If you write out the characters for 10-month 10-day (十日十月), it looks like the kanji for moe (萌), making October 10th the otaku consensus Moe Day holiday. Now, while moe and cuteness aren't exactly the same concept, it doesn't seem like coincidence that Biglobe Anime Rankings picked the date to close out a poll that saw nearly 16,000 Japanese otaku name their pick for anime's cutest character.
