[HN Gopher] BART's Anime Mascots
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BART's Anime Mascots
Author : archagon
Score : 29 points
Date : 2025-04-26 19:12 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.bart.gov)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.bart.gov)
| AStonesThrow wrote:
| This is really cute and friendly. I like it; very much in-
| character for the BART.
|
| My own transit system has sort of developed two mascots. They are
| not as artful or clever as BART's, but they are designed with a
| utilitarian purpose: to demonstrate good vs. bad behavior while
| onboard.
|
| https://www.valleymetro.org/blog/2019/10/quick-guide-light-r...
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| The characters are named "Right" and "Rong", both humanoids who
| are differentiated primarily by color and mood. Right, of course,
| does all the right things and abides by the rules, while Rong is
| a classic example of the scofflaw you wouldn't want sitting next
| to you.
| bitwize wrote:
| Reminds me of the perennial standbys from _Highlights for
| Children_ , Goofus and Gallant.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofus_and_Gallant
| archagon wrote:
| (I kind of unironically want every public service to have a cute
| mascot that could be turned into a plushie.)
| zaptrem wrote:
| Lol why do the info sheets include blood type?
| creata wrote:
| Giving the blood type of the character is common in anime and
| manga. Wikipedia links it to a belief that blood type can
| predict personality.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_personality_theory
| godelski wrote:
| Okay, but why are we importing pseudoscience?
| bitwize wrote:
| Because it's fun.
|
| I don't believe astrology is real, but I've assigned
| birthdays to some of my characters based on zodiac signs
| which are said to align with their personality, simply
| because it's cute and fun. I was inspired by the characters
| of _Sailor Moon_ , each of which have a birthday in a
| zodiac sign ruled by their associated planet. (So Moon is a
| Cancer, Mercury is a Virgo, etc.).
| godelski wrote:
| I guess to each their own. I can see how it can be fun
| but when zodiac signs are discussed it is
| disproportionately about more than "fun" and that
| certainly biases me (and I think many others).
| Lammy wrote:
| Homestuck and its consequences have been a disaster for
| the human race (Terezi is my fav)
| joshdavham wrote:
| It's from Japanese culture. Knowing a person's (or a fictional
| character's) blood type is something they find interesting. A
| bit like how we in the west find astrological signs
| interesting.
| romanpoet wrote:
| This has precedence for the LA Metro in 2017.
|
| https://observer.com/2017/10/la-metro-promotes-transit-etiqu...
| repeekad wrote:
| Obligatory reminder that BART is going to run out of its
| emergency funding by spring 2026
| godelski wrote:
| I do like the idea of mascots, but truthfully I think they are
| better done as non-human mascots and need to be simple. I think
| Japan got this right with Yura-chara[0]. There seems to be a
| strong preference for non-human characters and when there are
| human ones, they're still overly simplistic.
|
| Seems like same rule about flags[1]: a child should be able to
| draw it from memory.
|
| Only Barty seems to fit these conditions.
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| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuru-chara
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| [1] https://nava.org/good-flag-bad-flag
| Lammy wrote:
| > I think Japan got this right
|
| I like DPS-kun from beatmaniaIIx copula:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfmIKKMu7Y
|
| They made a plush of him that's very cute too
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