File Onigiri cheerleader.gif right Kaoani comes from the Japan ese nihongo kao face and nihongo ani animation . Kaoanis are little animated emoticon smilies that usually bounce up and down to look like they are floating. The originating country of the kaoani is Japan. Kaoanis are also known as puffs, anime blobs, anikaos or anime emoticons. Kaoani can take the form of animals, foodstuffs such as rice ball s, colorful blobs, cartoon characters, etc. Many are animated to be performing a certain task, such as dancing, laughing, or cheering. The file format for kaoanis is usually GIF , since it supports animation s. However, it is also possible to make them in the APNG format, which is an animated PNG image. Kaoanis are mostly used on internet forum s, MySpace profiles, blog s and Windows Live Messenger to show moods or as Avatar computing avatar s. See also Emoticon Smiley Examples http fc00.deviantart.net fs70 f 2011 029 d 6 hello blob and free icon plz by l bluemoon l d38bxfb.gif Kaoani Waving http www.u.arizona.edu patricia cute collection kaoanis kaos.htm Kaoani GIFs http gocanucks.free.fr integrale Kaoani Collection http www.emoticones avenue.com en cat 8 japanese kaos.html Kaoani collection http www.kao ani.com tutorials kao ani Kaoani tutorial Category Japanese words and phrases Category Internet culture Category Otaku Category Anime and manga terminology japan culture stub ast Kaoani ca Kaoani de Kaoani es Kaoani fr Kaoani it Kaoani ja pl Kaoani fi Kaomoji ... more details