In 1998, a mascot was created for the Japanese public broadcasting company NHK, and a variety of stop motion shorts of the character would be aired on their network. In the early to mid 2000’s, the character would amass a large cult following worldwide due to the internet, so much so that the character would have following shorts made about him (broadcasting not only in Japan but also globally). Ever since the early 2010’s, the character has essentially gone missing in action, and many over the years have wondered Whatever Happened to Domo-Kun?
Chapters:
0:00 - Opening
2:41 - History of NHK
4:38 - Beginning of Tsuneo Goda and Japanese Stop Motion History
8:07 - Birth of Domo
13:18 - Early NHK Domo
24:02 - Domo Makes it to the West
34:12 - dwarf studios Post Domo-kun Shorts
37:38 - Making of Domo TV
43:19 - Domo TV
47:21 - 2009: The Year of Domo
53:37 - The Fall of Domo?
59:25 - dwarf’s Projects After Domo
1:10:37 - Return of Domo?
1:14:59 - Closing/Bonus
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kidscreen.com/2014/03/18/by-y...
www.tokyoweekender.com/art_an...
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/ @dwarf_studios
www.newgrounds.com/portal/vie...
www.i-mockery.com/halloween/ba...
www.animenewsnetwork.com/conv...
knowyourmeme.com/memes/domo
lostmediawiki.com/Akihabara@D...
www.animationmagazine.net/tv/...
• TOKYOPOP Insider Ep. 4...
• Why Does Domo Hate App...
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www.amazon.com/Idle-Idol-Japa...
Tracklist:
8 PM (Normal) - Animal Crossing
Cait Sith’s Theme - Final Fantasy 7
Light Plane - Pilotwings
Opening Movie - Pokemon Red & Blue
Title Screen - Pokemon Red & Blue
Milky - Bomberman Hero
Toying Around - Do-Re-Mi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken
Primitive Mountain - Chrono Trigger
9 AM (Normal) - Animal Crossing
Welcome Home - Earthbound
DND (Do Not Destroy) - No More Heroes
Stage Select (Medley) - Parappa the Rapper 2
Telephone Number - Junko Ohashi (8 Bit Remix by Spriter Gors)
Maple Treeway - Mario Kart Wii
7 AM (Normal) - Animal Crossing
Frappe Snowland/Sherbet Land - Mario Kart 64
Littleroot Town - Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire
Toasty Buns - Parappa the Rapper 2
One Sugar Dream - M-Flo
Robot Waiting Room #6 - Portal 2
Here’s Some Weapons - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Molten Lava (T-Rex) - Ape Escape
Bright Sound (Dry Lagoon) - Sonic Adventure 2
Aerodynamic - Daft Punk (8 Bit Remix by xendraven)
Gentle Wind - Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Pokey’s House - Earthbound
K.K. Disco - Animal Crossing
Rustboro/Mauville/Mosdeep City - Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire
The City (Day) - Animal Crossing City Folk
Waraeru hodo hikyo na yatsu - Durarara OST
Drivin’ (Radio) - Animal Crossing
Flight Club - Pilotwings
I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas (8 Bit Remix by 8 Bit Songs)
DSi Shop Theme - Nintendo
Ending/Staff Roll - Do-Re-Mi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken
Aruarian Dance - Nujabes (8 Bit Remix by The Susinos)
BIG - Parappa the Rapper 2
Get on the Bus - Earthbound
6 AM (Normal) - Animal Crossing City Folk
All of the Lights - Kanye West (8 Bit Remix by 10YR)
Save Hut - Kirby Super Star
DS Peach Garden - Mario Kart Wii
9 AM (Normal) - Animal Crossing
Lake - Pokemon Diamond & Platinum
Staff Roll - SUper Mario 64
Through the Woods - Do-Re-Mi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken
National Park - Pokemon SoulSilver & HeartGold
Shiki No Uta - MINMI (8 Bit Remix by Hunch)
Route 228 (Nighttime) - Pokemon Diamond & Platinum
I'm reading through a lot of the comments right now, and I just think it's really wholesome that we're all kind of referring to Domo as if he's a long lost friend that we're all meeting for the first time again. I don't know, I just think that's really cool and it's been a blast reading your stories/memories surrounding the character.
Btw, Avatar: the Last Airbender was written in America but animated in Korea.
