Idle Idol: The Japanese Mascot

Greeting you from on top of buildings with large moving claws, outside shops with a fist raised to the sky and in restaurant windows staring unblinkingly, the Japanese mascot is almost unavoidable. IDLE IDOL collects these wonderful 3D characters found all over Japan. Discover antiques advertising characters, modern mass-produced mascots and unique one-off designs for small stores. Learn their names, origins and stories. Meet these sometimes strange, often fascinating, but always interesting characters from Japan in IDLE IDOL.

144 pages. English Text. Colored. Hardcover.