Danbo (character)

Danbo
Yotsuba&! character

Danbo with Yotsuba Koiwai
First appearance

Vol. 5 Chapter 28 (April 2006)[1]
Created by

Kiyohiko Azuma

Danbo (ダンボー Danbō, "cardboard") is a fictional cardboard box robot character from Yotsuba&! manga. It is also known by several other name variations around the Internet:

It first appeared in Vol. 5 chapter 28 of April 2006.[3]

The Japanese company Kaiyodo produces since late 2007 Danbo action figures[3] which became an internet meme, and well-known over the Internet as a hero of many Photo shoots, one of the famous is "365 Days of Danbo" by Arielle Nadel.[4]

Flickr returns over 36,000 photos tagged "Danboard".[5] On images found on the internet, Danbo is often depicted as being composed of Amazon packaging boxes.

As of 2012 Danbo is being used as a Mascot for the Thai PBS show "Little Citizen".[6]

Internet meme

References

  1. ↑ "Yotsuba to! #5". Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "What Does ‘Danbo’ Mean?". Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Where Is Danbo From?". Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Young Photographer Arielle Nadel and Her Very Own Toy Story". Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Flickr results for #Danboard tagged photos". Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Yotsuba's Danbo Used as Thai Public TV Show's Mascot". Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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