The character also epitomises “Kawaii”, the Japanese term for cute ... Gudetama reflects the struggles and aspirations of young people in Japan. But as new characters come and go, Hello Kitty ...
But today Sanrio is also no longer just about cute characters. Even though Hello Kitty is ranked as the second-highest grossing media franchise ... Sanrio’s newer characters are far more nuanced in ...
Hello Kitty, with her happy-go-lucky spirit, has met her match: Gudetama, a lazy egg yolk with a defeatist attitude and a growing following. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal ...
If Hello Kitty is Japan's ambassador of cute, then angry red panda Aggressive ... Another unconventional character is Gudetama, or "lazy egg", who is living with depression and fires out cold ...