Entertaining Kids Is Effing Hard Work

Children! You have no idea how good you have it. Just wait until you grow up and find yourself dragging your own kids to cartoon events like this. Or worse, performing on stage—especially when you’re not up to it.

Here, you can see characters from Anpanman, the beloved children’s anime, at what looks like a local shopping mall in Japan. It’s business as usual, expect for Shokupanman (“White Bread Man”). He’s on the far left. Things start to go south about ten seconds in. Be sure to stick around until the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY0jHtQ8njU

Online in Japan, people wonder if the character costume wasn’t too damn hot, and the person inside was feeling faint or having a hell of a time trying to see.

You’d think with those other superheroes on stage, they could’ve helped White Bread Man out!

食パンマンの動きがおかしいw [YouTube via Hayabusa]

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