Tobu Zoo (東武動物公園, Tōbu dōbutsu kōen) is a combination of a zoo and an amusement park located in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
| Tobu Zoo | |
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| 36°01′16″N 139°42′47″E / 36.021°N 139.713°E | |
| Date opening | March 28, 1981 |
| Owner | Tobu Railway |
Grape-kun
editGrape-kun was a 21-year-old Humboldt penguin at the zoo.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His attachment to an anime cutout of a character from Kemono Friends earned him international fame.[1] The zoo announced his death on 12 October 2017.[7]
Rocky-kun
editIn promoting the 2018 movie Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, Tobu Zoo a pictures of weretiger character Atsushi Nakajima alongside white tiger known as "Rocky-kun". During the promotion of this event, Atsushi's voice actor, Yūto Uemura, collaborated in making multiple announcement which was run between February 24 and March 3, 2018.[8]
Roller coasters
editAccess
editTōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station on the confluence of the Tobu Isesaki, Nikko, and Skytree Lines is located nearby the zoo.
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b Rogers, Jon (2 May 2017). "Pick up a penguin? Humboldt bird falls in love with cardboard cutout placed in his pen". Express.co.uk.
- ^ "Japan zoo mourns death of love-struck penguin". Yahoo News. 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Japan mourns anime-loving penguin". 13 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "「2次元に恋したペンギン」グレープ君が死ぬ。 『けものフレンズ』のパネル見つめる姿で有名に". 13 October 2017. (in Japanese)
- ^ "東武動物公園で"おにいさん"がペンギントーク". Mainichi Daily News. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. (in Japanese)
- ^ 安藤健二 (15 June 2017). "東武動物公園×けものフレンズ コラボ企画 人気なのだ！". Huffington Post Japan. (in Japanese)
- ^ Oona McGee (13 October 2017). "Japan's anime-loving penguin Grape-kun passes away at Tobu Zoo". SoraNews24.
- ^ ""Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE" Teams Up with Tobu Zoo". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
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