J-Death Match: Pooh VS Hello Kitty

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:05 pm

Silky feline showing signs of brand fatigue
22.10.2003, New Zealand Herald
...in her home market, where she is known as Kitty-chan, Hello Kitty is under siege from Walt Disney's lovable bear, Winnie the Pooh. Pooh has a fanatical following among children and hordes of 20- to 30-something Japanese females renowned for their love of anything "kawaii", or cute. Last year Pooh stole Hello Kitty's title as most popular character in Japan.
Market research firm Character Databank estimates Pooh had a 16.2 per cent stake in the 1.6 trillion ($2.4 billion) annual character goods market in Japan as of August, followed by Kitty at 9.8 per cent.

hello_cthulhu

by **Caustic Saint** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:14 pm

Mashimaro! #1 in Korea and working hard to be #1 in Japan.

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:29 pm

Caustic Saint wrote:

Mashimaro! #1 in Korea and working hard to be #1 in Japan.

With an EngRish name like "Mashimaro" (meaning marshmallow?) that Korean rabbit ought to make me a nice hasenfeffer. Hmmmm marshmallow hasenfeffer?

by **den4** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:44 am

Taro Toporific wrote:hello_cthulhu

I still like this one better...

by **Caustic Saint** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:41 pm

Kitty-chan's not going down without a fight!

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J-Death Match: Pooh VS Hello Kitty

J-Death Match: Pooh VS Hello Kitty

marshmallow hasenfeffer?

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