(August 28, 2014) – Globally-popular children's character “Hello Kitty” turns 40 this year — and with that birthday comes a surprise revelation. Her creators say Hello Kitty is not a cat! That's according to Sanrio — the Japanese
“Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own,
"She's a cartoon character," Christine R. Yano, anthropologist and curator of the Japanese American National Museum's upcoming Hello Kitty retrospective, told me. "She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all
(August 28, 2014) – Globally-popular children's character “Hello Kitty” turns 40 this year — and with that birthday comes a surprise revelation. Her creators say Hello Kitty is not a cat! That's according to Sanrio — the Japanese
Tokyo (AFP) – Hello Kitty is not a cat, the company behind Japan's global icon of cute insisted Thursday, despite an uproar from Internet users who spluttered: “But she's got whiskers!” The moon-faced creation that adorns