Japanese Emoticons - anime manga smiles animated kaoani kaos smilies GIF blobs. WWW.KOMI.COM/JAPANESE. The Smileys(Emoticons) are used very often in the sentences of e-mails.
It had begun in USA where is the internet had begun, of cource. In Japan the Smileys(Emoticons) grew differently from U.S.A, now they have various kinds. . The difference between eastern(1 byte) Smileys(Emoticons) and Japanese ones(2 bytes) Apparently Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) are read vertically, when eastern Smileys(Emoticons) are read hosizontally. And Japanese face marks have much more kinds of variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American(alphabet) letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more caracters. Japanese Facemarks(Smileys)