I’m 45 and I’ve loved Hello Kitty since I was a very little girl. I actually bought some pjs with her on them a few weeks ago. Happy 50th Anniversary Hello Kitty!🩷😻🎉
I was obsessed with hello kitty as a kid. Stuffed animals, the theatre tv show, Wii games, keychains, pencil cases, backpacks…thank you for a great childhood Hello Kitty!
According to a post on USA Today, the original designer is Yuko Shimizu, and she said her design for the character was "a white cat with a red bow in its hair"...
She is a cat, just in the same way as Mickey Mouse is a talking human-like mouse but not like how Pluto is a normal pet dog. (I hope that makes sense!) People just misunderstood what Sanrio said years ago and keep spreading that she's not a cat lol.
@@juriettoo yes, but the problem here is that the reporter is talking to the company's representative. In her words; "so Hello Kitty is NOT a cat, she is actually a little girl"
They totally glazed over the fact that Hello Kitty was invented by Japanese schoolgirls who played around with their writing and made a character that looked like her face. It took off among kids and a few years later a dad saw it and took the design.
My dad introduced me to Hello Kitty one Christmas when I was around 6. Favorite Christmas memory. He just turned 50 this year too coincidentally . I got a tattoo that displays Hello Kitty as a plushie in Sailor Moon clothes this year too. She keeps my inner child alive and I love that for me.
Hello Kitty was my First Best Friend when I was a little girl. I never stopped loving her. And today I still love her very much! Without her, I wouldn’t understand how love, kindness, and friendship is all about!🥰🤍🩷❤️
I've been a Hello Kitty fan since elementary school. But, boys in the 80s weren't supposed to like her, so I couldn't tell anyone that I was a fan. When I reached adulthood, I started to open up by saying I liked Dear Daniel. It wasn't until a few years ago that I finally 'came out' as a Hello Kitty fan. She's part of the reason I like Japanese culture.
I loved Hello kitty as a little kid…..then years later….living in Japan - I got my own hello kitty- a stray that I rescued- Annie. All white- pink ears and green eyes….and May I say quite famous in her own way- from Japan to the beaches to the mountains in the USA….annie was a great ambassador. For 15 years….i was a very lucky and happy girl. Thank you, Hello Kitty! Thank you Annie!
Warm Kitty hugs everyone! 🤗✨ wow 😻 Learned so much about Hello Kitty in this video. So surprising to learn that she doesn't actually live in Japan 😱 She's been such an inspiration in my life forever 🎂 Can't wait to celebrate her upcoming birthday! ✨
Hello Kitty, or Sanrio? Because it’s not really fair to compare one character to an entire franchise. Hello Kitty vs Pikachu, and I bet Hello Kitty wins, but she was around several decades longer. Sanrio vs Pokémon, and it would be a closer match, but Sanrio probably still wins simply because of all the characters, and continued release of characters. Pokémon realized this when they limited themselves to 150 (151) Pokémon, and started having to unlock “regions” just so they could sell more merch. Oh, also… …Mickey Mouse? Hello Kitty and Pikachu aren’t nearly as popular. He has generations who grew up and died loving him before any of us were ever born.
I have a hello kitty smart car also. That’s so awesome, I take mine to car shows and give out change purses, stickers all kinds of hello kitty stuff. The kids absolutely love it.
Really?!?! In Australia they sold smart cars (most well known for being driven by Kelly knight on Kath and kim), but idk if they sold the hello kitty smart car here. Although I have seen that there is a musical coming, probably a English translation of the one that has been playing in Japan for years
❤ My 6th birthday celebration was Hello Kitty themed, from my piñata, cake toppers, party favors, my crown, etc. Even my first grade teacher attended my party and her teacher aide also joined in the celebrations. I have two Hello Kitty Barbies and a couple of Hello Kitties from Build-a-Bear, a Hawaiian Hello Kitty, as well as several other Hello Kitty items. I'm in my forties, to me it is a connection to my childhood a different time when life was simpler and my Dad and my Grandparents were still alive. Hello Kitty transcends cultures and time.
There used to be a Hello Kitty Store in Times Square area. Its no longer there because the rent was too high 😢 and so was Hello Kitty merchandise! It would be great to see the store again!
My first backpack for kindergarten was a Hello Kitty backpack. My dad bought it for me. Since I'm a cat lover I instantly feel in love with Hello Kitty. I'm a 43 Hello Kitty fan and so is my 18 year old son.
I love hello kitty! I saw in an interview w Sanrio founder that experiencing war as a teen he wanted to create a way to spread love and peace by giving small gifts to bring smiles to ppl ❤
Make a pilgrimage to Universal Studios Japan. She has her own ride, several stores, meet and greet, and sometimes she can be spotted on stage or a parade float. The trip alone is work seeing Kuromi on drums and My Melody on the synthesizer.
