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A Kaomoji painting in Japan. Kaomoji was invented in the 1980s as a way of portraying facial expressions using text characters in Japan. It was independent of the emoticon movement started by Scott Fahlman in the United States in the same decade. Kaomojis are most commonly used as emoticons or emojis in Japan.
Manga iconography. Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga stories are adapted into television shows and films. In manga the emphasis is often placed on line over form, and the storytelling and panel ...
Kawaii(Japanese: かわいい or 可愛い, [kawaiꜜi]; "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 ...
Maneki-neko with motorized arm beckons customers to buy lottery tickets in Tokyo, Japan. The maneki-neko (招き猫, lit.'beckoning cat') is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. In modern times, they are usually made of ceramic or plastic. The figurine depicts a cat, traditionally a calico Japanese ...
Hello Kitty is a gijinka, an anthropomorphism or personification of a Japanese Bobtail cat. [ 48 ][ 11 ][ 49 ] Official character profiles list her full name as Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト, Kiti Howaito), born in the suburbs of London, England, on November 1. Her height is described as five apples and her weight as three apples.
Leo. Kinako (soybean flour) Kurumi (walnut) Chobi. Haru (spring) Miruku (milk) Minto (mint) Yuki (snow) Though the Iris News survey was taken several years ago, a lot of these cat names are still ...
Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, 'picture') + moji (文字, 'character'); the resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental. [ 4 ] The first emoji sets were created by Japanese portable electronic device companies in the late 1980s and the 1990s. [ 5 ]
A catgirl (猫娘, nekomusume) is a young female character with feline traits, such as cat ears (猫耳, nekomimi), a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. They are not individuals who are literal cats but individuals who only look superficially feline. [ 1 ] Catgirls are found in various fiction genres ...