Friday, August 20, 2010
The influence of youth
I knew that Sanrio was created by Japan. But, it was not until I read the article, "Cuties in Japan," that I learned how the history of the company began by the youth culture in Japan. As the author, Sharon Kinsella remarks, "Sanrio began to produce cute-decorated stationary and fancy diaries for the dreamy school students booked on cute handwriting craze." I was surprised that a company would