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Badtz-Maru later received a PC game for Windows and Macintosh computers titled バッドばつ丸ゴージャスタウンは大さわぎ！Hisato had a hand in developing the game.Haere mai (welcome) to New Zealand’s cultural capital.

Although Badtz-Maru was created by Hisato Inoue, at some time around 1996, his designer became Kaori Harada presumably after Hisato left Sanrio in 1995 to become a Freelancer.

He and Pochacco appear in the 2002 film The Hot Chick as stuffed animals.

Badtz-Maru cameos with Hello Kitty and Keroppi in the first few minutes of the film Ready Player One.

This makes him thus far the only character of Hisato Inoue's to ever place 1st with Hangyodon achieving the top 3 in comparison.

Within a few years of his debut in May 1993, Badtz-Maru frequently landed in the top 5 of the official Sanrio Character Popularity poll landing 3rd place in 1994 and eventually taking 1st place in 1996.For a time in the Strawberry News magazine, readers could send in rumors they want investigated by Badtz-Maru and his friends, where they would be confirmed or debunked.Badtz-Maru also frequently appeared in a subsection of Chitty Chatty Strawberry titled (A Little.) Hocus Pocus, where a set of instructions similar to spells and charms are given to readers to try out in hopes of achieving something such as making up with a friend after a fight, curing stomach aches, and getting your crush to notice you.Badtz-Maru was a frequent guest in the Strawberry News' Chitty Chatty Strawberry column, where he and his friends (and sometimes family members!) often appeared in comics and talked about a variety of topics such as Christmas and Valentine's Day.When Badtz-Maru was officially introduced in the Strawberry News May 1993 Issue, he was noted to be Sanrio's first 'not nice' character.Special merchandise based on this event was released as well. Badtz-Maru was the official Mascot for the 2006 FIBA World Championship of basketball, which was held in Japan.His second designer Kaori Harada also shares the same birthday.Badtz-Maru has some resemblance with Bart Simpson, a character from American cartoon The Simpsons, which both characters has the same birth date: April 1st (April Fool's Day).Initially the lyrics for this song were written by Hisato Inoue himself, and the music was composed by Ko Katayama.

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cd players, guitars, license plate frames. His products range from typical stationery supplies (eg. He has been portrayed as an astronaut, motorcyclist, DJ, camouflage monster, basketball player, boxer, and others. While he has many fewer releases than Hello Kitty, he has been a staple character found in almost all stores worldwide. Indeed, with his friends Pandaba and Hana-Maru, Badtz runs the mischievous XO clan.īadtz-Maru has gone through many product lines since his release at Sanrio. So, his name is like 'wrong-correct,' and is frequently represented by 'XO'. 'Maru' means circle or 'O', and signifies a correct answer. In Japanese 'badtz' ( batsu) is a term for 'X', the cross signifying a wrong answer.

In addition to Hana-Maru and Pandaba, Badtz also is close with Kahme (a small blue turtle), Iruka (a white dolphin), Sameo (a blue shark), Goro (a small white bird), Anko (a black fish), and Kobun (blue henchman of his father). He lives in Gorgeoustown with his mother, pinball-playing father and younger siblings the Badtz Twins and Tzunko.īadtz-Maru has two best friends, who are often found accompanying him: Pandaba, a female Giant Panda who always is seen in a short frilly skirt, and Hana-Maru, a male white seal.

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His hobby is collecting pictures of bad guys played by movie stars.' He enjoys expensive sushi in Ginza. This mischievous little penguin loves to fight for the wrong side. 'A bit selfish, he tends to make fun of things by thinking silly. While he seems perpetually stuck in the first grade, he has dreams of becoming 'the boss, of everything' when he grows up. Badtz-Maru has many different facial expressions and poses, but he is classically recognized for pulling one eye down and sticking out his tongue.

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