Ngl I didn’t really know who this lil guy was til this video, all I new is just my brother left like really old plushies of him, and now they lost somewhere in my house
Hi
Domo-Kun is something that I saw ALL OVER THE PLACE in around '07-'09, and nobody had any idea where he was from. Now I finally know!
Saw him once when playing duck life 3 and thought he was an original character
He was in a lot of early Roblox games. I specifically remember the one that is Easter egg hunt but with different edits of Domo.
@@yongli8276 same the “find the domos” games
was it find the domos by planet3arth? i remember playing it alot
@@fsexplorer9727BRUH same! That’s what introduced me to Domo-Kun in general!
I can't believe I watched an hour of this only to get "So what did happen to Domo-kun? Idk, nothing. He just stopped showing up,"
Hey thanks hahaha almost got roped in
Hahahaha what an idiot
it would be more appropriate for this video to be called "the history of domo-kun" instead . . . I still enjoyed learning about this , though .
I remember 3rd grade this girl whose dad worked overseas brought her a Domo doll and I had never been so fascinated by a plush. That was all I heard until Nicktoons had the show airing very rarely
I remember seeing the show strangely engouh before that I would see plushes and stickers of Domo at car meets with mostly vws and Audis in Houston that my dad would take me to.
OMG were you in my class because in 3rd grade my dad brought me a domo from an overseas trip 😭
@@shivaflwrsno way this has to be a crazzzzzyyyyyy coincidence 😭
@@17weeeeeep AWESOME
ya know now that you mention nicktoons Domo-kun would be a shoein for a "Ahh Real Monsters" character
Millenials had vaporwave as their nostalgia trend and you already see zoomers being nostalgic for early/mid2000s stuff so maybe Domo will make a return through that.
It already is, there has been a recent spike in prices for domo merchandise online due to high demand lol
Hi @jacktheartisan406, I'm one of the authors of Idle Idol. Great documentary, really enjoyed learning about Domo-kun in incredible detail. You're right we should have included Domo in our book! 😅
I always mistook Domo-Kun as Sackboy from Little Big Planet and didn't realize it was a separate thing until recently. What a great video!
Well now you know, for me I already known it a different ip. Rice loving monster
LITERALLY SAME 😅
I think I knew they were different, but I got them confused sometimes. They were like right next to each other in my brain
but one big one smol
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE 😭
I remember domo kun stuff being sold at hot topic and Spencer’s. He was also was popular in the scene/emo community, just like hello kitty. I remember buying a hat and domo bag.
I remember seeing domo everywhere in 2010ish, and begging my dad to let me play claw machines to try and win him. my dad never liked claw machines- most were scams in his opinion, so he'd promise to buy me something else instead. I never got a domo plush or any merchandise, but it still keeps a special place in my heart.
Honestly he was right though, fuck claw machines. But yeah he could’ve bought you a domo plush
"Most were scams in hia opinion" And he'd be right on that front. Claw Machines in general tend to be rigged against you, and operate on what is called a "pay-out rate" which basically means the machines are preprogrammed to dispense a win after a certain number of tries are met.
@@firebrony101 Oh my gosh really??? I knew they were rigged someway or another but that being the specific method for some of them is INSANE to think about
@@pizzaandpillowforts yep! And here's the scary part: it ain't JUST claw machines.
I worked at a Circle K gas station in Arizona in 2016 and we were selling Domo plushies for some reason. I bought one. He's in my closet now. I thought it was weird because I hadn't seen him for years.
He moved out and lives in my closet now, sorry that you had to hear the news like this
Probably had some old stock kicking around
Circle k seems to sell the weirdest stuff from stories I've heard.
@biofall38 I bought my grandpa a domo hat back in 2016 for Father's day. I doubt it was a stock issue.
I still have all the Domo merchandise from around 15 years ago! In fact my Domo wallet has outlived all my other wallets and I use it regardless of the occasion.
I too have meself a Domo. I honestly didn't know anything about him or where he came from - I just knew he was vaguely known and his design is just awesome; That's all I need to know to buy a goofy looking stuffed animal...
I had a domo beanie and refused to use another one in the winter when I was younger
@@hypnos1608 had one too! Which is odd because there's no winter where I'm from 🤣 gave it to a Korean student. The beanie is now well-traveled 😎
@@POOKISTAN same 😅 got a green platypus, a mosquito, 6 lobsters, and a hotdog octopus. I need to give these babies away to actual babies 🤣
it is funny how some ip-branded stuff is much more resistant than their average equivalent
I can't have seen Domo more than a dozen times in my childhood, but his image has been nagging at the back of my mind for years, saying "what was that?"
