Little Cherry (Chinese: 小樱桃; pinyin: Xiǎo Yīng Táo) is a Chinese media franchise created by Yangshang Jun. Owned by the Zhengzhou-based Xiao Ying Tao Comics Company, it is primarily comedy manhua featuring a girl whose name is also Little Cherry. The "Xiao Ying Tao" name in the media works and the company is sometimes abbreviated XOYTO.
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History
In 2008, a 26 episode animated television series based on the comics debuted on CCTV. The second season premiered on July 2010, in which at that time the third season was reportedly in development.
In October 2012, the franchise's Little Cherry Rescue Angels comic received the Golden Dragon Award for best children's comic.
Plagiarism controversy
Media sources including Sina Games and Taiwan-based Liberty Times have included comparisons between the Little Cherry animated series and the Japanese manga and anime series Chibi Maruko-chan such as their titles in articles about alleged plagiarism in Chinese animation.