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Children love watching the cartoon and anime movies, as they try to relate themselves to the awesomeness of the fantasy world depicted in the movies. The level of enjoyment and involvement of children in such movies is extremely high. The market of animation is now filled with numerous cartoon characters, dominated by Japanese. A cute Japanese character is exciting and filled with sensational intrigues, thus making it interesting to watch. Here are the 10 exclusively popular and cute Japanese characters you will not like missing out on cartoon TV networks:
The popular Japanese fictional cartoon character of cute little girl is designed by Yuko Shimizu for Sanrio-a Japanese company-in the year 1974. Hello Kitty is also called as Kiti Howaito in Japan, and she seems more of a cat to many kids but its owner “Sanrio” she is more than that. “She is a cheerful and happy little girl with a heart of gold,” and this perception is very much accepted by the fan of this lovely fictional character. Although there is some contradiction on the statement as some fans do not share the same opinion.
May be Totoro is a new cartoon character for most of you! Many of you may not have listened this name before! Totoro is an extraordinary fabrication, and an engrossing character, who is also an archetype of many Japanese kids. He is a fluffy, adorable, quiet, huge and pointy eared imaginary character. This was a character from an animated movie named My Neighbor Totoro, directed in 1988 by Hayao Miyazaki.
The famous character of Mario is created by Shigeru Miyamoto, a Japanese video game designer to criticise an Italian football player Mario Balotelli on his racist comment, posted on his Instagram account. According to him all should be like Mario, who happens to be an Italian plumber. Moreover, according to Balotelli, all the Mexicans have moustaches, all the black people jump high, all Jewish people love money Although, he was fined for his racist post.
Doraemon is the celebrity cartoon character of the 21st century. Every single child does know about this robotic cat. Children are obsessed with watching the anime TV series on Doraemon and they love reading manga rather their coursebooks. And the number of its fan is gigantic. Doraemon manga is known as the best manga series for Japanese kids. Lately, its online free games are addictive! It is the magic spell of Doraemon on children worldwide. This proves its real time popularity.
This little imaginary guy is notorious for its mischievous acts. It has presence of mind which makes it a famous character in Japan and in many other countries also where this naughty boy is popularly known as Shin Chan. Its naughty acts create funny situations that compels the viewer to laugh louder. It is fantastic to watch funny movies whereas enjoyable reading its popular manga.
The designer of this Kawaii character likes dogs. When he began to work at San-X company he drew different dogs and Afro Ken is one of them. This is a cute dog with a captivating rain-bow colored afro (thick hairstyle with tight curls). He is dumb but his gestures on his face expresses all his feelings! He is a loyal, innocent, playful and always in a good mood. He is attracted to fluffy things, which looks like him. His hair changes to look like these things when he gets close to them.
The charming and cute Jiji is a black cat with large white eyes and large pupils. The insides of his ears are iris purple. This loveable character was first introduced in an animated movie Kiki’s Delivery Service filmed by the greatest animation director Hayao Miyazaki in 1989. It is Kiki’s pet cat and her closest companion in the movie. There are two versions of Jiji, American and Japanese. Both versions have contrast in their nature. The American version is talkative and satirical and likes to act in proud while the Japanese version of this cat is careful and cute that is always respectful and helpful to Kiki.
Pikachu is one of the species of Pokémon creatures. It is very much popular in Pokémon manga or its anime. It has yellow fur, tiny in size and has a small mouth. Pikachu is the cutest and most beloved anime character after Hello Kitty from this anime TV series.
This cartoon character is named Rilakkuma which means “Bear in relaxed mood”. Rilakkuma is a lazy stress-free cute bear with two close friends Kiiroitori -the yellow chick- and Korilakkuma-the white bear. He was introduced in a picture book called Rilakkuma Seikatsu which was produced by San-X Company.
A cutest fictional character ever created in Japan, yet not much familiar to most of us. Anpanman has a large head made from Anpan (a sweet bun) filled with Anko (Japanese red bean paste). It is interesting to notice that there are more than one thousand of Anpanman anime series. Its admired and trends on various commodities such as clothes, toys, games, and even on public transportation JR Shikoku 2000 train. The attire he wears is a red uniform and a burgundy cape on his back. He wears yellow gloves, belt, boots and has a smiley face symbol on his chest. He has no appetite. His large Anpan head keeps him satisfied, which is his strength while his weakness is water or anything that makes his head untidy.
These characters give us pleasure with their cuteness, innocence, loyalty, and mischievousness. They make us relaxed and stress-free and bring laughter in our lives too. It is absolutely exciting to find that they remind adults of their childhood, while children love enjoying their childhood after watching the on-screen actions.
