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I grew up with Hello Kitty everything and all I have to say is, MIND BLOWN.

I grew up with Hello Kitty everything and all I have to say is, MIND BLOWN. 22

Hello Kitty (ハローキティ Harōkiti?)[3] (full name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト Kiti Howaito?))[2] is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. "She doesn't have this insipid cuteness," explain Yano, who is also serving as curator for the Japanese American National Museum's retrospective. "It's something clever and creative which contributes to a certain cool factor. Hello Kitty is British. She is depicted as an anthropomorphic white Japanese Bobtail with a red bow.[4] Kitty is actually named Kitty White and she has a full back story. For example, take Precious Moments [giftware].

The character's first appearance (on a purse) was introduced in Japan in 1975, and brought to the United States in 1976.[5][6] The character is a staple of the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture.[7] By 2010, Sanrio had groomed Hello Kitty into a global marketing phenomenon worth $5 billion a year.

[8] By 2014, when Hello Kitty was 40 years old, it was worth about $7 billion a year, all without any advertising.[9]

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Several Hello Kitty TV series , targeted towards young children, have been produced.

"Hello Kitty works and is successful partly because of the blankness of her design," Yano says. "People see the possibility of a range of expressions. Hello Kitty is not a cat. Originally aimed at pre-adolescent females, Hello Kitty's market has broadened to include adult consumers. You can give her a guitar, you can put her on stage, you can portray her as is. She's a cartoon character.

She can be found on a variety of products ranging from school supplies to fashion accessories and high-end consumer products. That blankness gives her an appeal to so many types of people." She is a little girl. Several Hello Kitty TV series, targeted towards young children, have been produced. She is a friend. That also makes her more than just another fabrication of Japan's culture of cute, known as kawaii.

Hello Kitty is also the main character at the two Japanese Sanrio theme parks, Harmonyland and the indoor Sanrio Puroland. But she is not a cat. cComments       @DavidMcGovern Maybe she's a lynx?

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Denis Poroy / Invision / Associated Press) But she is not a cat.

Two young women decked out in Hello Kitty gear wait for their credentials at Comic-Con in San Diego last month. She is a friend. She's inspired a controversial song by Avril Lavigne, works of sculpture by Tom Sachs and a pretty spectacular dress worn by Lady Gaga. Since debuting in 1974, Hello Kitty has become a global phenomenon. (Denis Poroy / Invision / Associated Press) But she is not a cat.

Update: What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos Christine R. She's never depicted on all fours. Update: What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos She walks and sits like a two-legged creature.

Yano is an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii (and currently a visiting professor at Harvard) who has spent years studying the phenomenon that is Hello Kitty. I am talking about Hello Kitty, the adorable cultural force that began life as a character on a coin purse in Japan 1974. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty."

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Update: What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat?

lRelated Kitty is actually named Kitty White and she has a full back story. Her expressionless mug has been featured on countless toys, not to mention bowling balls, motor oil, a Fender Strat, a pricey Judith Leiber clutch, sanitary napkins and mens underwear. She is a Scorpio. What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos She's inspired a controversial song by Avril Lavigne, works of sculpture by Tom Sachs and a pretty spectacular dress worn by Lady Gaga.

Carolina A. She loves apple pie. Update: What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos And she is the daughter of George and Mary White.

Miranda Update: What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos     What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos "She has a twin sister," adds Yano. "She's a perpetual third-grader. I am talking about Hello Kitty, the adorable cultural force that began life as a character on a coin purse in Japan 1974.

She lives outside of London.