The idol-pop project's main producer, Misa Kimura — a former idol herself — is giving her performers more control over their ...

A Punk Cat in Dark' blends kawaii culture with sci-fi surrealism. Distributed in North America by Deaf Crocodile and Cartuna.

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In this video, explore a kawaii coloring and activity book centered around planning, coloring, and designing your own fun lunchboxes. The book features cute prompts, bento-themed illustrations, and ...

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Kawaii culture wasn’t only crystallizing at that time, but also becoming big business. The 1980s were more than happy to follow suit, ushering in a plethora of cutesy idols, both male and female.

Kawaii not only makes you want to physically embrace the cute thing, it also activates an instinctive need to protect it. And this protective feeling may be why kawaii makes us more attentive and ...

You can trace the word “kawaii” all the way back to the start of the 11th century, when an early form of it, “kawayushi,” which at the time translated more to “having pitiable qualities ...

For many kawaii fans in the UK it is much more than that. It is a chance to be creative, meet new friends and experience a whole different culture.

Hello Kitty: mouthless, voiceless. Shutterstock As kawaii suggests, cute culture first originated in Japan, emerging out of the student protests of the late-1960s.