Cute moments and chibi characters can appear in any series, but their natural home is kawaii anime, where the dominant adjectives are "soft" and "huggable" and the most common expression is "awww ...

Kawaii. You hear it in anime, you hear it on TV shows, and you hear it on the streets of Japan, where the word is spoken by young and old alike. With people around the world growing up on Japanese ...

Sanrio's incredibly popular mascot Hello Kitty has few rivals in cute, but one of these is the popular anime and manga series Chiikawa, which has amassed legions of devoted fans, particularly in ...

Kawaii permeates Japanese anime, manga (comics), fashion and advertising. For example, Pikachu, a character from Pokémon, decorates the side of Japanese trains and airplanes.

And it means business. So, what is kawaii and why here and why now? As the Japanese word for cute, kawaii has connotations of shyness, embarrassment, vulnerability, darlingness and lovability.

KimoKawaii is Conroe’s only anime convention — and it’s anything but ordinary. Blending “creepy” and “cute,” the annual event celebrates anime, cosplay, and Japanese pop culture with ...

The only difference is that kawaii is more over the top cute, so you might wear all the contents of Claire's Accessories in one go. "In Harajuku in Japan [a district known for its street fashion ...