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When your loved ones are down, you'll do anything to cheer them up and make them laugh. For 50 year-old Hu Han-yan, getting his father's spirits up meant one thing: a Hello Kitty haircut. More »
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You thought the Kitty-chan dentist office was cute? It is. The Hello Kitty plane, though, isn't just cute. It's cute that flies. More »
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When you think "Hooters", you might think of orange hot pants, buffalo wings, or, if you are a Philadelphia Phillies fan, retired catcher Darren Daulton (who married a Hooters icon). The one thing you do not think of is Hello Kitty—until now. More »
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Hello Kitty is an icon. You don't only find the cat in video games, on toilet paper, and even an infamous vibrator. And now, Hello Kitty has a dentist office. More »
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Everybody who is really, really into Hello Kitty knows her name is Kitty White. Ditto for this: according to her official Sanrio biography, she was born in London, making her British by default, no? So what's the big deal? More »
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We thought we had seen the ultimate street brawling crossover when Street Fighter X Tekken hit the scene. We were wrong. In fall 2012, Street Fighter and Hello Kitty will finally be one, at least from a merchandising perspective. More »
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In 1975, a coin purse featuring an expressionless cat with its head turned sideways and sitting next to a fish bowl went on sale in Japan. The company was Sanrio. The designer was Yuko Yamaguchi. The cat became known as "Kitty-chan", and outside Japan as Hello Kitty. Decades later, is the cat still cute? More »
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Just as massively multiplayer game Hello Kitty Online celebrates the character's 36th birthday, a Dutch court ruled that a Hello Kitty friend is too similar to one of the country's beloved characters, yanking the Kitty pal from store shelves. More »
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Designer Joseph Senior blends Hello Kitty with a slew of pop culture icons, among them Halo's Master Chief. More »
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Employees flee Hello Kitty's hungry maw at a Hong Kong exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Kitty-creators Sanrio. More »
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Can you believe the Wii has made it four years without a Hello Kitty title? Luckily Sanrio Digital and Zoo Games are bringing Hello Kitty Seasons to the Wii this holiday. Otherwise I would have had to kick some ass. More »
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And drink from! More »
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Hello Kitty, affectionately known in Japan as "Kitty-chan", first appeared on a coin purse in the mid-1970s. From these humble beginnings, that cat created an empire of cute. But how? More »
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I'm not sure when there's so much interest here on Kotaku regarding Hello Kitty Online, and I'm not sure I really want to know, if only so I can maintain plausible deniability for whatever comes next. For whatever twisted reasons, the excitement is there, so I thought I'd let you in on the chance to gain prestige far beyond that of the normal Hello Kitty fan, by becoming one of the Hello Kitty Online founders! If selected, you'll gain early access to the game on October 8th, along with special founder's benefits and bragging rights powerful enough to make any preteen girl cry. All you have to do is have a SanrioTown account set up and send a blank email from your registered account to hkofounder@hellokitty.com, after which you'll get a reply that goes something like this: More »
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Whenever I take out my shiny pink DS in public it never fails to elicit stares of wonder, desire and in some cases, utter confusion. Why is this tattooed, big sideburned guy playing with this thing that looks like a girl's compact? If you get these same looks when you whip yours out, here's a way to confuse them even more! More »
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Why stop the wildly successful synergy of Sanrio's Hello Kitty and Taito's Space Invaders with just cell phone straps? Clearly, there is public demand for hand towels and "face" towels (aka regular sized towels). Mascot monolith Sanrio is ready and willing to placate the masses. More »
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In the seedy world of cellphone straps, normal physical and licensing laws do not apply, paving the way for some of the most glorious creations man has ever witnessed. Case in point, the Hello Kitty Space Invaders cellphone strap. This rendition of a pixellated Hello Kitty riding atop a Space Invaders spaceship can be yours from StrapYa for the low low price of $5.70. A small price to pay for neatly summing up your disturbing fondness for pink cuteness and love of retro gaming in one compact package. If I were inclined at all to fits of flinging my cellphone wildly about, this would be what I used to protect myself and the innocents around me. Michael Fahey More »
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Sanrio, who sit atop the throne of the mystic Hello Kitty cuteness empire, reached a content sharing agreement yesterday with Sega Sammy which will allow for the two companies to share characters. The news article states the agreement would be "paving the way for the mouthless feline to make her video game debut," though I doubt a character with almost 40 games listed at GameFaqs needs all that much paving. In fact Sega has already produced several HK games in Japan for the Dreamcast, including my favorite, Hello Kitty Lovely Fruit Park - the best damn fruit park game anywhere. More »
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Maker of all things kawaii Sanrio has announced cuter than cute Hello Kitty and Charmmy Kitty decoration film for the DS Lite. The price is listed as open, but the Sanrio online shop is selling each sheet for 680 yen (US $5.90). Should go over big with little girls and Kotaku editors with pink DS Lites. Brian Ashcraft More »
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As the founding member of Kotaku's own branch of the He-Man Woman Hater's Club, I probably should not deign to cootie myself up touching the subject matter of the Top 10 Girliest Games of All Time. Best to put on my Haz-Mat suit, hand off the assignment to our token female staffer, then go watch some Pumping Iron to up the testosterone levels again. But Eliza's never around when you need her. More »
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Saiman Chow created this "Hello Kitty vs. Video Game Robot" shorty for the cat's 30th anniversary exhibition held in Hong Kong. Man enters game center, plays the U.F.O. catcher and an arcade game gets royally pissed. Kitty goes on a rampage, squirting white clay onto the arcade machine. Yuck! More »
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