;-) or ^_~

Is there anyone out there doing IM, chat or blogging who doesn’t use those handy emoticons? :-) Emoticons help to express an emotion or mood when writing.
 We now have another option — emoticons based on anime or manga. These symbols were dubbed by Sohan D’souza as animicons.

^_- or ^_~    Winking eye; humor; joke

Find more animicons at the A Guide to Anime Emoticons. Via Sarah the Bunless librarian.