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Ninjas, noodles and kisses. It sounds like the formula for a run-of-the-mill shouo anime where all the characters have twinkly or flowery backgrounds and stare doe-eyed at each other until the next bout of melodrama. Thankfully, Pucca is nothing like that. Originally created between 2000 and 2004 by the South Korean production studio Vooz Co. as a series of internet flash animation, the show proved to be insanely popular not only in South Korea, but also in Japan and China, and the series gained a dedicated cult following across the world, even going so far as to spawn lines of stationary, greeting cards, keyrings, and a horde of other merchandise. It may even be the case that the franchise is second only to the mighty Sanrio (Hello Kitty), in terms of merchandising revenue. The tale is…
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