A portmanteau of the Japanese words for lazy (gude gude) and egg (tamago), Gudetama, created by Sanrio in 2013, is just that: an anthropomorphic, lethargic egg.

On its opening weekend, Gudetama Cafe in Buena Park drew customers who waited as long as 12 to 16 hours to enter the restaurant based on Sanrio's lazy-egg character.

The cult-favorite character already has restaurants and cafes around the world, dedicating their entire menu to the lazy egg. And now, for a limited time, Plan Check can add themselves to that list.

Japanese cartoon character Gudetama, also known as the "lazy egg," is heading to Netflix later this year with its own series! Netflix initially released the teaser on social media Sunday, saying the ...

Gudetama the lazy egg looks uncomfortably real in first Netflix trailer No ambition and no energy — but at least it has a premiere date by Andrew Webster Sep 26, 2022, 10:15 AM PDT ...

The Gudetama museum collection shows the lazy egg re-enacting classic paintings like the Mona Lisa, Gustav Klimt’s Kiss and The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer. Gude's version of Edvard Munch’s ...

A cartoon man in a gold ochre bodysuit wiggles and wobbles as school children cheer him on, chanting the name of a character whose energy levels pale in comparison. Kachi kachi—wooden castanets ...

The Gudetama museum collection shows the lazy egg re-enacting classic paintings like the Mona Lisa, Gustav Klimt’s Kiss and The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer. Gude's version of Edvard Munch’s ...

Hello Kitty, with her happy-go-lucky spirit, has met her match: Gudetama, a lazy egg yolk with a defeatist attitude and a growing following. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal Hello Kitty ...

Sanrio’s new Gudetama, the lazy egg character -- which our Food section colleague Jenn Harris first told you about last month -- made its stateside debut earlier this week. Launched April 28 via ...

The Japanese cartoon character Gudetama, or lazy egg, which was created by Hello Kitty's developer Sanrio, entered the Chinese market with its début in Shanghai on June 19, 2017.