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Editorial credit: gary718 / Shutterstock.com Hello Kitty started out in Japan in 1974 as a character on a coin purse from Sanrio Industries Hello Kitty was designed by Yuko Shimisu, and is a "perpetual third grader" who lives outside of London. In 1976, Hello Kitty was introduced to the United States, where she became an immediate hit[...]

It's amazing that Sanrio (the company that created and owns Hello Kitty) could turn out a set of cute cartoon animals who represent the times as completely as Retsuko and her friends do. What's in Store for "Aggretsuko" Season 2? From the looks of the trailer, the second season will be throwing even more things to torture[...]

It's amazing that she was created by Sanrio, the same company that created Hello Kitty (let that one sink in for a few minutes) They seem to have their finger on the pulse in ways many writers and movie studios can only pray for. Netflix …and now our moment of catharsis and commiseration has returned! Netflix' official[...]

Kidrobot has more collector vinyl figures than you could ever hope to collect, and if New York Toy Fair was any indication, they are gonna make you try!

Currently in development and set for an early 2021 premiere, the new series is being produced by France's Monello Productions and Watch Next Media in cooperation with Sanrio. Sanrio The World of Hello Kitty will feature the famous titular character along with her friends from the Sanrio universe as they try to live in harmony in their not-so-quiet[...]

She has a two senior colleagues, a gorilla and a bird who have taken her (not literally) under their wing to give her emotional support and sage advice. But Retsuko has one outlet for all her stress and rage: Death Metal Karaoke. That's right, the only thing keeping her sane is the opportunity to go to a[...]

KidRobot has introduced blind box figures to its popular Sanrio line These are food versions of everyone's favorite Hello Kitty characters, and feature very detailed sculpts Hello Kitty as a box of french fries would be my favorite, but a lot of these are quite adorable If you order a whole case of 24 blind[...]

Spongebob, Astra and Orbit, and Sanrio exclusives will be on hand, in limited quantities They will also have artist Scott Tolleson at their booth doing custom designs on Kidrobot's blank MUNNY DIY figures The opportunity for those is very, very limited Check out the pics and full details for each below! Sanrio 3" Figures: Gudetama, Little[...]

Sheet masks are all the rage in the beauty world right now. When I saw this Hello Kitty Narikiri ("to turn completely into") one at my local Hot Topic, I knew what I must do.

Working with some of Japan's top animation production, Netflix is readying a series based on popular Sanrio character Retsuko; and futuristic crime action drama from Ghost in the Shell producer Production I.G. Here's a look at both upcoming Netflix series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=MvClxgjYJZ4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Introducing… Aggretsuko! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=MvClxgjYJZ4) Aggrestuko (Spring 2018): Based on Sanrio's Japanese popular[...]

Proving to be one of the more interesting cross-promotional ideas in recent years, Sanrio is teaming-up four of it's most popular characters with "The King of Monsters" Godzilla to commemorate Godzilla: Monster Planet, Polygon Pictures' upcoming three-film franchise project inspired by Toho's long-running Godzilla franchise that found a home at streaming giant Netflix. The Sanrio/Godzilla collaboration[...]

Sanrio should really state that on their signs as to not mislead people, which is kind of shitty of them — let's be honest. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ The food was actually good, though[...]

Sanrio has announced plans to make a feature film based on the iconic Japanese brand Hello Kitty The film, slated for 2019, is expected to have a budget between $160 million to $240 million and will got through the companies recently established U.S subsidiary. Sanrio Media & Pictures Entertainment was established last month to exploit the[...]