Hello Kitty is undoubtedly one of the most popular and loved children's characters in the world, especially by girls, who consume the most of its products ... It has been created by the Japanese company SANRIO Co., a company that is dedicated to producing various products with the image of the characters he creates, such is the case of Hello Kitty, and he captures them in different proposals such as school supplies, clothing, stickers, stuffed animals, accessories of all kinds, among others.
Born in the seventies and became a worldwide success
It was created in the seventies by the Japanese designer Yuko Shimizu, then Yuko Yamaguchi takes over, who designs all kinds of products linked to the character to this day. Immediately after it was launched it became a worldwide bestseller.
In the nineties, and when a drop in popularity was noticed, the company relaunched the Hello Kitty product with proposals such as bags and accessories for adults in order to attract Kitty's initial audience. Also in this decade a cartoon series is created that has, of course, Hello Kitty as the exclusive protagonist.
Physically, Kitty has the face of a cat, round, with two very tall ears, whiskers that grow on the sides of her face and in one of her ears she has a distinctive bow, which marks that it belongs to the female gender, and depending The product can be of various colors and designs.
Controversy due to the fact that its creators claim that it is a girl and not a cat
Now, we must say that regarding the appearance of Kitty, recently, a tremendous controversy has been generated since for most of Kitty's followers, who grew up with her, Kitty is a cat, however, a few months ago her Creator commented that Kitty is actually a girl who lives in London with her mother, father and a twin sister, but by no means is she a cat as everyone believed for decades. They even commented that Kitty has never been shown her on all fours as if she were a cat and her very human inclinations such as cooking, making origami and eating apple pie stand out.
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