I watched Super Bowl XLIX yesterday and was glad the game turned out to be more interesting than the ads running during breaks in the action. I did notice during an advertisement for the NFL’s “Together We Make Football” campaign, there were three groups of fictional characters from animated works shown cheering for different football teams: The Lego Movie for the New Orleans Saints, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic for the Indianapolis Colts, and Penguins of Madagascar for the San Diego Chargers. That got me thinking about characters who have explicitly stated they’re fans of real-life sports teams in their series.
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Category: Anime
Lawson to launch another “Yowamushi Pedal” campaign Feb. 3rd, end “Prince of Tennis” one Feb. 2nd
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson is no stranger to anime promotional campaigns. According to Crunchyroll (via Netlabo), they are currently running a Prince of Tennis one set to end February 2nd and there will be one starting February 3rd involving the currently airing Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road. (There were previous Lawson Yowapeda campaigns in July/August 2014 and September/October 2014.)
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