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A Hello Kitty subject

posted 7 months ago by Popcorngal (4937)
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This years marks the 50th anniversary of the character. I never knew she originated in Japan, until watching the end of the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. I thought she was an American creation.Anyhow, I was watching a TODAY spotlight regarding the anniversary, and was dumbfounded when a company rep stated that "Hello Kitty" is not a cat but a little girl dressed as a cat. I was like WTH!!🤔🤔😶😐. I am a first gen fan, and always figured she was just a kitty that liked dresses and other feminine things. Go figure!

[–] Kowalski (79132) 7 months ago

In 2014 an anthropologist was told by Sanrio that Kitty White was not simply a cat (i.e. "depicted on all fours"), describing her as a little English girl called Kitty White, from outside London. Following reports that interpreted this to mean she was human, a Sanrio PR representative said that the organization had "never said she was a human", explaining anthropomorphization by comparing the character to Mickey Mouse: "No one would mistake the Disney character for a human–but at the same time he's not quite a mouse. Just like Hello Kitty isn't a human, she's not quite a cat either." Sanrio stated further, "Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat."

[–] Popcorngal (4937) 7 months ago

I never knew Hello Kitty had a surname.

[–] Kowalski (79132) 7 months ago

I DIDN'T EITHER...YOUR POST INSPIRED ME TO LEARN SOME ODD INFORMATION TODAY.👍🏻

[–] parkerbot (10735) 7 months ago

Furry attempt to retrocon history.

Bad kitty.

[–] ClementinaSpur (1340) 7 months ago

The Hello Kitty store at my local mall when I was growing up in the 80s was called Purrfect Place. I practically lived there and have such great memories of it!

[–] Valerian (-274) 7 months ago

WTH!!

That's Japan for you 🙃