Cute moments and chibi characters can appear in any series, but their natural home is kawaii anime, where the dominant ...

Like Snapchat’s best filters, the Pikachu mask is a cute idea with a slightly creepy execution. In addition to rounding out your face, the filter also bugs out your eyes in faux-anime style.

Reddit User Jexland shared these Pokemon figures that take Pikachu and slap it into the outfits, and power sets, of the Hokage, including Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, Tsunade, Kakashi ...

In Western culture, we’ve come to think of kawaii as a synonym for cute. In Japan, where the kawaii aesthetic has been its own pop culture phenomenon for decades, the word is a bit more complex.

Movie review: ‘Detective Pikachu’ has dazzling design and cute characters for kids, lots more for the rest of us. Ed Symkus More Content Now ...

Of course, Pikachu was a baby at some point, meaning we’re going to get to see a bunch of cute Pichu antics. Ash’s relationship with Pikachu started off rocky at first.

This will be familiar to Pokémon fans new and old, particularly those who watched the original anime. In Raichu’s first appearance in the show, back in 1998, it squared off against Pikachu in ...