About TarePanda
Welcome to the TarePanda Flickr Group!
I don't really have any rules other then respect and consideration for fellow fans and that the subject of the photo be of TarePanda.
(Other San-x characters are welcome but in limited amounts as this is not a San-x group, it's a TarePanda group.)
Thank you for joining!
Sincerely,
Ku
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About Pa-pa Panda:
Tarepanda (たれぱんだ), which means "lazy" panda or "droopy" panda in Japanese, is a panda character who gets around by rolling, since he is so lazy (at 2.75 metrers per hour, according to company literature). [1] "Tare" means lying on the tummy. He loves to eat mochi and relax in teacups. Being the lazy Panda that he is Tare Panda doesn't get around using his feet. tarepandaInstead, he prefers to roll from here to there. Being soft and springy this cute little Panda can roll at a speed of 2.75 m/hr. Of course, when Tare Panda is on a mission to find and steal his favorite fruit, Swama, he is willing to do anything no matter how lazy or tired he feels. If Tare Panda likes you he will perform a gymnastic exhibition in which the tumblers form a human tree or pyramid. But if he doesn't like you at all he will show you his hunchback.
Hikaru Suemasa, creator of TarePanda is said to have been inspired to fashion the character in this way when, after many attempts at drawing the character, she became fatigued and laid down to relax. After this she created a lazy panda lying on the ground. She named it TarePanda.
TarePanda is licensed by San-X, which introduced Tarepanda stickers in 1995. In February 1998, San-X launched Tarepanda erasers and letter pads, which proved enormous hits. San-X believed these products were successful because they were released shortly after the Asian financial crisis of autumn 1997, a time when many people in Japan were facing layoffs. "Many office workers felt exhausted thinking about the dark cloud hanging over the economy, which had grown unhindered until that time," said Kenji Sone of San-X. "I guess they saw a little bit of themselves in the worn-out panda character, so they were sympathetic toward it." By 1999, sales of TarePanda goods had reached 30 billion yen.
(Description taken from various sources. I do not claim as my own!)
http://www.san-x.co.jp/suama/suama.html
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