Buzz Watch: Is Bottom Biting Bug the New Teletubbies?

Authored by Jay Baage on November 29, 2007 - 10:53am.

Bottom Biting Bug is the latest children's cartoon craze from Japan. The character is "kimo-kawaii" (icky-cute) and the melody is as simple as it is catchy (warning, this tune will get stuck in your head). The cartoon was first aired on NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, and the song has since resulted in more ringtone downloads than anything else on the site, according to Akemi's Anime World. Trust me, kids love this stuff and if I was an executive at Nickelodeon or some other big children's network, I would be on the phone to get the rights to this little critter right now.

Joakim Baage

Published in DMW Daily, November 29, 2007

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I think that the

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on November 29, 2007 - 4:39pm.

I think that the entertainment industry has figured out that if something is popular in japan that does not mean it will work here, I present this clip href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-KrrIbAEs" as evidence (This was big in japan as well).

Big in Japan

Submitted by Jay Baage on November 29, 2007 - 7:31pm.

Well, anonymous reader, it's always a risky play when you import stuff from Japan. Clearly you got to have a sense of what works across cultural boarders. But you got some clues from the comments from American parents on this YouTube video - their kids love this critter and they don't even speak Japanese...