
Born	1967 (age 57–58)
Alma mater	Japan Institute of Moving Images

Tsuneo Gōda (合田経郎, Gōda Tsuneo) is a Japanese stop motion animator. He is known for creating the character Domo (Domo-kun), the official mascot of Japanese public broadcasting company NHK, as well as directing an animated TV series starring Domo.^[1] He is also the founder of studio dwarf inc., an animation studio specializing in stop motion animation and character design.^[2]

He has also directed the stop motion animation film Komaneko - The Curious Cat and the three-minute stop motion music video "I am a Bear," which is based on the Hikaru Utada song "Boku wa Kuma."^[3]

In 2011, Gōda was awarded the Inkpot Award for his work on Domo and other animated productions from dwarf studios.^[4]^[5]

Career

Gōda graduated from the Japan Academy of Moving Images (formerly Japan Academy of Moving Images) in 1987 and began working at Dentsu Tec Inc. for

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Domo-Kun: Japan’s Lovable TV Mascot

There’s no doubt that Japan is famous for having a lot of kawaii and special mascots, like Kumamon and Funassyi. In Japan, a mascot can be a symbol of some spiritual thing, a prefecture, a company, or even events, like the Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascots. Many of them have already become popular all around the world both in the past and the present, and it would be a crime not to include Domo-kun from this mascot list.

Domo-kun has been one of Japan’s favorite TV mascots for a long time, and he also has a huge number of fans from all around the world, especially from the US. So why not take this chance to know more about this fun guy and the reason why he became so popular overseas? In this article, we will show you several fun facts about the lovable Domo-kun!

The Origin Of Domo-Kun

Towards the end of 1998, Domo-kun first appeared in a stop motion animation, which the biggest Japanese public broadcaster, NHK, produced to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of its establishment. Despite the fact that Domo-kun had already appea

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Character Description[]

Domo-Kun is the mascot Japanese television channel NHK. Domo is a fictional character who is a small brown monster with an open mouth full of sharp teeth. He is the protagonist of a series of 30-second clips broadcast by the channel between programs.

Name value[]

Domo-kun acquired his name in the second episode of the series, when the Gymnasium turns on the TV for him, and the announcer from the screen said the phrase "Do: mo connitiva"(Eng. Good day.)

which can also be perceived as a play on the words"Good day, Domo". "Do: mo" is a commonly used polite word in Japan that gives a more formal connotation, such as" do: mo arigato " — "thank you very much". And " kun "is a suffix used in relation to younger friends or acquaintances and translated as "comrade", "friend".