FYI, Yahoo! Japan has had avatars for at least a year now at http://avatar.yahoo.co.jp . They’re used primarily for profile pictures on profiles.yahoo.co.jp (mine is at http://profiles.yahoo.co.jp/poookstar). I’m really glad Yahoo! USA has finally picked these up. Yahoo! Japan does charge for some of the avatars and accessories, but there’s plenty of selection for free on their site as well. The Japanese ones are not animated though – I think the animation is a cool feature. I can’t wait until more people get this client so I can play around with the features with more people 😉