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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'': Pikachu adorns the side of three All Nippon Airways passenger jets.
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▲** There was a line of <s>massagers</s> vibrators with [[Hello Kitty]]'s head on it. ([[Cuteness Proximity|But it's soooo kyuute!]])
* ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' is a long study in the dark side of Kawaisa aesthetics, implying that the real reason for its success is the generalized immaturity of the current generation -- or, for those of you who like shorter words, the problem is that Japan ''simply will not '''grow the fuck up'''''.
** [http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/global-psyche-one-nation-under-cute This article from Psychology Today] came to the same conclusion. It's worth noting that according to it, Kawaisa has a somewhat ancient pedigree--simply because Japan's constant social stratification needed ''something'' to soften the edges. Kawaisa: Feudalism's version of a rollover bug?
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== [[Film]] ==
* Parodied in the ''[[Battle Royale]]'' film, where the rules of the titular deathmatch are explained by a cute and cheerful young woman. When she finds that the weapon in her pack is an ''axe'', she exclaims, "This one's super-lucky!" Much of the film's atmosphere comes from the juxtaposition of brutal violence with school-age drama over popularity and crushes.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* Asahi Bank used Miffy [Nijntje], a character from a Dutch series of children's picture books, on some of its ATM and credit cards.▼
** Toyama Daiichi had Paddington Bear.▼
* Monkichi, a cute monkey character, can be found on the packaging for a line of condoms.▼
* ''All 47 prefectures'' have cute mascot characters.▼
* The Japan Post "Yū-Pack" mascot is a stylized mailbox. The Japan Post also uses other cute mascot characters, for example, on stamps.▼
* Some police forces in Japan have their own [[Moe]] mascots, which sometimes adorn the front of koban [police boxes].▼
* OS-Tans▼
* Several Japanese-language blogs have this.▼
* This is, supposedly, the reason why babies are so adorable; teddy bears show a marked trend towards cuteness, and research has proved that this is to get the adults to buy them as a gift (the kids themselves didn't seem to care as long as they got a fun toy).▼
* Strangely, parts of this seem to be headed towards being a [[Dead Horse Trope]] -- for example, the taste for high-pitched female voices has faded to the point that it's not heard much anymore.▼
** Might vary by area-- just two years ago a Western woman could get much entertainment by listening to the difference between Japanese women talking to other women and the change in pitch as soon as a man came into view-- Japanese or Western!▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The beta flash game ''Whirled'' has been having a war over this. Statics, avatars that are non-moving sprites or images, are fighting pretty much the other majority. Not including regular, Kawaii, Chibi (Famous artist: Kristie Kraiser, her site is www.insanitycentral.com), and the dreaded TOFUS (default avatars). [[Scare Chord|DUN DUN DUUUUUN.]]
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* The whole premise of [http://kawaiinot.com/ Kawaiinot] is to parody this trope.
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* Reportedly Chip and Dale are the most popular Disney characters in Japan; no doubt this is why. [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]] is also very popular.
* ''[[ChalkZone]]'' was one of Nick Japan's most popular shows. [[Moe|No surprise there]].
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Asahi Bank used Miffy [Nijntje], a character from a Dutch series of children's picture books, on some of its ATM and credit cards.
▲** Toyama Daiichi had Paddington Bear.
▲* Monkichi, a cute monkey character, can be found on the packaging for a line of condoms.
▲* ''All 47 prefectures'' have cute mascot characters.
▲* The Japan Post "Yū-Pack" mascot is a stylized mailbox. The Japan Post also uses other cute mascot characters, for example, on stamps.
▲* Some police forces in Japan have their own [[Moe]] mascots, which sometimes adorn the front of koban [police boxes].
▲* OS-Tans
▲* Several Japanese-language blogs have this.
▲* This is, supposedly, the reason why babies are so adorable; teddy bears show a marked trend towards cuteness, and research has proved that this is to get the adults to buy them as a gift (the kids themselves didn't seem to care as long as they got a fun toy).
▲* Strangely, parts of this seem to be headed towards being a [[Dead Horse Trope]] -- for example, the taste for high-pitched female voices has faded to the point that it's not heard much anymore.
▲** Might vary by area-- just two years ago{{when}} a Western woman could get much entertainment by listening to the difference between Japanese women talking to other women and the change in pitch as soon as a man came into view-- Japanese or Western!
* In 2017, Japan activated the [http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/news/170714_int_ball_en.html JEM Internal Ball Camera] - a cute spherical camera drone - aboard the International Space Station.
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