I’m 14 now and when I was 5 I had this friend her name was Addy and her and I both loved hello kitty and we would carry our little hello kitty book bags and lunch boxes and water bottles and till this day I love hello kitty
I’m really glad that the brand has endured! I briefly worked at a Sanrio Store in the late ‘90s. It was in a mall, and though not as bad as they are today, brick & mortar sales were beginning to decline, so it didn’t last. I digress. We had to learn the backstories of all the characters. It was so fun! My favorite was/is Kerokerokeroppi, who is according to the brand’s lore, *NOT* a frog. 🐸 ♥️
Hello kitty just a girl frim london its not all true "Following reports that interpreted this to mean she was human, a Sanrio PR representative said that the organization had "never said she was a human", explaining anthropomorphization by comparing the character to Mickey Mouse: "No one would mistake the Disney character for a human-but at the same time he's not quite a mouse. Just like Hello Kitty isn't a human, she's not quite a cat either."[48] Sanrio stated further, "Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat."
You aren't being gaslit; Hello Kitty was always meant to REPRESENT a little girl. Think of her as, (for lack of a better word) a fursona. Think about it. Her schoolmates are other animals, possibly representing a diverse group of school friends, and she also has a pet cat of her own (Charmmy Kitty). She's even dressed as a cat in costume in some pieces of art and merch in the past. I swear some of yall have forgotten to use your imaginations as you became adults. 😂
@@ItAllLedUpToThis That's what I'm saying like it is litterly in the name Hello "Kitty". If it looks like a cat, walks like a cat and talks like a cat.... it's a cat to me...
But that never sense at all because looking at the details of Hello Kitty make me convinced that Hello Kitty is a cat🐱so I don't know were the director get this stupid idea that Hello Kitty is not a cat🐱 in the first place.
I'm blown at the, "She's not a cat. She's a little girl." Huh!? The cat with whiskers, paws, cat ears, tail, and cat button nose? Please 😩 What's wrong with Hello Kitty being a kitty? Lol. Wow.
I’m 45 and I’ve loved Hello Kitty since I was a very little girl. I actually bought some pjs with her on them a few weeks ago.
Happy 50th Anniversary Hello Kitty!🩷😻🎉
😊
They sound so cute!
37 here. I like her friend/sister too ❤❤
I was obsessed with hello kitty as a kid. Stuffed animals, the theatre tv show, Wii games, keychains, pencil cases, backpacks…thank you for a great childhood Hello Kitty!
I just love Hello Kitty. She was part of my childhood. She's adorable.
Why didn’t they mention the woman who designed Hello Kitty 😭
She’s still alive?
According to a post on USA Today, the original designer is Yuko Shimizu, and she said her design for the character was "a white cat with a red bow in its hair"...
@@n0chill263she also stated that she's not a cat because she walks on her hind legs, so the creator is just dumb
I was nine when Hello Kitty came out! Couldn’t get enough and still can’t.
So you’re 59 years old?
@@benjaminlibertarianscorpiogood job, you know your math!
@@benjaminlibertarianscorpio yes!! But still love her!
So, a little girl with whiskers??
How is she not a cat?! Someone help! 😂
We are being gas lit!! 😅
Yeah I'm so confused
She is a cat, just in the same way as Mickey Mouse is a talking human-like mouse but not like how Pluto is a normal pet dog. (I hope that makes sense!) People just misunderstood what Sanrio said years ago and keep spreading that she's not a cat lol.
@@juriettoo yes, but the problem here is that the reporter is talking to the company's representative. In her words; "so Hello Kitty is NOT a cat, she is actually a little girl"
@@molimaeyhising cat like person 🤔
@@magicalcapi9148Maybe something is, "lost in the translation"...
Man I want this Franchise to never end I want people for generations to come to see this wonderful icon
Hello Kitty IS a cat. She looks like a cat. And it said so in her name. Happy 50th anniversary!!! My sister was a fan of her.
Exactly tara strong who voiced hello kitty in 1987 even confirmed it
They totally glazed over the fact that Hello Kitty was invented by Japanese schoolgirls who played around with their writing and made a character that looked like her face. It took off among kids and a few years later a dad saw it and took the design.
The dad took the design... but if you search it up on google, hello kitty was designed by a... woman? Her name is.. Yuko Shimizu?
I don't care what they say that thing is a cat😂
Yep. That’s what I say too.
Exactly. How is she a little girl when looks like a cat?? I mean she has whiskers.
@@katcraig7525 and cat ears!
