<p>After Kaiyodo began selling Danbo models, a photographer named Arielle Nasal began taking photos of them every day for a year</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bunnyrel/sets/72157615647396658/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">See her account here</a></p>

<p>These photos were eventually compiled into a book "365 Days of Danboard"</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xn393.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>This piece is the source of many danbo scenic photographs, and the inspiration for others</p>

<p>After this, there were many Danbo photographs being taken. Many Facebook, Tumble and Flicker pages set up with Danbo photos as their focus. Most notable of these is the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/danbo-love/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Danbo Love Flickr group</a> who have amassed a staggering 35,000 photos of Danbo</p>

<p>There are 4 different models of Danbo available at time of writing - Original, Amazon.JP branded, 7/11 Branded, Miniature</p>

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2014-06-02T08:20:39.770Z
2014-06-02T08:20:39.770Z
Toshinou Kyouko
<p>Originally, Danbo was a cardboard box robot from the manga Yotsuba&amp;!.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/O0QYO.jpg" alt="cover of volume 5 of Yotsuba&amp;!, featuring Danbo and Yotsuba"></p>

<p>But most people recognize Danbo from a photo-shot (that's how I knew of Danbo before I finally read the manga) and if you try to <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=danbo&amp;es_sm=93&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=NzGGU-3fEdeNuASemoHoAw&amp;ved=0CDwQsAQ&amp;biw=1242&amp;bih=585#q=danbo&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbs=isz:m" rel="nofollow noreferrer">google image search</a> it, the result will be something like this, not the Yotsuba&amp;! manga.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LxJQi.jpg" alt="photograph of Danbo"></p>

<p>So how could Danbo become so popular? Is there someone who used it for advertising or something?</p>

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2014-05-28T19:59:50.717Z
"Danbooru" means cardboard, which this guy is made of.
Hakase
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2014-05-28T20:55:39.423Z
you can see on the small danbo "amazon.co.jp", and I think I've seen that association a lot, so maybe they pushed the character
Toshinou Kyouko
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Why is Danbo so popular?
# Why is Danbo so popular?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-05-28
Originally, Danbo was a cardboard box robot from the manga Yotsuba&!.

![cover of volume 5 of Yotsuba&!, featuring Danbo and Yotsuba](https://i.sstatic.net/O0QYO.jpg)

But most people recognize Danbo from a photo-shot (that's how I knew of Danbo before I finally read the manga) and if you try to [google image search](https://www.google.com/search?q=danbo&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=NzGGU-3fEdeNuASemoHoAw&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1242&bih=585#q=danbo&tbm=isch&tbs=isz:m) it, the result will be something like this, not the Yotsuba&! manga.

![photograph of Danbo](https://i.sstatic.net/LxJQi.jpg)

So how could Danbo become so popular? Is there someone who used it for advertising or something?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Danbooru" means cardboard, which this guy is made of.  
> **username_2**: you can see on the small danbo "amazon.co.jp", and I think I've seen that association a lot, so maybe they pushed the character  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-06-02. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
After Kaiyodo began selling Danbo models, a photographer named Arielle Nasal began taking photos of them every day for a year

[See her account here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/bunnyrel/sets/72157615647396658/)

These photos were eventually compiled into a book "365 Days of Danboard"

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/xn393.jpg)

This piece is the source of many danbo scenic photographs, and the inspiration for others

After this, there were many Danbo photographs being taken. Many Facebook, Tumble and Flicker pages set up with Danbo photos as their focus. Most notable of these is the [Danbo Love Flickr group](https://www.flickr.com/groups/danbo-love/) who have amassed a staggering 35,000 photos of Danbo

There are 4 different models of Danbo available at time of writing - Original, Amazon.JP branded, 7/11 Branded, Miniature
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