[MMM]

Like the US, Japan is realizing it needs to find money without spending a lot of money...reminding the world of what it already has sitting here, instead of "creating" something new to sell. In the US it is things like Hollywood, dude ranches, Beverly Hills, Hawaiian beaches etc. Japan has "kawaii" and has a veritable monopoly on it in the world. These girls may be as kawaii as Doraemon, but they also have a million times the sex appeal of Doraemon. I think it's probably a smarter strategy...