My dad introduced me to Hello Kitty one Christmas when I was around 6. Favorite Christmas memory. He just turned 50 this year too coincidentally . I got a tattoo that displays Hello Kitty as a plushie in Sailor Moon clothes this year too. She keeps my inner child alive and I love that for me.
Hello Kitty was my First Best Friend when I was a little girl. I never stopped loving her. And today I still love her very much! Without her, I wouldn’t understand how love, kindness, and friendship is all about!🥰🤍🩷❤️
I've been a Hello Kitty fan since elementary school. But, boys in the 80s weren't supposed to like her, so I couldn't tell anyone that I was a fan. When I reached adulthood, I started to open up by saying I liked Dear Daniel. It wasn't until a few years ago that I finally 'came out' as a Hello Kitty fan. She's part of the reason I like Japanese culture.
I ❤ Hello Kitty! Happy Anniversary
I can’t believe Hello Kitty is 50 years old! I forgot how adorable Hello Kitty is!
and her boyfriend is 23, look it up! Hello Cougar!
@@ericryptOH…that’s interesting 🤔😭😰
I loved Hello kitty as a little kid…..then years later….living in Japan - I got my own hello kitty- a stray that I rescued- Annie. All white- pink ears and green eyes….and May I say quite famous in her own way- from Japan to the beaches to the mountains in the USA….annie was a great ambassador. For 15 years….i was a very lucky and happy girl. Thank you, Hello Kitty! Thank you Annie!
How is she not a cat 😅
Love hello kitty
One question: If she's not a "cat" WHY is she called "K I T T Y" and why dose she look like a 😺?🤔🧐🤯
I know! Exactly! She is a kitty CAT!
I think that she was born a cat, but identifies as a little girl, and prefers "her" over "it" pronouns.
OK, In the early 80's as a young girl. I had Hello Kitty school supplies, coin purse, etc.
Maybe she dresses up like a cat and her actual name is Kitty, who knows...
😂😂😂@@JadenYukifan28
Hello kitty is so adorable 😍
Warm Kitty hugs everyone! 🤗✨ wow 😻 Learned so much about Hello Kitty in this video. So surprising to learn that she doesn't actually live in Japan 😱 She's been such an inspiration in my life forever 🎂 Can't wait to celebrate her upcoming birthday! ✨
Sitting watching this in my hello kitty pjs! Loved her ever since I was a kid ❤🎀
Can’t believe this is the second highest grossing media franchise on the planet after Pokémon.
Not true.
Hello Kitty, or Sanrio? Because it’s not really fair to compare one character to an entire franchise. Hello Kitty vs Pikachu, and I bet Hello Kitty wins, but she was around several decades longer. Sanrio vs Pokémon, and it would be a closer match, but Sanrio probably still wins simply because of all the characters, and continued release of characters. Pokémon realized this when they limited themselves to 150 (151) Pokémon, and started having to unlock “regions” just so they could sell more merch.
Oh, also… …Mickey Mouse? Hello Kitty and Pikachu aren’t nearly as popular. He has generations who grew up and died loving him before any of us were ever born.
Pokémon makes more money cause that appeals to everyone. Hello Kitty is for little girls.
I have a hello kitty smart car also. That’s so awesome, I take mine to car shows and give out change purses, stickers all kinds of hello kitty stuff. The kids absolutely love it.
Really?!?! In Australia they sold smart cars (most well known for being driven by Kelly knight on Kath and kim), but idk if they sold the hello kitty smart car here. Although I have seen that there is a musical coming, probably a English translation of the one that has been playing in Japan for years
❤ My 6th birthday celebration was Hello Kitty themed, from my piñata, cake toppers, party favors, my crown, etc. Even my first grade teacher attended my party and her teacher aide also joined in the celebrations. I have two Hello Kitty Barbies and a couple of Hello Kitties from Build-a-Bear, a Hawaiian Hello Kitty, as well as several other Hello Kitty items. I'm in my forties, to me it is a connection to my childhood a different time when life was simpler and my Dad and my Grandparents were still alive.
Hello Kitty transcends cultures and time.
SHE'S A CAT. I'M NOT REALLY EVEN A FAN, BUT SHE'S A CAT!
So she’s a cat and identifys as a human 😅
I was 5 when I first saw Hello Kitty and it wasn’t popular at all until my twenties. I’m 40 and I still love her!!!
Same here
Happy 50th Anniversary Hello Kitty
There used to be a Hello Kitty Store in Times Square area. Its no longer there because the rent was too high 😢 and so was Hello Kitty merchandise! It would be great to see the store again!
Happy Anniversary Hello Kitty 👏💐
I luvvv hello kitty😫
My first backpack for kindergarten was a Hello Kitty backpack. My dad bought it for me. Since I'm a cat lover I instantly feel in love with Hello Kitty. I'm a 43 Hello Kitty fan and so is my 18 year old son.
