What are anime free emoticons?
You might be asking yourself 'what does anime mean?' Good question! It's a question that had us confused. We untangled the knots we got ourselves into when we try and understand what words like 'anime', 'manga', 'kaomoji' and 'kaoani' actually mean. We've got it clear now. The word 'manga' means 'comics' in Japanese whilst 'anime' means 'animation'. Kaomoji is a style of Japanese free emoticons that are also called 'kirbies' (or kriby free emoticon). These are like western Text Style Emoticons (or ascii emoticons). Unlike with ascii free smileys you don't have to tilt your head to read them because you read them from left to right.
Free smileys vs. free kaoani
Kaoani are a particular style of Japanese free emoticons. 'Kao' means face and 'ani' means animation. In this way it's almost the equivalent of the word 'smileys'. However in the western world when you see or hear the words 'free smileys' it tends to refer to the yellow smiley faces that are free to download on lots of websites including My Emoticons. Japanese free smileys (or kaoani) are little animated emoticons that bounce up and down to look like they are floating. Although they're originally from Japan but they're now used in lots of Asian countries - and western countries too. These kaoani free smileys are also known as anime emoticons, puffs and anime blobs.
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