Rilakkuma and Kaoru

Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019-)
Season 1 - 13 episodes (2019 April 19)

Netflix Original Japanese Language Animated Series
Availability: Global
1 season, season 2 pending

Plot:
Rilakkuma is a toy bear that spends its days lounging around the apartment. Rilakkuma loves pancakes, rice omelets, custard pudding, and "dango" rice dumplings. Its friends are Kaoru's pet bird Kiiroitori and a small white cub named Korilakkuma.

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Trivia:
  • Based on Rilakkuma, an extremely popular Japanese toy-bear character similar to Hello Kitty.
  • Launched in 2003 by Japanese company San-X, which specializes in characters known as a "kawaii", meaning a cutesy cartoon-type figure.
  • Rilakkuma draws a large following, mostly among adult women. 
  • The Rilakkuma market is estimated to be worth two trillion dollars and is second only to Hello Kitty in the kawaii world.
  • The stop motion animated episodes will be eleven minutes in length.
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