Hello Kitty (ハローキティ, Harō Kiti^?) is the best-known of many fictional characters produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a Japanese company that creates a range of (mostly design series that features characters, and sells and licenses various products Branded with these characters Hello Kitty is a very simply drawn character who was created in 1974 by the Sanrio Company in Tokyo, Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Registered in 1976, Hello Kitty is now a globally known trademark. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual

When Hello Kitty's boyfriend "Dear Daniel" was created in 1999, designers took his name from the 1971 film Melody, which starred Mark Lester as a character called Daniel and features songs by the Bee Gees. Mark Lester (born Mark A Letzer; July 11, 1958) is an English former Child actor known for playing young male characters in British The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

Hello Kitty's fictional world includes a whole array of friends and family members. Hello Kitty is also friends with other famous Sanrio characters such as Bobby Jack Monkey, who has recently made its way back onto Sanrio shelves in late 2007. Since 2004 she has even had a pet cat of her own called Charmmy Kitty and a pet hamster called Sugar. Charmmy resembles Hello Kitty but has more cat-like features. Charmmy Kitty was given to Hello Kitty by her father, George White, and Sugar by Dear Daniel.

Hello Kitty has been marketed in the United States from the beginning and has held the position of U. S. children's ambassador for UNICEF since 1983. The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 The brand rose to greater prominence during the late 1990s when several celebrities such as Mariah Carey adopted Hello Kitty as a fashion statement. New products featuring the character can be found in virtually any American department store and Hello Kitty was once featured in an advertising campaign of the retail chain Target. A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand Target Corporation ( is an American Retailing company that was founded in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1902

Many American celebrities have contributed to the character's popularity: Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Cameron Diaz, Heidi Klum, Steven Tyler, Christina Aguilera, Carmen Electra, Mandy Moore, Raven-Symoné, Miley Cyrus, Varla Jean Merman, as well as Paris and Nicky Hilton have all been spotted with Hello Kitty and Bobby Jack goods. Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971) better known by his Stage name Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer Cameron Michelle Díaz (born August 30 1972 is a Golden Globe - BAFTA - and SAG -Award nominated U Heidi Klum (ˈklʊm born June 1 1973 is a German model, actress TV presenter, Fashion designer, Television producer and occasional singer Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26 1948 in Yonkers New York) better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10 1984 is an American pop Singer, Songwriter, Actor, and Fashion designer Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10 1985 known professionally as Raven-Symoné or Raven, is an American actress and R&B Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23 1992 is an American Actress and Singer-songwriter. Varla Jean Merman is a character originated and portrayed by Jeffery Roberson, an American actor singer and drag performer "Nicky" Hilton can also refer to Conrad Hilton Jr Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983 Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was also spotted with a Hello Kitty handbag while doing a video blog with Ross Mathews[1]. Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr (born March 23 1978 is an American Blogger and Television personality. Ross "The Intern" Mathews (born September 24 1979 in Mount Vernon Washington) is an American television personality known mostly Perez Hilton was also seen wearing a Hello Kitty tie on Victoria Beckham's show 'Victoria Beckham: Coming to America'. Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr (born March 23 1978 is an American Blogger and Television personality. Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974 is an English pop Singer, Songwriter, Dancer turned Fashion Victoria Beckham Coming to America was a one-hour American TV special that featured British Spice Girl superstar Victoria Beckham moving to the United Victoria commented on his 'fierce' tie. Singer Lisa Loeb, who is marketing the pink Hello Kitty guitar, has admitted to being a fan and has even dedicated a whole album in homage to Hello Kitty named Hello Lisa. Lisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. The Hello Kitty Stratocaster is an original series of Affinity Stratocaster Electric guitar made by Squier ( Fender) Hello Lisa is an album by Lisa Loeb, released in 2002 by Artemis Records. 'Scene queens' like Jeffree Star, Audrey Kitching,and Hanna Beth can often be seen donning Hello Kitty apparel. Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Steininger, 15 November 1986 is an American model, Fashion designer Make-up artist and Singer-songwriter

Contents 1 Hello Kitty as a character 2 Inspiration 3 Cultural references 4 Hello Kitty Online 5 See also 6 References 7 External links 7.1 Articles 7.2 Promotional and marketing events

Hello Kitty as a character

Several Hello Kitty animated series targeted towards young children have been produced. In the animated films made by Sanrio from 1977 to 1985, Hello Kitty has made cameo appearances in them (similar to Disney's hidden Mickey techniques). A Hidden Mickey is a subtle formation of a silhouette of the head of Mickey Mouse and his two ears a more complete representation of Mickey Mouse (such as Mickey mixed in with

The earliest Hello Kitty animated series known was the American-animated (co-produced with Japan) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre, which aired throughout 1987. This show, produced by Sanrio in cooperation with DiC Entertainment, parodies various famous fairy tales and blockbuster movies from the period. [2] It was broadcast in the United States on The Family Channel, and a Spanish-dubbed version also aired Saturday mornings on Univision. ABC Family is an American Cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico.

