All hail Myaku-Myaku, Japan’s new mascot overlord and viral superstar.
The slightly drippy, red-and-blue humanoid — based on the unsettling, multi-eyed logo for Osaka’s Expo 2025 — has been recruited to represent the event. Though the design for the character was announced back in March, it wasn’t until two weeks ago that its name was revealed and we got to see its final globulous form.
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