Thanks for featuring my book @jacktheartisan406 I wrote it a long time ago and was surprised I didn't include Domokun tbh. I think maybe I just didn't have a good photo of him. If you're into mascots I did another book called 'Fuzz and Fur' about fursuit mascots in Japan, but it also doesn't include Domokun :(
there's so much amazing stuff in the world, we can only hold so much in a book :^) thank you for sharing your passion by making it into books! life is beautiful 🥰
I like that despite Domo-Kun not being as famous anymore, Dwarf studios keeps creating amazing animations that get the recognition they deserve :3
chris chan 😭😭 4:13 almost snuck that by me
truly, we are cursed with knowledge
I’m glad it wasn’t just me who noticed 😭
413?? what the homestuck bro
@@MonsterF63get out
WHY HAS THAT CREATURE SEEPED IT'S SELF INTO EVERY 2000'S INTERNET CREVICE?!?!
I'm Egyptian, and I remember as a child, that this guy dominated the toy market and TV here as well. Although, his name wasn't too familiar to us. We just knew him as the brown monster guy. I basically had an anime flashback when I saw the title of this video, after years and years of not remembering.
500 views in 13 hours??? Wtf here have some engagement, this video deserves more love
Seconding engagement. High effort content like this needs more attention.
It hit 35k! It’s getting there!
4.4k views now
89K!
233k!! Thank you for giving this video some engagement early on and helping spread it further so it could eventually reach me :)
I saw Domo-kun last week in a gachapon machine outside a Mexican restaurant. I was thrown back into childhood for a brief second. Very fun that now I find that there's a shiny new video on the lil fella!
I was obsessed with Domo when I was in elementary school, I used to have a giant plush, little plush, cups, a book, and I used to watch the shorts on KZhead. I was from a small town so I was very jealous of the Japanese 7/Eleven crossover that still lives rent free in my head. It’s because of domo I didn’t think 7/eleven was in the states until I was an older teen (I lived in a super rural area and the closest one was 45 mins away)
this is such a good video. not only is it long, it's dense with factual information and minimal yapping which feels really rare on KZhead these days.
Totally
My Aunt and I were asian kids in the 2000’s SCROUNGING for Domo-kun and Sanrio stuff in the states. It’s how we bonded and I specifically remember being OBSESSED with Domo!! I dont know why, but I always thought he was adorable! Thank you for this video, it was amazing!
My love at first sight to Domo-kun comes from playing _Duck Life 3: Evolution_ as a kid and I thought he was an original enemy for the final boss at first, not knowing that he's a popular Japanese mascot until watching the stop-motion series. Gotta love that one living chocolate bar!
Honestly that was exactly how I found out what Domokun was too.
I don't think I was ever a "fan" of Domo-kun, I just saw him around the Tnternet a LOT back in the 2000s and... honestly, I haven't really thought about him until I saw this video in my recommendations. Turns out Domo-kun has a fascinating history to him that I never realized.
This character is very weird for me because I remember knowing about the character enough to call it Domo, but I don’t remember where I first saw the character.
A video essay on domo kun?, yes please! This video needs more views 😭
Not gonna lie this video hits close to home than no other. Domo satisfied a lot of my tastes that I would gravitate to when I became older. Domo, Coraline, The Neverhood, Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run made me fall in love with stop motion. I also love Domo's chilled back take on slice of life, because of that very re-watchable and easy to get sucked into their little world. There's only one other series that scratches that itch and that's Joe Pera Talks to You. It's not animated but it has that "feels like it's own universe" vibe to it that I believe if you like Domo you'll like that. Domo really did come out at the right time. It very much captures going outside and going on non high stakes adventures that I love doing now that I'm older. God bless Domo.
I was obsessed with this little bread crumb. I have like 20 different plushies of domo, a couple key chains, and a bag. You can still find him in claw machines in America, but he just vanished from mainstream one day
I was a big fan of Domokun back in the day, had a few plushies of him and I used him as my profile pic on different forums and sites for years. Seeing this character and learning so much more about him definitely reignited the love I had for him, thank you. ❤
I LOVE DOMO KUN!!!! I first discovered that little guy when growing up in new york in the late 2000s-early 2010s. after winning a prize of him at a fair a couple hours away from my hometown, loved him ever since. I wish i still had that plush, we moved often so i no longer have it! I do have a new one though :D
I remember Domo! I used to carry everything in my little Domo-kun bag! I didn’t know he had lore! 😢 This is such a good doc!
