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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. An attraction towards bishōjo characters is a key concept in otaku (manga and anime fan) subculture.
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode (Japanese: キラキラ☆プリキュアアラモード, Hepburn: Kirakira ☆ Purikyua Ara Mōdo, lit. "Glittering Pretty Cure à la Mode"), stylized as Kirakira☆PreCure a la Mode, is a 2017 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and the fourteenth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the twelfth generation of ...
Blue Archive (Korean: 블루 아카이브, romanized: Beullu Akaibeu) is a free-to-play role-playing game developed by South Korean developer Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games), a subsidiary of Nexon. It was released in 2021 for Android and iOS , first in Japan by Yostar and worldwide later that year by Nexon. [ 2 ]
According to a 2024 survey conducted on anime fans by Polygon, 65% of the surveyed anime fans said that they find anime more emotionally compelling than other forms of media and more than 3 in 4 of Millennial and Gen-Z fans use the medium as a form of escapism. Almost two-thirds of the anime-watching Gen Z audience said they emotionally connect ...
In a 2021 list of the "100 best anime movies of all-time", Paste magazine ranked Neo Tokyo at #11, writing "though for the most part absent of any real thematic connectivity, Neo-Tokyo is a concise and powerful example of the dizzying heights of technical mastery and aesthetic ambition anime can achieve when put in the hands of the medium's ...
In 2007, Sanrio created an anime series based on the franchise which aired on TV Tokyo and Kids Station on April 3, 2007, and ended later that year with 27 episodes. After the anime's success, the series gained two sequels in 2008 (Sugarbunnies: Chocolat!) and in 2009 (Sugarbunnies: Fleur), each having 27 episodes.
The original Gunma-chan debuted in 1983 as a mascot character for a sporting event held in Gunma. [2] [3] The design was a running horse with a blue mane.When the rights were later transferred to the prefecture, they did not include the right to change the design, which is why there are two different official versions of the mascot. [2]
The kawaii aesthetic is characterized by soft or pastel colors, rounded shapes, and features which evoke vulnerability, such as big eyes and small mouths, and has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, influencing entertainment (including toys and idols), fashion (such as Lolita fashion), advertising, and product design.