What's that? 'Not enough 'Hello Kitty' on F. Gaijin, ooooK

[Samurai_Jerk]

Hello Kitty is not a cat

Christine R. Yano is an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii (and currently a visiting professor at Harvard) who has spent years studying the phenomenon that is Hello Kitty. She is also the author of the book "Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific," [...] When Yano was preparing her written texts for the exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum, she says she described Hello Kitty as a cat. "I was corrected — very firmly," she says. "That's one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. 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, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty."

[matsuki]

lemur survey says "It's a cat! Fuck Sanrio!"

[dimwit]

So those things that look like whiskers on the side of her face in fact are:

1 Really, really hairy moles
2 An indication that she might be suffering from hypertrichosis
3 Permanent surgical scars from that operation that moved her ears to the top of her head

[yanpa]

lemur survey says "It's a cat! Fuck Sanrio!"

Yanpa survey says "Fuck Sanrio!".

[yanpa]

Finally the truth is coming out...

Hello Kitty ‘the nightmarish result of an immoral genetic experiment’

HELLO Kitty is a vengeful cat-human hybrid that feeds on livers, it has been confirmed.

Following confusion about whether the character was a cat or a weird-looking schoolkid, creators Sanrio explained Hello Kitty’s back story.

“Hello Kitty was the result of fusing human, cat and rhesus monkey DNA in an illegal Tokyo lab during the unregulated early days of genetic research.

“Kitty’s creators did callous experiments on the physically powerful catlike chimera, so that Hello Kitty became violently psychotic.

“Eventually she picked the lock of her cage door with a sharp talon, killed all the scientists and ate their sweetmeats.

“Now she prowls the shadows by night, picking off unwary travellers while also wearing lots of cute accessories.”

source

[Russell]

Don't tell me Obokata was involved in that as part of her M.Sc. project.

[Taro Toporific]

Hello Kitty is not a cat

Hello Kitty is not a cat, she is a theriantrope!
Details: blog.rinkya.com

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pic.twitter.com/qNnzJA2pmn -- Rinkya (@rinkya) September 1, 2014

[omae mona]

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[Taro Toporific]

Sanrio has started their new men's Kitty line of fashion for those "without being bound by such stereotypes" as grammar.

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HELLO KITTY MEN Project Start!
Sanrio Company | Press Release, 2014 Sept 08, Tokyo
Kitty-chan, because it was something of a girl.
For men and humorous afford to be able to without being bound by such stereotypes, while having a sense of fun, and dress in fashionable Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty for men's, its name is also the birth of the "HELLO KITTY MEN" ...more...

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[matsuki]

Kitty sounds like a slutty lesbian that's bi-curious...

[wagyl]

Kitty sounds like a slutty lesbian that's bi-curious...

Was there ever any doubt?

[matsuki]

Kitty sounds like a slutty lesbian that's bi-curious...

Was there ever any doubt?

That's one pussy I'm stayin' away from

[IparryU]

Kitty sounds like a slutty lesbian that's bi-curious...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Kitty sounds like a slutty lesbian that's bi-curious...

I'm impressed I was able to last 17 seconds.

[omae mona]

Who needs love hotels anymore? The Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku (and also in Tama Center for those of you in the wild west) has created the Hello Kitty Room.

http://www.keioplaza.co.jp/stay/sanrio.html

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[BigInJapan]

Now, for only $249.95, you can own the new Hello Kitty Beats headphones, or just $199.95 will get you into a pair of Beats earbuds. Yay.

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[Taro Toporific]

Hello KinkoKitty?

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[Taro Toporific]

HELLO TOILET(tm)--the Squirting Hello Kitty Toilet Seat from Japan that everybody needs!


via

[Coligny]

I'm le confused, where do you put the sand refill ?

[Taro Toporific]

The fashion brand “Stella McCartney” had an opening party on May 20th for their new Aoyama store, and they managed to scare up the current designer/stepmother of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi to attend.

Details at gettyimages.com (anonymized)

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[matsuki]

[Taro Toporific]

:puke:

I was going to post Hello Kitty" stepmother, Yuko Yamaguchi[, in the "J-Babe Appreciation Thread," but took pity and posted her here.

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Google Image Search: Yuko+Yamaguchi



NHK World, Engrish -- "Creative Woman" series
Designer Yuko Yamaguchi changed the Hello Kitty character into its present form, making it a global icon of "kawaii" culture. She draws on daily market research to maintain its ever-changing fascination. She is now working on a strategy to make Hello Kitty as attractive to boys around the world as it is to girls.

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[matsuki]

Just when I thought I couldn't throw up anymore....

[Coligny]

Just when I thought I couldn't throw up anymore....

And that's not even his private stash...

Wants a vinegar enema just by looking at a picture... Go there...

[Russell]

She is now working on a strategy to make Hello Kitty as attractive to boys around the world as it is to girls.

I guess she has to give Kitty some boobs then...

[Samurai_Jerk]

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[Russell]

Yep, that'll fire up the boys...

[Taro Toporific]

Every HELLO KITTY needs a gimp...

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[Coligny]

I hate It when you forget to put the purchase link...

[Taro Toporific]

GAY HELLO KITTY ESCAPES JAPANESE CONFINEMENT!

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"Free Hello Kitty"---via