I miss when i saw domo everywhere, 2014 was an era i will miss forever
Watching this documentary, I remembered the hype surrounding this mascot back in around 2009 but sort of stuck around a little more in 2010. I didn't know what was the big deal at that time but before this, Domo just faded from my memory. Now this is a pretty insightful video and it's pretty awesome that the studio made many other great stop-motion animations. Guess their style seemed familiar elsewhere. Thank you for putting this together. This one deserves more attention, really!
DUDE I LITERALLY SAW A DOODLE ON PINTEREST THAT KIND OF REMINDED ME OF THIS BUT I COULDNT REMEMBER HIS NAME AND I SCOWERED THE INTERNET FOR HIM AND I FOUND HIM DOMO OH MY GOD NEW MEMORY UNLOCKED
I was introduced to the character by a demotivational poster, with it chasing down a kitten in a grassy field, labeled "It is dark out, you are likely to be eaten by a grue." Domo was a Grue for like 5 years before I saw any other context lol
I LOVED Domo. Was obsessed. I started a Domo club at school, had a book about Domo and his friends, and a Domo board game. I HAD to know every bit of Domo lore.
I didn't expect you'd mention I-Mockery and their flash game. It's through their website I first got introduced to Domo-kun, but I always thought it was a too indirect and obscure way to learn about the character. Turns out it was quite the popular website.
As a kid I was obsessed with Domo and had a lot of his merch- I've really missed seeing him around!
I remember i had a partner who obesseses over Domo even to this very day. She always used to carry around a domo backpack EVERYWHERE. She'd get a new domo backpack (including from me) whenever the current one is wearing out and would add stuffing to turn him into an actual plush toy. Idk how many she may have now, but i hope she's doing alright with her current hubbie. She truly changed the way I view Domo and many other things in life, and im super grateful i had her at one point. Fantastic video, my dude!!
God I miss domo I wish they’d at least keep selling merch
My local mall still has an entire claw machine of older Domo plushies, my friend and I ended up getting a Domo Ghostbusters plush.
I was OBSESSED with domo as a child. Got excited when 7eleven partnered with him YEARSSSS ago
I like Domo as a kid and never watch the shorts until I was a teenager. I liked him as a kid from the merchandise I saw of him around.
I am embarrassed that I had no idea a Domo video essay would reveal an entire new world of things to watch. Thanks!
dang ChrisChan! get out of all the videos I watch!
I hope Domo-kun returns someday, his design always clicked with me as a kid
I learned about domo when I was a little kid and someone gave me a phone charm with the goofy lil fella on it. Had it on my DSi for the longest time. Never even knew what domo was, but I kinda became a little obsessed with him.
I can’t believe I had forgotten about domo-kun! I used to be so obsessed!!! How did I manage to forget all about him?! I feel so bad for forgetting about domo-kun 😢
I grew up watching domo and absolutely loved him, I even made a piñata of him for an art class and wouldn't allow anyone to break it when the time came. Couldn't stop crying during the duration of this whole video, I miss him
As a kid i'd see Domo-kun on TV all the time, had no idea who this weird sharp teethed thing was but hell I loved him, I genuinely forgot about him over the years as he mysteriously faded into obscurity during the middle 2010s... Honestly grateful for finding your video, now I'm getting these nostalgic memories of Domo-kun, might find some adverts of him that have been uploaded to youtube! You've gained yourself a sub, keep up the hard work Jack!
I was born in 2003. Like any other pre-2010 fad I caught domo at the very tail end of his popularity and couldn't really understand what it was since I was so young. I always love these types of videos for it. Cause even though it's just a tiny fraction of the experience, I can see what it was like in the time I _just_ barely missed out on. Thank you for this ❤
i was a bit young to be into meme/internet culture in 2010 or 09, but i still remember domo-kun and how ubiquitous he was at one point... it's so cool to have a broader history of what he is and especially what dwarf studios have done since! that's gotta be my favorite part of this video, though it's always good! + yuzuru hanyu appearance during the figure skating clips
I've seen Domo around a couple of times back in the day, but I never knew anything about him. However, his simple but memorable design always spoke to me. So finally learning what he was about was like getting the answer to a question I had all but forgotten about.
