The American cartoon superstars serve up some limited-edition classic chow in two big Japanese cities.
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Limited-time Tom and Jerry cafés are now open in Tokyo and Shinjuku to serve up cartoony cuisine
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Katy Kelly
Oct 16, 2021 - Tweet
- Japan
- (American cartoons • cartoon network • cartoons • cute • themed cafe • themed menu • Tom and Jerry)
Anime huggy pillows make mainstream inroads with appearance in Cartoon Network series
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Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2016
The American broadcaster’s We Bare Bears features a panda, a grizzly, and a polar bear…and in its most recent episode, also an anime schoolgirl pillowcase.
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- (anime • cartoon network • cartoons • dakimakura • huggy pillow • otaku • We Bare Bears)
Upcoming Australian-made card game battle anime is a confusing mix of genres
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Hayashi 'Fang' Hougi
Nov 6, 2014
The worldwide popularity of Japanese anime has certainly served as inspiration for many who aspire to be illustrators or animators in the future. The rise of anime has also influenced big names in good old American animation industry, such as Disney and Cartoon Network. In fact, Cartoon Network Asia will debut an Australian-made anime production in December, titled “Exchange Student Zero“.
The only problem is, they seem to have taken the idea of ‘exchange student’ a little too literally…
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