Sailor Moon is an iconic series absolutely full of amazing characters. Of course we love Usagi Tsukino, Tuxedo Mask, and all of the Sailor Scouts.

If you’re a fan of the K-pop (Korean pop) group BTS, you must know all about the BT21 characters. If you don’t, BT21 is the result of each member of BTS creating an original character for the LINE Friends store along with a team of designers.

Japan has plenty of iconic singers including Utada Hikaru, LiSA, and kawaii fashion icon Kyary Pamyu-Pamyu. That being said, you can’t talk about famous Japanese singers without bringing up the adorable Hatsune Miku!

My Melody (Mai Merodi マイメロディ) is probably one of the most popular Japanese kawaii (cute) characters – right up there with her fellow Sanrio character Hello Kitty.

Across the Animal Crossing video game series there are 413 villagers, plus additional special characters as of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Magical girls are not just fun to watch, they are also very relatable. They’re young women who go through the same struggles, triumphs, and journeys that we go through… minus the magical battles.

Magical girls (mahou shoujo in Japanese) have been gracing screens all over the world since the debut of Sally the Witch in the late 1960s. That’s almost 50 years of young female heroes with magical powers. With such a long legacy, the genre as a whole has shown off some amazing magical girl outfits over the years–some of which we would personally love to own! 

The magical girl anime genre has a long history dating all the way back to the 1960s. In that time, so many series have come and go, leaving their mark on anyone who watches. That being said, some series don’t just come and go.

The world of Japanese kawaii (cute) culture has many different genres. There’s music, fashion, plushies, and more. And just like the larger culture, Japanese plushies have a variety of types, and we love them all. 

We all love our plushies, no matter where they came from or why we got them. However, there is something about the special connection we form with anime plushies. Maybe it’s the fact that we watched them grow and develop on our screens. Maybe it’s the fact that they’re unique and different from a regular...

We all love our plushies. Whether it’s a cute stuffed animal or a kawaii anime friend, we want the best for them. We treat them with the utmost care, hold them tight when we need them, and keep them safe. However, sometimes, due to time or less than ideal handling, they need tender love and...

San-X have announced a brand new kawaii character coming in 2019! His name is Hamipa and he’s a panda that spends his days freely rolling around and looking like he’s wearing pants that are too big for him! Hamipa and his pants (which aren’t actually pants) are too cute! And so is his lazy but...