Segata Sanshiro was the wild mascot created to promote the Sega Saturn in Japan in the late 1990s, played by Hiroshi Fujioka as a stern judo master who punished anyone not playing Sega Saturn. The television commercials became cult favourites for their over-serious tone and absurd physical comedy. This moment, where a child recognises him with a frightened gasp, sums up the joke that Sanshiro was treated like a folk hero. Clips from the campaign still circulate in retro gaming communities as shorthand for devotion to Sega.