The Shiba Inu Cartoon

Shiba Inu seem to be getting populare, but in many form. They are in movie, tournament, and cartoon. Most of the time they are the main character friend or the main character. Right now the most populare cartoon is the Mameshiba. They are little beans that looks like Shiba Inu. The Mameshiba is a Japanese merchandise franchise created by copywriter and Korean Japanese national Kim Sukwon. The Mameshiba are different varieties of beans (and other legumes) that have dog-like faces and tell trivia. Their name derives from a series of puns. The Japanese word for "bean" is mame, a toy version of the Shiba Inu is a mameshiba, and the Japanese word for "trivia" is mamechishiki (literally "beans of knowledge").


Mameshiba became popular through a series of animated interstitials produced by Dentsu that were sold to Japanese television networks to air instead of commercials. Their popularity in Japan and Asia eventually led to their release in the United States via Viz Media and Hot Topic.


The Mameshiba website discribe them, "What exactly is Mameshiba? They're not quite a bean, nor a dog but rather a hybrid of both. They love to apear out of nowhere and offer random bits of trivia whether you asked for it or not..."


Another short cartoon is Baby Shiba, which is made by Mameshiba. These short cartoon are interesting and funny.


Here a youtube link video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs6RJ7-6MpQ


Source:


Mameshiba. retrieved http://dogatch.jp/mameshibaworld/?red=mameshibaworld