On U.S. television, the Japanese anime series Hello Kitty and Friends aired on CBS in 1991, and also ran on Toon Disney. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children On the show, Kitty is depicted as a little girl who lives with her mother, father, and twin sister Mimmy, who is identical to Kitty but has different colored clothes and wears her bow under the opposite ear. 13 episodes were produced, using animation produced as early as 1991.

On Japanese television, Hello Kitty (and pals) have starred in at least one anime series of their own. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. (anime in Japanese, Hello Kitty's Paradise ran for 16 episodes between 1993 and 1994. This version was released in English in 2000. This version, like "Hello Kitty and Friends", also aired on Toon Disney.

Hello Kitty and friends also appeared in Hello Kitty's Animation Theatre, which had Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters appearing in their versions of different fairy tales. Available in the U. S. from ADV Films (who also own the video/DVD rights to Hello Kitty and Friends & Hello Kitty's Paradise)

Since 2004 the little cat has been featured on a MasterCard debit card from Legend Credit Inc. AD Vision (commonly referred to as ADV) is an American international Multimedia entertainment company based in Houston Texas, active MasterCard Worldwide ( is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, New York, USA. A debit card (also known as a bank card) is a plastic card which provides an alternative payment method to Cash when making purchases The card was released to teach young girls how to shop and use a debit card.

In 2006, it was announced Hello Kitty will be appearing in a new Japanese clay-animated series called Hello Kitty's Stump Village from Sanrio. At Anime Expo 2006, Geneon Entertainment announced that Hello Kitty's Stump Village was one of the series it licensed for U. S. release. Volume 1 was released in October, and Volume 2 was released in January and in 2008 Hello Kitty appeared for the first time in a full 3D animation entitled the Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends developed by Sanrio's digital entertainment entity Sanrio Digital.

Also in 2008 contemporary artists Martin Sastre provoked the encounter of a Hello Kitty Nun and Madonna in London for The Martin Sastre Foundation campaign Adopt a Latin Artist". Martin Sastre (born February 13, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a contemporary Uruguayan media artist working with London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Martin Sastre Foundation for the Super Poor Art is an organization whose goal is to sponsor Latin American artists as shown by its slogan "Adopt a Latin [3]

Inspiration

Some claim that Hello Kitty was inspired by Miffy, or Nijntje in Dutch, created by the Dutch artist Dick Bruna in 1955. Miffy is a Picture book character in the form of a small female Rabbit drawn by Dick Bruna. Miffy is a Picture book character in the form of a small female Rabbit drawn by Dick Bruna. Dick Bruna (b August 23, 1927, Utrecht, The Netherlands) is an author artist illustrator and Graphic designer. And some others claim that Hello Kitty was inspired by Musti, created by graphic artist Ray Goossens in 1945. Musti is a Cartoon character, created by Flemish graphic artist Ray Goossens in 1945 Musti is a little cat, living with his mother and father in a little house in a rural village, surrounded by a large garden with animals and trees. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic

