Cartoons are full of sweet characters that evoke emotions of joy, bravery, and imagination. Many of those characters possess ...

Japanese entertainment company Sanrio has exploded in extraordinary ways across the pop culture scene. Its extremely popular presence was propelled forward by its softer, more "kawaii" appeal and ...

Watch a free 45-minute video in which Oscar-nominated animation director Aaron Blaise reveals 7 essential steps to designing a character for animation. Robert Ryan Cory, a veteran character designer ...

As we commemorate the iconic character’s 97th birthday tomorrow, we look at how the beloved cartoon character has been a perennial fashion muse.

Cute things are usually vulnerable, fragile, and weak. But cuteness itself is mighty indeed. Morten L. Kringelbach and his colleagues at the University of Oxford recently described cuteness as “one of ...