Yang Bow Mar Bow (Yanbo and Mabo) - The Mighty Midgets

[bmaverick]

OK who are these two? Hint: letters on their shirts are . . .

 

[bmaverick]

Anime started in JAPAN. It goes back to 1959. Well before Kimba and the anime kids are use to today.

Who made these two famous in anime and began a trend world wide?

 

[bmaverick]

These 2 then started to appear on Japan TV with their own anime series.

 

[bmaverick]

From 1959 till 2014, the two also stared in providing the Japan weather reports on TV in a fun way.

 

[bmaverick]

In Japan everything is about culture. The two boys were created back in 1959 as mascots for ...

 

[bmaverick]

Y & M

The 2 Yanmar mascots. Yet the culture meaning goes deeper.

Let's take a look.

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Yang Bow Mar Bow (Yanbo and Mabo)

Ying-Yang Bow

Mar Bow

Both deal with BALANCE.

Yanbo Mabo (phonetic sounds of the words)

Yan-Mar and the first tractor series YM beginning in the 1959 year toward Ag engineering of the company.

Our YM Series tractors are a balance of technology and nature being in harmony. The Yanmar way.

 

[bmaverick]

That's the best I can understand from the web site translators back into English. Yanmar has a rich history tied to the people and the land. This all goes back to the company founder.

 

[bmaverick]

At the 1-million tractor made event ....

 

[bmaverick]

Y & M as the farm boys

 

[oosik]

I hate to admit it but I've never heard of or seen those "things". And exactly what does any of this have to do with anything tractor.