Cute Girls Doing Cute Things (frequently abbreviated as CGDCT) is a genre of
anime and
manga that focuses on a cast of
cute,
moe-inducing girls doing (often mundane) activities in a cute way. It doesn't even necessarily have to be a "cute thing", so long as you're running on
Rule of Cute. Almost always involves an
Improbably Female Cast, and a
rounded and soft art style. Particularly popular in the
Seinen demographic.
Though it has predecessors in the early 2000s through the
Schoolgirl Series and the
Bishoujo Series (and many of those can retroactively be considered CGDCT), the genre is generally understood to have emerged in the late 2000s; the
Genre Popularizer is 2009's
K-On!, which is basically just cute girls playing in a band (and little else). It's closely related to both
Slice of Life and
Iyashikei, though not inherently part of either genre; it occasionally overlaps with
Gag Series as well. May also overlap with
Yuri Genre, though even when it doesn't, it tends to involve a lot of
Homoerotic Subtext and/or
Pseudo-Romantic Friendships. Often involves
Magical Girl or
Idol Singer setups (
sometimes both!).