Cultural references

• On the episode "A Benihana Christmas" of the American TV series "The Office", the character of Angela tells an Asian waitress from Benihana "I don't come into your house and steal your Hello Kitty backpack, do I?", when the waitress told her she thought she could have something of hers. "A Benihana Christmas" is the tenth episode of the third season of the American Comedy television series The Office
• On the episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" of the TV series The Simpsons, the family travels to Japan and passes by the Hello Kitty merchandise factory. " Thirty Minutes over Tokyo " is the season finale of The Simpsons ' tenth season, which originally aired on May 16, The yowling noises from within suggest that they were made from real cats. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic
• In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, there is a Hello Kitty parody named Sassy Cat. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an award-winning American Animated television series that originally aired on Cartoon Network.
• In the Futurama episode, "Crimes of the Hot", a "Curious Pussycat" factory is seen in the background of a scene set in Kyoto. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and “Crimes of the Hot” is the eighth episode of the fourth production season of the television show Futurama. The logo is reminiscent of the Hello Kitty logo.
• The band Goons of Doom created a song entitled "Hello Kitty", presumably relating to the character. Similarly, the band Awaken mentions Hello Kitty in their song "Beppu Nights" (別府NIGHTS) with the line "the country where white cats have no mouth". Beppu Nights is a Virtual EP of music project Awaken, released at the end of 2006
• The Online Webcomic The Order of the Stick parodies Hello Kitty by creating a, presumably parallel, character in the world in which the comic takes place. The Order of the Stick is a comedic Webcomic that satirizes tabletop Roleplaying games and medieval Fantasy through the ongoing tale of the titular This character is known as "Hello Goblin", and is seen on an umbrella that is carried by the Monster in the Dark. This is a list of characters from the Webcomic The Order of the Stick.
• Webcomic Achewood occasionally mentions a Japanese brand of merchandise created by the "Sanryobuki" corporation, which features a cartoon cat on its products. Achewood is a Webcomic created by Chris Onstad. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys Robots and The company makes everything from artificial cat livers to a remote-controlled colonoscopy machine.
• On the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" of South Park, Butters states that he does not play World of Warcraft but rather the game Hello Kitty Island Adventure. " Make Love Not Warcraft " is episode 147 of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park which first aired on October 4 2006 South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central World of Warcraft (commonly acronymed as WoW) is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG
• The After Dark screensaver "Hall of Fame", which features several famous After Dark characters portrayed as anime characters, shows an image of Bad Dog that looks like Hello Kitty. After Dark is a series of Computer Screensaver Software introduced in 1989 by Berkeley Systems for the Apple Macintosh,
• On the episode "No Man's Land" of Grey's Anatomy Izzie is wearing Hello Kitty panties. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. Meredith greets her with the words "Hello Kitty".
• In the Too Short song "Burn Rubber," Too Short talks about pimping hoes, "Take your ass straight out, of Sin City. Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28 1966) better known by his Stage name Too Short (seen on album covers as Too $hort) is an American Wearin' all pink like Hello Kitty. Bringin back all C-notes and no fifties. "
• Dave Navarro performed a reunion concert with The Red Hot Chili Peppers as a homage to Hello Kitty, and played a Hello Kitty guitar given to him by Hello Kitty herself. Red Hot Chili Peppers are
• In the TV show Danny Phantom, the episode What You Want includes a film called 'Sayonara Pussycat', featuring a cat similar to Hello Kitty. Danny Phantom was an American animated television show created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios This is an episode list of the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. Sayonara is Japanese for goodbye.
• On the same note, a series of T-shirts and other merchandise depicts a small cat about to meet certain death called "Goodbye Kitty".
• Gaia Online features a plushie of a white cat called the KiKi Kitty, as well as a black version called CoCo Kitty. Gaia Online is an English-language, Anime -themed social networking and forums -based Website. The description reads that it is a plushie version of a fictional cartoon character, a parody of Hello Kitty. However, the item has evolved into a mascot in its own right, and is one of the most famous items in the game, and even appears on real life merchandise.
• In the game Destroy All Humans! 2, if you scan a mind of a teenage Japanese female, they will sometimes mention a parody of Hello Kitty, 'Hiya Pussy'. Destroy All Humans! 2 is a Video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles and is the sequel to Destroy All Humans!
• In Jon Stewart's book America: The Book, a page about Japan labels the Prime Minister and national flower with a Hello Kitty face. Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28 1962 is an American Comedian, Satirist, Actor, Writer, and America (The Book A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 non-fiction Bestseller written by Jon Stewart and other writers of
• In the Neopets website, the Plushie Angelpuss is based on Hello Kitty. Neopets (originally NeoPets) is a virtual pet Website launched by Adam Powell and Donna Williams on 15 November 1999
• In the episode "Itty Bitty Kitty" of Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Brandy's cat doll named "Itty Bitty Kitty" is a parody of Hello Kitty. Show's Summary Brandy & Mr Whiskers was an American Animated Television series about a snobbish dog and a hyperactive rabbit
• In a Robot Chicken episode, Hello Kitty comes in to discuss something pertaining to her show, but is interrupted by her loudly coughing up a hairball. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew
• In another episode of Robot Chicken Hello Kitty appears as a martial arts master alongside faux versions of Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) and Smoke (Mortal Kombat) to train Joey Fatone
• Singer Lisa Loeb is a big fan of Hello Kitty, and is also an avid collector of her items. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Scorpion is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat Video game series Sub-Zero is the name of two characters from the Mortal Kombat series Smoke is a Fictional character in the Mortal Kombat Fighting game series Lisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. She has a Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitar, and is featured on the American Sanrio website. The Hello Kitty Stratocaster is an original series of Affinity Stratocaster Electric guitar made by Squier ( Fender) is a Japanese company that creates a range of (mostly design series that features characters, and sells and licenses various products Branded with these characters
• As of August 2007, Thai police officers who have committed minor transgressions such as showing up late or parking in the wrong place will be forced to wear Hello Kitty armbands for several days as penance. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj [4]
• In an episode of Will & Grace, Grace purchases a water bra to enhance her breast size to impress an old crush from high school. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Will sees it for the first time and exclaims, "Hello, kitties!"
• In an episode of Zoey 101, Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears) complains that she finds someone's Hello Bunny (a parody of Hello Kitty) underwear in her laundry. Zoey 101 was an Emmy Award -nominated American Live-action Situation comedy Television series that had an original Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4 1991 is an American actress
• The comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm lampooned Hello Kitty in a line of strips from April 7 to April 12, 2008. Mother Goose and Grimm is an internationally syndicated Comic strip by Pulitzer Prize -winning Cartoonist Mike Peters. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common In this series, Hello Kitty is portrayed as an overexposed celebrity in the mold of Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986 is an American Actress, model and Pop music Singer.
• Britney Spears is seen wearing a Hello Kitty necklace in her video for Do Somethin'. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer " Do Somethin' " is a single by Britney Spears, the third and final single taken from her 2004 (see 2004 in music) Greatest Hits My Prerogative
• In the TV show Gilmore Girls, Hello Kitty merchandise is seen a lot.
• In the TV show NewsRadio, the episode "Stocks" features Matthew giving Bill a Hello Kitty branded backpack. NewsRadio is an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. Bill declines the gift contending that he is "neither Japanese, 14 years old nor a girl"
• In the first episode of Series 9 of King of Queens, Doug Heffernan is seen on the phone to his wife. Regarding his new ice cream truck, he says something like "I've already earned 500 dollars today, and a Hello Kitty notebook. . . Susie was a little short of cash"
• There exists a webcomic entitled "The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu," or simply "Hello Cthulhu," which combines elements and characters of Hello Kitty and H. P. Lovecraft's literature into a parody. The following tables and lists feature elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, that are often shared between works within that fictional setting ^[1] "Hello Cthulhu" was created by Devon "FrogPlague" Tackett. ^{[1][2] [3]} No new comics have been published since the Christmas comic published on December 24th, 2006^[4][5], due to the author's desire "to write out an entire story arc instead of just trying to string what ever comes out of my head every few days or so. "^[5]
• Mariah Carey is shown showing off her Hello Kitty themed bathroom on her episode of "MTV Cribs".
• In the episode 'Nerdvana Annihilation' of The Big Bang Theory Sheldon Cooper calls Penny a hypocrite when she tells Leonard he owns too many childish things (comic books, action figures, etc) and points out she is wearing Hello Kitty pyjamas

