The character is beloved by millions worldwide and has been the face of its parent company, Sanrio, for half a century.

‘Tis the season to start stocking up on gifts, and there’s one thing that even the most seasoned parent always finds themself ...

Part of the confusion stems from a misunderstanding of “kawaii,” which is Japanese for “cute” but also connotes a lovable or adorable essence. Sanrio recruited Shimizu and other ...

Some of the best Chrome OS laptops support the USI 2.0 standard, and those that don't often work decently with capacitive pens. A precise, dependable stylus makes it easy to scribble notes ...

Hello Kitty's Sanrio rival company San-X, especially well known for being the owner of kawaii characters like ... allowing fans to store their new pens and memo pads featuring Tarepanda, Afro ...

In 1974, a 24-year-old Japanese illustrator called Yuko Shimizu put pen to paper to draw the famous ... had a simple brief centred around the word 'kawaii', meaning cute. (Photo: A replica of ...

“The joke in this family is that he thinks his name is kawaii [cute] because he hears it so often,” says Damsgaard. “I’m not known as the Danish ambassador around here but as the man who takes Herman ...

And the actual drawing experience is high quality here – you get a faithful recreation of the pen-to-paper feel, decent responsiveness and solid color accuracy. Lag can rear its head from time ...

Kawaii dragons and bows? Check ... Building a character from scratch on pen and paper can be laborious, even for seasoned players. Lone Wolf's Hero Lab is a fully automated character building software ...

It doesn't go very far, but it's the only new material we'll ever get (from Fujiwara's pen, at least), and that alone may be worth picking up the book for. Also included is Fujiwara's first ...

The show will have an original story. Kei Suzuki (Takarazuka's Sengoku Basara musical) will direct and pen the script. Sena Towaki and Misaki Hoshizora will appear in the play.