For the Mega Man

Mega Man

Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...

 enemy, see Robot Master.

Bubble Man (Katakana: バブルマン サントリー), is a popular Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese soft drink

Soft drink

A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...

 which is owned by the Suntory

Suntory

is a Japanese brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan. Its business has expanded to other fields, and the company now offers everything from soft drinks to sandwich chains...

 Group. Bubble Man features an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

-style character on the front similar to other sentai

Sentai

in Japanese language is a word for a military unit and may be literally translated as "squadron", "task force", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of Sentai, are also used to refer to larger formations....

 characters such as Zyuranger. Bubble Man can be purchased in Japan from jidōhanbaiki (Japanese vending machine

Vending machine

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s). Controversial advertisements for Bubbleman have raised issues, due to the actions of one character on a TV commercial. It was mistaken that he was masturbating. However, he was only playing a musical instrumenthttp://www.avoidinglife.com/index.php/a?blog=2&cat=20&page=1&paged=2.

Varieties

BUBBLEMAN

• Grape flash (2005 April)
• Orange cross (2005 April)
• Soda jet (2005 July)
• Fruit Bonn bar (2005 September)
• Golden delicious (2005 November)
• Soda fever (2006 November)

BUBBLEMAN II

• Soda planet (2006 April)
• Bubble rocket taste (2006 May)
• The south pole soda (2006 July)
• Lightning soda (2006 September)