48th National Day special:Merlion in Japanese Subculture/Culture.

So today marks the 48th year of national building in Singapore. Let's mark this day in a rather unqiue way here,let take a look at the subculture and the Japanese persepective of Singapore. Merlion,Merlion Everywhere,for some reason the Japanese seem to be with the Singapore mascot, here is a complation of Merlion Refences:


Setokai no ichion(as seen above):



PMMM:

                                                *Image from at SGcafe post


Cowboy bebop:

*Image from at SGcafe post

Hidamari Sketch:

[C]: Control - The Money of Soul and Possibility:

Beelzebub:

Other Noteable mentions(Source:Wikipedia):

• The Merlion was used in an exclamation by Kyoto Toshino in episode 8 of "YuruYuri" in response to seeing Chizuru Ikeda drooling.
• The Merlion featured heavily in Hajime Satō's (佐藤　肇, Satō Hajime) reimagining of Shinjuku in the 2005 anime, Karas.
• In Phineas and Ferb's "Summer belongs to you!", The Merlion was seen when the gang was bouncing around the world in a large rubber ball.

GU ad with kyary(this is the Singapore merlion edtion):

Old but gold...All Nippon Airline ad:




Special Bonus(Epic rendention of Luka singing the National Anthem of Singapore):