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Who is Domo-kun? Is he an anime character or a manga character? I often see
him in anime stores so I wonder if Domo-kun is an anime character or a manga
character?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bgofa.jpg)


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domo-kun
Who is Domo-kun?


Dōmo-kun is the official character or mascot for the Japanese broadcasting
channel _Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai_ (NHK). According to
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domo_%28NHK%29), he was created in
1998 and named after a pun on "Hello there!":

> Domo-kun first appeared in short stop-motion sketches on 22 December 1998 to
> mark the 10th anniversary of NHK's satellite broadcasting. The name "Domo"
> was acquired during the second episode of his show, in which a TV announcer
> said "dōmo, konnichiwa" (どうも、こんにちは?), which is a greeting that can be
> translated as "Well, hello there!", but which can also be interpreted as
> "Hello, Domo", and thus is a convenient pun (dajare).

His concept was created by Tsuneo Gōda to be a mascot. He appeared only in
stop-motion animation originally, so it's hard to classify him as either
"anime" or "manga". However, there was a (reportedly terrible) English-only
manga of the character, called _Domo: The Manga_ , published in the USA and
Canada.

As a final note, and as you may or may not know, there has been a whole world
of memes created from Dōmo-kun (including the [Grues on
Uncyclopedia](http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Grue)). You can read more at
[Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/domo) (
**Warning:[NSFW](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_safe_for_work)**).


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