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Video: Japanese bean dogs created as branding exercise

Posted by (Laurence Parry) on Sun 19 Sep 2010 - 12:16 — Edited as of 12:18
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Planning to eat soon? You might want to check your bowl for little bean dogs (mameshiba).

According to Curiosite, the trivia-spewing beans – named after Shiba Inu, a Japanese breed of dog – were created in 2009 by advertiser Dentsu purely to build a brand.

The beans have their own website and were recently promoted at Comic-Con.

See more: Watch the mameshiba theme song. [tip: Starling]

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