mOa: January 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Xiao Xiao 小小

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Name Zhu Zhiqiang (some called him zhu_zhq) 朱志强
Gender Male
Birth year 1976
Place of birth Jilin, China
Current location Beijing, China
Hobbies Playing games, watching kung fu movies, playing badminton
Strength Honest
Weakness Lazy

He created his first animation of the series (小小作品), that is Xiao Xiao No. 1 独孤求败, in 2000.

Xiao Xiao 小小

Other Chinese names 小黑人,火柴棍小人,黑棍小人，火柴人
Direct translation "small small"

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It's too bad that http://www.xiaoxiaomovie.com/ has closed. But his animations can be watched at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cImkeoVbDYI (Episode 1-4) and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KziJIiNHwsQ (Episode 5-8) or just click the link at the title of each animation.

Animations

Xiao Xiao No. 1 独孤求救

Xiao Xiao No. 3

Xiao Xiao No. 5

Xiao Xiao No. 7 / Mutilator 毁灭者
Xiao Xiao No.8 / Mutilator II 毁灭者 II

Games

Xiao Xiao No. 2 过关斩将
Xiao Xiao No. 4 小小特警
Xiao Xiao No. 6
Xiao Xiao No. 9 / Fightman 过关斩将 II
The Way of the Exploding Stick

Cityplaza 太古城中心
Heineken / 极速链接
Heineken Part II / 极速链接 II;
小小顶3G

Download the animations at http://www.flash8.net/flash/46144.shtml or http://flash.tom.com/user_msg.php?username=flash_xiaoxiao

Emoticons of 火柴人 looks like Xiao Xiao but I have no idea whether both are drawn by same person.
Go to http://www.mypcera.com/qq/mulu/huochairen.htm or Stickman in my blog for more 火柴人 emoticons.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Monokuro Boo 黑白猪モノクロブー

sOurces:

Created by San-X, a Japanese company
Designed by an unnamed female designer
Tag line Simple is Best
Words uttered by Monokuro Boo "Boo", "Love?", "Enjoy?", "Happy"
Direct translation from Japanese to English Monochrome Oink

White

Pig

Gender Female
Date of birth March 2005
Characteristics Cute, her body's fragrant smell attracts bees flying around her

Black

Pig

Gender Male
Date of birth March 2005
Characteristics Cool, untalkative, untidy

Grey Pig

Gender Male
Date of birth March 2005
Characteristics Kind but likes to fight

Why they are mostly in black and white?

According to Monokuro Boo's unnamed female designer, the concept of using monotone colors for this character was a deliberate deviation from the general trend where all things and characters that are cute have to be in bright and colorful palettes. By introducing a line of merchandise that come in black, white and gray, the designer hoped to prove that it is possible for such a concept to be accepted and entertained by the general public, consumers and fans of kawaii merchandise in general.

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nOn-aniMated

Get the HTML code of this clock at http://www.geocities.jp/mrsbramlet/mono.htm

Download cards, icons and wallpapers at http://www.san-x.co.jp/charapri/top.html

Play a simple Monokuro Boo's game at http://www.san-x.co.jp/game/mogura_boo/index.html
Just click Black Pig to obtain 10 points but do not click White Pig as 10 points will be deducted.

HTML code for Monokuro Boo's calendar, announcement box, etc. at
http://prb999.pixnet.net/blog/post/6931491

Products

Baby Boo

Berry @ pastel red
Peach @ pastel pink
Orange @ pastel orange
Lemon @ pastel yellow
Mint @ pastel green
Soda @ pastel blue
Grape @ pastel purple/lavender

View Baby Boo's product

Friday, January 15, 2010

Jack Skellington

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There is a skeleton which is not scary but cute.
That's Jack Skellington from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas who is also known as the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town.

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