March of the Little Guy

For your viewing pleasure, here's another in a series of photos of Little Guys (first one here) with an even more international flair - a few are from Thailand.    Here's a bit more context into the spring from which the Little Guys in Asia flow.

There's a Japanimation element to many of the Little Guys, but there's also this cuteness angle.  Which brings us to Japan again - cuteness, or 'Kawaii' is actually a 'thing' in Japan.  I stumbled across this post on BoingBoing.net.  I was fairly floored, though it's not really too inconsistent from what I see around me.   Here's what Wikipedia has to say about kawaii.  If you scroll down a bit at Wikipedia you can see a Japanese jetliner with Pokemon... EVA Airlines (one of the two Taiwanese carriers) is working hard to keep up.  Julia's actually flown on one of the (several) Hello Kitty planes and says that the interiors are all decorated with Hello Kitty.

But let's get on to some lesser known little guys, like this one, a Taiwan Postal Service Little Guy.

A Little Dairy Guy in Bangkok, just loaded with vitamin-y goodness - perhaps 55 flavors of them?

A Thai chef Hat Little Guy who is clearly happy about a good inspection rating.