[€uroMeinke]

You know there is that Disney=cute thing going on in Japan, but there is much more. Music-wise, which is what prompted my post - there's definately some cool (and not necessarily cute) things going on.

Also characterwise, there were some cool, non-traditional images being used - Mickey smashing a guitar, was a popular one (Did we take a picture of that?). Nightemare before Christmas merchandise was also ridiculously popular, along with other Tim Burton creations.

I also saw Stich is promoted a popular "bad boy" character - perhaps that's what Disney needs. Afterall, Mickey did start out as a rather rakish mouse, then Donald took over the bad boy role.

Maybe amidst the Manga and Cos-play, the notion of "wholesome" cartoon characters isn't as prevalent allowing for both cute and cool.