Usuário(a):Fabio Rosa/Hello Kitty

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Hello Kitty plush dolls

A Hello Kitty (ハローキティ | Harō Kiti) é um dos muitos personagens ficcionais produzidos pela companhia japonesa Sanrio, e tem sido o mais popular dentre eles.

O personagem, uma gata branca com traços humanos, é caracterizado por um laço distintivo ou outro adorno em sua orelha esquerda, e a ausência de boca.

Patenteado em 1976, a Hello Kitty é hoje uma marca mundialmente conhecida.

História[editar | editar código-fonte]

A Hello Kitty foi criada originalmente pelo designer da Sanrio Ikuko Shimizu em 1974. Shimizu deixou a companhia aproximadamente um ano depois. O segundo designer, Setsuko Yonekubo, assumiu por cinco anos até 1980, quando essa tarefa foi dada a Yuko Yamaguchi, que ainda está à frente do trabalho. O personagem apareceu originalmente em pequenos artigos para jovens meninas, como bolsinhas para moedas.

A Hello Kitty recebeu um nome inglês porque a cultura britânica era popular entre as garotas japonesas na época da sua criação. O nome Kitty veio de um dos gatos que Alice criava no livro Through the Looking-Glass de Lewis Carroll. Quando o namorado da Kitty "Dear Daniel" foi criado em 1999, os designers tomaram seu nome do filme Melody, de 1971, que estrelava Mark Lester como um personagem chamado Daniel, a traz canções dos Bee Gees.

O universo ficcional da Hello Kitty's inclui uma gama de amigos e familiares. Desde 2004, ela possui até sua própria gata de estimação chamada Charmmy Kitty, e um hamster chamado Sugar. Charmmy assemelha-se à Hello Kitty, mas tem atributos que a tornam mais parecida com um gato. Charmmy Kitty foi dada à Hello Kitty por seu pai, George White, e Sugar lhe foi dado por seu namorado, Dear Daniel.

Visual style and possible origins[editar | editar código-fonte]

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The 3-D magnets issued by Taiwan 7-Eleven convenience store for Hello Kitty's 30th anniversary.

There has been some suggestion that Hello Kitty has its origins in Maneki Neko, and that the name Hello Kitty itself is a translation of Maneki Neko, which means beckoning cat in English. It has also been noted that the character shows a resemblance to the character Miffy, designed in 1955 by Dick Bruna and that the line drawing style is not original.

Hello Kitty's rising prominence[editar | editar código-fonte]

Hello Kitty has been marketed in the United States from the beginning and has held the position of U.S. children's ambassador for UNICEF since 1983. She really came to her own during the late 1990s when several celebrities such as Mariah Carey adopted her as a fashion statement. Now products featuring the character can be found in virtually any American department store. Hello Kitty was once featured in an advertising campaign of the retail chain Target. Many American celebrities have contributed to the character's popularity: Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Cameron Diaz, Heidi Klum, Steven Tyler, Carmen Electra, Mandy Moore, Raven-Symoné, as well as Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton have all been spotted with Hello Kitty goods. Singer Lisa Loeb has admitted to being a fan, and has even dedicated a whole album in homage to Hello Kitty, called Hello Lisa.

Merchandise[editar | editar código-fonte]

Although originally aimed at the pre-adolescent female market, the Hello Kitty logo now adorns almost every product that one can imagine to have its logo on it. Though a large proportion of the merchandise are stationery products, other goods range from foods and clothing to computers and cars, and in Japan, its popularity has penetrated every aspect of Japanese daily life.

The very first product bearing Hello Kitty's image was a small clear vinyl coin purse which sold for 240 yen (today, roughly US$2.27, or €1.77). She is now a phenomenon adorning over 22,000 products and accounting for half of Sanrio's $1 billion yearly revenue.

Electronic games[editar | editar código-fonte]

Happy Party Pals on GBA
Happy Party Pals on GBA

Several electronic games have been produced where Kitty appears as the main character. These are some of them:

Hello Kitty as a character[editar | editar código-fonte]

Several Hello Kitty cartoons/animes targeted towards young children have been produced.

The earliest Hello Kitty cartoon series known was Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre, which aired throughout 1987. This show parodies various famous fairy tales and blockbuster movies from the period.[1]

On USA television, the American-produced Hello Kitty and Friends aired 13 episodes on CBS in 1991. On the show, Kitty is depicted as a little girl who lives with her mother, father, and twin sister Mimmy, who is identical to Kitty but has different colored clothes and wears her bow under the opposite ear.

On Japanese television, Hello Kitty (and pals) have starred in at least one anime series of their own. Hello Kitty's Paradise ran for 16 episodes between 1993 and 1994. This version was released in English in November 2002.

Since 2004 the little cat has been featured on a MasterCard debit card from Legend Credit Inc. The card was released to teach young girls how to shop and use a debit card.

Cultural references[editar | editar código-fonte]

  • A merging of Sanrio characters with the Cthulhu Mythos results in the webcomic Hello Cthulhu [2]
  • On the episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" of the TV series The Simpsons, the family travels to Japan and passes by the Hello Kitty merchandise factory. The yowling noises from within suggests that they were made from real cats.
  • Occasionally the phrase "What the Hello Kitty" is heard as a euphemism for "What the hell".
  • In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, there is a Hello Kitty parody named Sassy Cat. In one episode, the gang visits a Sassy Cat theme park, and Grim asks "Who is this Sassy Cat?" Mandy replies with "A stupid media icon based on some stupid cartoon." Grim then says "Oh, I hate cartoons!" (Ironic because they are a cartoon themselves.)

Official profile of Kitty[editar | editar código-fonte]

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a ceramic figurine of Kitty wearing a traditional Japanese kimono.
  • Name: Kitty White
  • Birthday: November 1, 1974
  • Blood type: A (Negative)
  • Place of birth: Suburban London
  • Height: That of five apples
  • Weight: That of three shiny apples
  • Good at: Baking cookies
  • Favorite food: Apple pie made by Mama (A.K.A. mum or Mary)
  • Favorite word: "Friendship"
  • Collects: Small cute things like sweets, stars, goldfish, etc.
  • Best school subjects: English, music, visual arts, and pie eating
  • Description: A bright and kind-hearted kitten. Very close to her twin sister Mimmy.

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