God I still have my domo kun with 2010s nerd glasses 🤓 t-shirt. Love that shit and every so often I get some compliments from older Domo fans. Wishing they still had some of there old merchandise.
I recently bought a Domo plush two weeks ago. I went back for another one. My favorite anime store took it out of their storage unit and said they had to get rid of dead stock. My plushes are from 2009-2010. What a crazy coincidence to have this video pop up as well. Crossing my fingers for a comeback
To this day I still have my Domo Kun plushie from 2007! I had a phone cover and a crossbag but I lost them when I moved to my recent house 😭 another anecdote I have is that in 5th grade at 10 years old I became a business child by making Domo keychains with felt and selling them on school, I made them with customized colors that people requested, such an entrepreneur hahaha
When you say domo was everywhere thats no underestimation. I remember seeing him in black ops emblems.
Domo-kun!! I have a Domo-kun plush of him dressed up as Green lantern, and a few other Domo-kun things I accidentally gathered in my childhood. I absolutely loved Domo-kun, even though I didn’t even know his name at the time. He was just “Teeth guy!” to me as a child.
I got a picture with Domo-kun at Japanfest 2015-2016 in the Atlanta suburbs when NHK world had a booth setup there. I was so excited lol. They had a Kumamon booth too to attract tourists to Kumamoto prefecture.
when i was younger i thought domo was entirely just something made up for the gmod 7-11 map, til one day my dad brought home a green lantern domo figure from a con and i was like "?!?? IT'S REAL?!" i remember being so surprised lmao
i was recently reminded of domo because of the artist ROMANCEPLANET, this video came to me at the perfect time
my dad has always LOVED domo. he has a domo plush ziptied to the front of his mini van. i remember when i was younger he would always talk about “uncle domo” and “dr domo”, i really could not tell you why 😭 and no one i knew seemed to know who he was so it’s cool to see this
Hooks me in with a premise of one of the long lost best part of early 2000's internet and proceeds to go into a deep dive on the rabbit hole of Jp stop motion. My dude you dropped this 👑 Thanks for the nostalgia and rabbit hole! I've still got the Ghostbuster and Stay Puff DOMO-funko on my shelf staring at me :D
i remember Domo-kun really well due to the stop motion series of shorts(adventures with domo)airing on i think Teletoon or YTV as in-betweens from commericials and tv shows here in Canada(tho i don't remember the specific channel), my older sisters liked Domo and i remember them wanting a figure or two(since they collected Skelanimal figures at the time or any pop art vinyls). even after they moved, i still remembered Domo airing as late as 2014 but not as frequently(i would've been around 10). still, this is a fantastic video. keep up the awesome work!!
As a fellow Canadian, I would say Domo was airing on YTV at the time. It's because all the Nickelodeon stuff was on that channel for a very long time. Don't know how it is now but that would be my best guest.
YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS HAS LESS THAN 1000 VIEWS? This one is gonna pop off dude. Super great video, congrats man! I love this :P
19k views now, it's on the path
@@rainbowsylvie16 21k...
+50k
Man, as a Canadian, I saw SO much less Domo merch, I would have LOVED that Hallowe'en merch! I still have the few pieces of merch J could find back in the day, I love the little guy!
I remember seeing this lil guy everywhere as a child, but i never really thought where he came from! This is such a nice watch and pretty informative!!! 💜✨
Thank you so much for including a music tracklist, I appreciate that extra effort
I actually occasionally watch NHK world because of the yearly sumo championships! They still sometimes air Domo ads inbetween news and shows still, i love it
I was fasinated by Domo-kun growing up, everyone seemed to have its merchandise from pencil cases, to keychains and even backpacks! I was not able to get my hands on one until a few years ago when I won a baseball Domo from the arcade. It was like a dream come true!
it seems small but i love how you made it so that at 57:22 the bus takes us to japan and at 58:37 it brings us home. that's very clever editing!
