Oddly appealing

This year's Licensing Show was refreshingly un-dominated by ancient reruns.

A lot of new Japanese adorableness (kawaii) had elbowed its way in.

Simplistic "hand-draw" styles like Charlie & Lola and even Roald Dahl had center aisle presence.

And, breaking new ground, was Pampers' Kandoo, a lively spokesfrog previously mentioned in this blog. P&G was wisely licensing the rights to their potty-empowering character.

On behalf of Edgar & Ellen, I met with people from Israel, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Latin America and the US entertainment triangle: Los Angeles, New York and Miami.