LOL.  Or maybe the simple version:

USA:  Sex and Violence
JAPAN: Sex and Happy Bunny Love Kitty  blush blush blush    ;p

What people don't get, is that "Cult of Cute" is a rebellion against the establishment.
Think about it. Japanese culture is usually thought of as orderly exquisite understatement in manly natural colors. Cult of Cute is the opposite.

bB