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Kawaii (Japanese: かわいい or 可愛い, ; "cute" or "adorable") is a Japanese cultural phenomenon which emphasizes cuteness, childlike innocence, charm, and simplicity. Kawaii culture began to flourish in the 1970s, driven by youth culture and the rise of cute characters in manga and anime (comics and animation) and merchandise ...
Chiikawa (ちいかわ), also known as Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu (なんか小さくてかわいいやつ, "Something Small and Cute"), is a Japanese manga series by Nagano. The main contents of the work are the daily lives and interactions of a series of cute animal or animal-inspired characters.
Hello Kitty (Japanese: ハロー・キティ, Hepburn: Harō Kiti), [6] also known by her real name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト, Kiti Howaito), [5] is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio.
In Japanese popular culture, a bishōjo (美少女, lit. "beautiful girl"), also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character. Bishōjo characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computerized games (especially in the bishojo game genre), and also appear in advertising and as mascots, such as for maid cafés.
There are two Japanese video games with Gudetama on the Nintendo 3DS, released in 2015 and 2016, and a Gudetama-themed Tamagotchi from 2017. [254] The mobile game Gudetama Tap! was released in 2019 and is a casual collecting game. [255] A series of animated Gudetama shorts were aired daily on the Japanese channel TBS between 2014 and 2020.
Rilakkuma (リラックマ, Rirakkuma) is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company San-X and created by Aki Kondo.San-X portrays Rilakkuma as an anthropomorphized teddy bear close to his bear friends Korilakkuma and Chairoikoguma, along with a bird Kiiroitori.
Listing price on eBay: $2,500 There were countless Japanese-made, cartoon-like ceramic figurines made during the 1950s, and some of the most valuable (and collectible) are vintage salt and pepper ...
Gudetama, stylized in all lowercase (Japanese: ぐでたま) is a fictional character created in 2013 by Amy, the nom de plume of Emi Nagashima (永嶋 瑛美, Nagashima Emi) [1] [2] for Sanrio, [4] [5] and is a perpetually tired, apathetic anthropomorphic egg yolk.