Hello Kitty Online

A planned Sanrio themed MMORPG, Hello Kitty Online, is currently in beta testing. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) is a genre of Computer role-playing games (CRPGs in which a large number of players interact with Software testing is an Empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test, with respect to the The developers are SanrioDigital and Typhoon Games. After creating an account, one can make a character and customize them. In addition to fighting monsters and socializing, one can mine for ores, farm, cook, etc. Quests are a part of the game, being able to meet other Sanrio characters as well. Pets and housing have been implemented too. Among the first to play the game have been hard-core World of Warcraft gamers. ^[6]

See also

• The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends
• Hello Kitty Stratocaster Electric Guitar
• Miffy
• Doraemon, the robot cat
• Hello Kitty murder
• Hopla
• Musti

References

External links

• The Official Hello Kitty Website
• The Official Hello Kitty Community Website
• Hello Kitty Stump Village - Claymation TV series
• Official profile - in Japanese
• Official Hello Kitty News
• Hello Kitty Hell - Strange Hello Kitty products
• Hello Kitty World - Hello Kitty products reviews
• Hello Kitty Online Game
• Discussion about the resemblance between Hello Kitty and Musti
• HellokittyDreams - French / all about Hello kitty and Sanrio
• Vintage Sanrio - A website for fans of older Sanrio creations
• - The english site for Hello Kitty Online
• Official Hello Kitty Stump Village website

Articles

• The History Of Hello Kitty
• PopCult magazine interview with Ken Belson, author of Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon
• Cute, Inc. from Wired Magazine
• San Francisco Gate article
• "All That is Soridu Melts Into Kitty": Academic spin on macrocephalic feline in CTheory

Promotional and marketing events

• Crop Circle created by British artists circlemakers.org to celebrate Hello Kitty's 30th birthday

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