In recent years, we’ve seen cute and cool anime-style characters based on such unusual source material as snack foods, IT infrastructure, and even Buddhist altars.
Nikko Nikolai: Cutest shadow ever?
And no, it wasn’t a face in the crowd (like during an arson evacuation in Japan) that got pencils drawing, but a shadow on a wall.
Had the camera crew come back at night, they could have spotted the creative spark that lead to the birth of a cute, twin-tailed anime waif.