Hello Kitty Petite House - Compact Set with Complete Setup for Tea Parties

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Hello Kitty sold well immediately after her 1975 launch, and Sanrio's sales increased sevenfold. [17] Due to Japan's growing economy, many Japanese children could afford to buy Hello Kitty products. [31] Her popularity also grew with the emergence of kawaii culture, which embraces cuteness. [16]

Hello Kitty cafés have opened around the world, including in Seoul and other locations in South Korea; [88] Bangkok, Thailand; [89] Adelaide, Australia; [90] Irvine, California; [91] the Santa Anita Mall in California, [92] and the Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tapper, James (11 December 2022). "How a Hello Kitty guitar became the hottest Stratocaster". The Guardian. a b "Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan". Atimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2003 . Retrieved 2 October 2018. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Hello Kitty now makes 90% of her money abroad". Soranews24 -Japan News-. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.Weber, Bruce (13 December 1994). "Barneys Halts Store Display Of Pop Creche in Window". The New York Times . Retrieved 22 April 2010.

Hello Kitty is included as part of the Sanrio livery at the Japanese theme parks Harmonyland and Sanrio Puroland. The Hello Kitty Shanghai Times theme park in Shanghai, China opened in 2019. [20] A theme park called Hello Kitty Town existed in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia from 2012 to 2019. [84] [85] [86] In 2014, Sanrio partnered with the Indonesian theme park Dufan to introduce Hello Kitty Adventure, a cinema based attraction. [87] a b c d "Hello Kitty". Sanrio. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011 . Retrieved 22 December 2010.Mlynar, Phillip (29 April 2015). "A Giant Hello Kitty Sculpture Just Popped Up In New York City - Catster". Catster.com . Retrieved 2 October 2018. Originally, Hello Kitty was only marketed towards a child and preteen audience. In the 1990s, the target market for Hello Kitty was broadened to include teenagers and adults as a retro brand. [9] [15] Marketing to those who could not get Hello Kitty merchandise as children, and those who fondly remember items they had, Sanrio began selling Hello Kitty branded products such as purses and laptops. [9] [15] [17] The 1994–1996 Face series was the first to be designed specifically for mature consumers. [9] Hello Kitty had two Japanese comic series serialized in Ribon, a shōjo manga magazine - Hello Kitty Doki (ran from May 2007 to April 2008) [57] and Hello Kitty Peace (released in June 2008). [58]

Three Hello Kitty anime films were released in Japan. Hello Kitty: Cinderella released in 1989, Hello Kitty no Oyayubi Hime released in 1990, and Hello Kitty no Mahō no Mori no Ohime-sama released in 1991. [71] Hello Kitty's popularity in Japan peaked in the late 1990s when she was the country's top-grossing character. In 2002, Hello Kitty lost her place as the top-grossing character in Japan in the Character Databank popularity chart. In a 2010 survey, she was in third place behind Anpanman and Pikachu from Pokémon. [17] In 2010, The New York Times attributed the character's relative decline in Japan to her biography not being "compelling enough to draw many fans." The newspaper later wrote that analysts called the characterization "weak," [17] and that Hello Kitty not having a mouth has dampened her success as an animated TV character. [17] According to Character Databank, Hello Kitty was the third highest-grossing character in Japan as of 2013. [35] In 2019 and 2020, Character Databank ranked her fifth, and as of 2021 she was out of the top five. [36] [37] [38]a b c "Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitar by Fender". Engadget. 6 December 2005 . Retrieved 16 December 2022. Fujimoto, Ken (16 August 2010). "ハローキティといっしょ!×VOCALOID2って何だ!?"[Hello Kitty Together with Vocaloid 2; What the!?] (in Japanese). Livedoor. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010 . Retrieved 20 August 2010. Yano, Christine (29 April 2013). Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific. Duke University Press. p.127. ISBN 978-0822353638 . Retrieved 30 August 2014. CharaBiz DATA 2019(18)". www.charabiz.com (in Japanese). Character Databank, Ltd . Retrieved 23 November 2022. a b c Phoenix, Woodrow (2006). Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World. New York City: Kodansha International. p.40. ISBN 9784770030177.

Barsanti, Sam (5 March 2019). "An American Hello Kitty movie is in the works". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 5 March 2019. Blass, Evan (30 June 2006). "Hello Kitty Stratocaster goes high-end". engadget . Retrieved 19 June 2019. Hello Kitty is portrayed with a large family with the surname White. Her twin sister Mimmy is described as "shy and very girly," interested in sewing and dreaming of marriage. While Hello Kitty wears a red bow on her left ear, Mimmy wears a yellow one on her right. Their papa George is described as dependable, humorous but also absent-minded. Their mama Mary is portrayed as a good cook who loves doing housework. Grandpa Anthony likes to tell stories and grandma Margaret likes sewing. [49] [12] In addition to family, Hello Kitty is also depicted with several animal friends, including the mice Joey and Judy, the bears Tippy and Thomas, the raccoon Tracy and the squirrel Rorry. [50] Hello Kitty now makes 90% of her money abroad". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 3 December 2014 . Retrieved 5 January 2023.Ohbuchi, Yutaka (12 March 1998). "One Phat Kitty". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 11 October 2000 . Retrieved 29 October 2022. Lim, Hyun-wook (20 November 2010). "Hongdae's bohemian raps and dancing". Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013 . Retrieved 6 March 2013. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) UNICEF Special Friend of Children". Sanriotown.com. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008 . Retrieved 1 October 2008.