Oh hey, we have a new column for you. 🥰 Borealis Capps continues her exploration of the history of friend-shaped crazes in Japan, as she discusses the origins and early impact of the Koala boom. From cookies to the Noozles, she explains how koalas became an indelible part of Japanese pop culture.

Koala-ty Entertainment: An Australian Anime Craze

The country’s economic boom in the ‘80s sparked increases in tourism to Australia, thus driving koala fascination further than ever before.

FINALLY SOMETHING THAT IS WRITTEN JUST FOR ME Look up there, way up high, koalas in balloons!