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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.
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[editar] História
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.
[editar] Visual style and possible origins
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.
[editar] Hello Kitty's rising prominence
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.
[editar] Merchandise
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.
[editar] Electronic games
Several electronic games have been produced where Kitty appears as the main character. These are some of them:
- Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, THQ / Webfoot Technologies)
- Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue (Microsoft XBOX, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC)
- Hello Kitty World (Famicom)
- Hello Kitty no Ohanabatake, a Hello Kitty's Flower Shop (Famicom)
- Hello Kitty Cube Frenzy (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Hello Kitty Sweet Adventure (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Hello Kitty Beads Factory (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Hello Kitty Soccer Cup
[editar] Hello Kitty as a character
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.
[editar] Cultural references
- 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.)
[editar] Official profile of Kitty
- 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.
[editar] See also
- Hello Kitty Hello Everything! - 25 Years of Fun!, Marie Y. Moss, ISBN 0810934442
- Hello Kitty - The remarkable story of Sanrio and the billion dollar feline phenomenon, Ken Belson & Brian Bremner, ISBN 0470820942
- Sega Dreamcast Hello Kitty
- Keroppi
- Hello Kitty murder
[editar] External links and references
- The Official Hello Kitty Website
- The Official Hello Kitty Community Website
- Kittyrealm Message Board - a community for the over 18 Sanrio & Hello Kitty collector
- Hello Kitty Has No Mouth, a well-known humor website
- Official profile - in Japanese
- Hello Kitty Fan - Collection of Hello Kitty pics, wallpapers, and a great Fan Forum
- Hello Kitty's Tea Party - A popular interactive Hello Kitty game
- Graphs of the presence of hello kitty on the internet since November, 2004
- My Hello Kitty Collection-a large collection of Hello Kitty items
- Hello Kitty Happy Party Pals - official game site
- Hello Kitty Online Store-a large collection of Hello Kitty product online, offers free shipping - opening soon.
- Hello Kitty Pop Tarts