Thia is such an informative video, and it makes me wanna check out all the domo stuff i missed! One domo thing i expirienced as a child was Domo Animate, a flash game collaboration with Go animate. Thars where i learned about Mr. Usaji, Tashana, and the bats
Ahh wow, this video was really well-researched and presented and left me with such a nice fuzzy feeling, just like the Domo-kun shorts always did. I remember seeing him as a meme before happening to catch one of the Nickelodeon shorts, and I thought it was so cute that I went and found them all online. He's truly shaped like a friend. I have so much love for the craft of stop-motion and it's so cool to put a face to the artists behind it all. Your taste in music also really kept my interest haha, thank you so much for the tracklist, I absolutely need to go save that remix of Aruarian Dance *_*
I was very young when Domo hit his peak, but I do recall seeing him in major store chains from 2010-2013. Whether it’s because of surplus items, or because he was still decently popular in my area, Domo was still kicking. I wasn’t a fan of Domo when I was younger. I may have saw a short or two in passing, but I never had much of an interest in him. Despite not being a fan, Domo’s design left such an impact on me that here I am, over a decade later, being able to recall seeing him in stores and watching an hour long documentary on the character. This documentary has made me a fan of the character, it’s quite a surprise to me that I never paid much attention to the little guy. Thank you for reintroducing me to Domo and for unlocking some buried memories.
This felt like a mini documentary and I love how in depth you were able to go with it. This could be a video series, where you pick a random Idol from the book and go into it’s history and place in pop culture. If KZhead had a 2 thumbs up I fucking would. Awesome job!
I was and still am obsessed with domo lol. All I did as a kid was draw pictures of domo and watch the shorts on nick or KZhead
that chris-chan cameo flashbanged me 😭
Thank you for making this, I've always wondered where our guy came from and where did he go. And to finally have a deep dive into not only domo, but the world around him and the people who made him is wonderful. Thank you
I love it when videos like this pop up on my feed. Well written and edited breakdowns of topics I’m interested in. I loved Domo when I was high school. I watched animated shorts on Cartoon Network and still have the plush. Crazy thing is I also love Rilakkuma and Kaoru and never would’ve guessed it was made by the same studio. Thanks for the video!
As someone who’s half Japanese domo was my childhood!!! Very excited to watch the video :)
absolutely love this video, i have been thinking about domo for a good while but i’m genuinely so glad to see a whole video behind the history of him. thank you so much!
Domo-kun is one of the best underrated Japanese mascot characters, change my mind
this was super well put together and researched! i dont have a lot of nostalgia for domo in particular but i love learning about the late 2000s, and this tapped into that in such an amazing well.
I always saw Domo as Sackboy's chunkier japanese relative
I remember winning a big Domo-kun plush on an end of the year amusement park trip during high school. I think I still have him somewhere, now I need to go find him.
I was first introduced to Domo shorts on Nicktoons back in the early 2000s back when they were experimental and showing all shorts of different kinds randomly. At the time I didn't know it was from japan so it super cool to get all the makings of him now :)
this was an amazing video! it got me genuinely really melancholic at times, but I like how you focused on dwarf's later works too, showing that they're still making great stuff. i was only vaguely familiar with domo as a child. i got a plush of him for my birthday once, & I remember my sister showing me the shorts when I was really little & really liking them but not knowing where to find more.
Wow this is a beautifully put together video--thank you for the research and love you put into this I thoroughly enjoyed it
I rarely watch videos over an hour long these days, but this kept me engaged the entire time! Awesome work!!
I didn't know there were shorts, I'd love to watch them, he's adorable! It doesn't even look like stop motion, it's incredible how many adjustments and camera clicks they did, I've never seen any that smooth, not even in movies. I always thought he was sort of a Godzilla reference with the happy monster teeth, a soft, cuddly cute baby minster.
I am glad that someone else remembers this lol, I always found that my friends had no interest in Domo, but I loved the shorts, my favorite was the rainy tree short.
I wasn't around when Domo was popular. I grew up in the 2010's but I can still remember seeing him around occasionally.
Amazing video. In my childhood I caught the back end of Domo-kun's popularity, enough to recognise the character but I never got to experience the excitement around him. Interesting breakdown of his history and of dwarf as well. I wish you great success.
awesome vid! i remember watching the nhk and nickelodeon shorts and still have a plushie of domo. it'd be awesome to see a comeback of this silly brown monster from my childhood
This was delightful - thank you! I just recently found my Domo-kun plushies as well.
What a high quality deep dive, amazing video! Reminded me of old DidYouKnowGaming videos I'd watch back when I was in high school
I LOVED domo-kun as a schoolboy. Always woke up extra early to catch him on tv
great video! Ive been waiting for someone to do a deep dive into this.
Someone is finally asking the right questions… saving to watch while I’m at work
Ahh bless. Thank, algorithm. I haven’t thought about Domo-kun since high school in the early aughts, but yes, I DO want to know what happened to him.
wow i love domo i was so excited to see a hour long video covering him thank you