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]











