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Hello Kitty blames herself for guys feeling embarrassed about liking her, offers apology【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2019 - Tweet
”I haven’t been strong enough,” Sanrio star says.
Pregnant woman takes teen boys to task for calling their friend “lame” for offering her his seat
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2019
Pays thoughtful youth a compliment while demonstrating how sometimes “kindness flies like a boomerang.”
Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2019
The company has received over one billion yen (US$10.1 million), and plans to use every single one for human beings, not business.
Japanese Twitter rallies around user who was betrayed by their family with touching sympathy
- Dale Roll
Sep 28, 2019
Japanese Twitter shows that the Internet isn’t all savage memes and fighting about politics.
- Japan
- (accident • COK • drive recorder • family • Japanese Twitter • moving • touching)
Kid’s mom says video games are pointless, kid grows up to be part of new Zelda game’s soundtrack
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2019
26 years after having to hide under his bed sheets to play Link’s Awakening, this musician is part of the game’s remake.
- Japan
- (awesome • flute • Link's Awakening • moving • music • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • touching • video games)
Things go from scary to sweet when Japanese traveler meets tattooed man on bus overseas【Manga】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2019
A true story of coins, buses, and Pokémon.
Naomi Osaka brings kindness and tears to stunning sportsmanship display at US Open
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2019
Tells rising star it’s OK to cry, and does plenty of it herself.
- Japan, USA
- (Coco Gauff • moving • Naomi Osaka • sports • sportsmanship • tennis • touching • US Open • video)
Anime’s rudest little boy, Crayon Shin-chan, helps pledge support for hardworking moms
- Katy Kelly
Sep 1, 2019
Kasukabe station’s anime ad campaign is hitting close to home for many Japanese mothers.
- Japan
- (childcare • Crayon shin-chan • emotional • Kasukabe Station • mothers • SNOJ • summer vacation • touching)
Japanese baseball teen refuses walk after getting hit by pitch, follows up with home run【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2019
Blames self for bean ball in Japan’s most competitive high school sports tournament.
- Japan
- (aweome • baseball • cool • high school • high school students • Koshien • moving • sports • sportsmanship • touching • video)
Video game maker/Kyoto Animation creative partner Key donates 10 million yen to arson relief fund
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2019
Clannad creators hope Kyoto Animation will continue to “give courage to people in Japan and throughout the world.”
- Japan
- (anime • arson • charity • crime • donation • Kyoto Animation • moving • touching • video games)
Kyoto Animation arson victim returns to work, calls it “ultimate counterattack” to arsonist
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2019
Says “We were friends, and we were a family,” in remembrance of fallen coworkers.
Japanese Twitter user reminisces about the tobacco box that led to her being born
- Katy Kelly
Aug 9, 2019
A tiny twist of fate can have big repercussions – this woman owes her life to her grandfather’s metal cigarette box.
Real-life high school from Kyoto Animation’s Sound! Euphonium wins gold medal at band competition
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2019
Brass band which assisted artists from arson-struck anime studio puts thoughts for the fallen into their performance.
- Japan
- (anime • arson • brass band • crime • high schools • Kyoto • Kyoto Animation • moving • music • schools • Sound! Euphonium • touching)
Animated manga about an old woman caring for husband with dementia has us reaching for a tissue
- Koh Ruide
Aug 5, 2019
A touching story made using a few pencils, paper, and a sprinkling of ingenuity.
- Japan
- (artist • dementia • emotional • fireworks festivals • Japanese Twitter • manga • screen • touching)
Japanese doctor’s amazingly simple way to keep kids from crying before and after they get a shot
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2019
Skipping the white lies and asking a single question is a better way to deal with tiny patients’ great big fears.
Ad featuring high school girls reconnecting with each other makes us feel warm and fuzzy【Video】
- Koh Ruide
Jul 29, 2019
Estranged childhood friends, a blackout, and a mobile app are the perfect ingredients for a marvelous story line.
- Japan
- (childhood • commercial • commercial video • high school • Japanese commercials • TEPCO • touching • YouTube)
Free treatment for Kyoto Animation arson burn victims offered by Japan’s leading cosmetic surgeon
- SoraNews24
Jul 23, 2019
Doctor offered similar philanthropy following previous national disaster.
- Japan
- (anime • arson • COK • cosmetic surgery • crime • doctors • health • Katsuya Takasu • Kyoto Animation • medicine • moving • touching)
Animation Studios, Fans Share Messages of Hope After Kyoto Animation Studio Arson
- Anime News Network
Jul 20, 2019
Includes donation page to help victims set up by another animation company.
- Japan
- (anime • Anime News Network • arson • crime • Kyoto Animation • touching • tragedy • twitter)
Is there still something love can do? Radwimp’s song soothes hearts after tragic anime arson
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2019
The theme song for Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You anime asks tough questions and gives important answers in the wake of the deadly arson attack on Kyoto Animation.
- Japan
- (anime • arson • Kyoto Animation.Radwimps • Makoto Shinkai • movies • moving • music • Tenki no Ko • touching • video • Wathering with You • your name.)
Manga shows true life-changing encounter between Hawaiian surfers and paralyzed Japanese man
- Master Blaster
Jul 19, 2019
A 16-panel manga shows how easy it can be to change a person’s life.
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (hawaii • Kiyomaro • manga • moving • touching • travel • twitter • uncle • Waikiki • Wheelchair)
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