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Japan Aflac Merry Xmas

By Shibuya246 · · 1 min read · 5 photos · 9 comments

The Aflac truck was full of christmas cheer sporting these colorful ducks
The Aflac truck was full of christmas cheer sporting these colorful ducks
The Aflac ads in Japan use a duck. Some of the ads are really well madePhoto dataCameraNikon D700Focal length70mmAperturef/13Shutter1/640sISO3200Taken14 Nov 2009, 14:36
The Aflac ads in Japan use a duck. You can see the character on the bottom left of the truck. Some of the ads are really well made, and have their own brand of 'cute' which is different to some other character brand ads.

For this product, they are taking the normal Japanese maneki-neko and converting it into a maneki-neko duck.

The ad below shows a cat teaching the duck how to hold up his paw to do the "maneki-neko" pose.


The truck says you need to check their website out to see what the special Christmas maneki-neko duck campaign is
The truck says you need to check their website out to see what the special Christmas maneki-neko duck campaign is all about.
Up close with the ducks
Up close with the ducks
As the big ducks roll by, not many are really paying them much attention.Photo dataCameraNikon D700Focal length220mmAperturef/11Shutter1/500sISO3200Taken14 Nov 2009, 14:37
As the big ducks roll by, not many are really paying them much attention.

Would you buy insurance from a duck that learned its trade from a cat?

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9 comments

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  1. Neksus

    Never seen something like that, even here in Europe where it's supposed to be the place to see such kind of stuff... Looks cool anyway!!

  2. Renechong

    the neko duck's really cute. looks good as an Xmas accessory haha

  3. giusepped

    wow, never seen one so nice things on the street, in Italy we are right back in those things cute!

  4. shibuya246

    Cute is definitely in :)

  5. salvidali

    nekkomimi duck? maybe this is a new kawaii figure. . .

  6. shibuya246

    That's a good way to sell insurance. Run them over first and then offer them cover ;)

  7. giusepped

    By the way, you have a fb my request, I had forgotten, I found you thanks to Will! :)

  8. TheJoyFactor

    He kind of reminds me of Pekkle (sp?).. that retired Sanrio character...

  9. HELLOSHEENA

    I LOVE THAT! I really need to move to Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFLACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC! :) http://hellokittylimited.blogspot.com