"Hello Kitty" rocks!
Puerto ricans Love hello kitty too
I’m so happy rn 😊
Hello.... Kitty? What part don't she understand its a cat. A little girl... is that what she identifies as?
I think she’s both a cat and a little girl she just doesn’t act like a cat despite being one herself
Not a cat but just has whiskers 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️✌️🙏
@@user-pu1ul1hj5kand a tail, and cat ears, and is the size of a cat…. lol
I love hello kitty! I saw in an interview w Sanrio founder that experiencing war as a teen he wanted to create a way to spread love and peace by giving small gifts to bring smiles to ppl ❤
Hello Kitty is adorable
I met Hello Kitty at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida.
Make a pilgrimage to Universal Studios Japan. She has her own ride, several stores, meet and greet, and sometimes she can be spotted on stage or a parade float. The trip alone is work seeing Kuromi on drums and My Melody on the synthesizer.
My wife and I were on that 0:35 EVA AIR flight, from Taiwan to Guam, for our Honeymoon in 2012.
She is a kitty lol
Happy Anniversary, Hello Kitty!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷...... 🎉🎉🎉🎉....
I love hello kitty! I have a room just for her!
Hello Kitty, pretty
I'm forever a HELLO KITTY FAN!!
Its a fkn CAT
I LOVEEEEE HELLO KITTY! She makes me so happy!
Lord my mom obsessed and she older than me and she will always be convinced that Hello Kitty is a cat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️✌️🙏
Hello kitty 🐱😻
Can hello kitty have her own movie soon?
Wish they make and do more stuff with Dear Daniel.
Happy 50th anniversary to my favorite cartoon character of all time Hello Kitty!
I’m 14 now and when I was 5 I had this friend her name was Addy and her and I both loved hello kitty and we would carry our little hello kitty book bags and lunch boxes and water bottles and till this day I love hello kitty
Hello kitty i'm waiting right for you 🥰😍💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤💙🎵🎶
You’re telling me she’s a 48 year-old fourth grader, who clapping cheeks with a cat no Jimmy! - Bowen Yang, SNL 2022
I ❤️ Hello Kitty! 🐱🎀
So if shes a little girl, how come her head is cat shaped?
I NEED TO BUY SOME HELLO KITTY MERCHANDISE!!!!
I love Keroppi by Sanrio. 🐸💚
I love Hello Kitty. She is amazing and awesome.
As an 90s teen girl I love her and still do now at 30 yr old women!!!
Hello Kitty is good and my childhood omg
I’m really glad that the brand has endured! I briefly worked at a Sanrio Store in the late ‘90s. It was in a mall, and though not as bad as they are today, brick & mortar sales were beginning to decline, so it didn’t last. I digress. We had to learn the backstories of all the characters. It was so fun! My favorite was/is Kerokerokeroppi, who is according to the brand’s lore, *NOT* a frog. 🐸 ♥️
Awesome, happy anniversary 🎉!
Either way this is adorable
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!
I'm blown away at the fact that Hello Kitty has been out for this long. 😮
Love this 💕🐈
Hello kitty just a girl frim london its not all true "Following reports that interpreted this to mean she was human, a Sanrio PR representative said that the organization had "never said she was a human", explaining anthropomorphization by comparing the character to Mickey Mouse: "No one would mistake the Disney character for a human-but at the same time he's not quite a mouse. Just like Hello Kitty isn't a human, she's not quite a cat either."[48] Sanrio stated further, "Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat."
0:52 There’s a Hello Kitty x Barbie collab?! 😳
Hellokitty,❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hello Kitty looks amazing for someone about to turn 50! She doesn’t look a day over 15!🤣😂😅😅😂🤣
We needs a hello kitty movie
Get us that movie adaptation out asap! It’s been in the works for too long. It can’t be that hard!
Icon 😸
Googled it says it’s a cat
Why don’t they have a Hello Kitty shop in London then because that’s where she’s from! 😊
You aren't being gaslit; Hello Kitty was always meant to REPRESENT a little girl. Think of her as, (for lack of a better word) a fursona. Think about it. Her schoolmates are other animals, possibly representing a diverse group of school friends, and she also has a pet cat of her own (Charmmy Kitty). She's even dressed as a cat in costume in some pieces of art and merch in the past. I swear some of yall have forgotten to use your imaginations as you became adults. 😂
I met Hello Kitty in Universal Osaka and I can confirm, she is, in fact, a girl (in a Hello Kitty life size custom)
why with whiskers if she's not a cat?
🎉 im a dude, i was never into Hello Kitty growing up but i definitly saw stickers and other merchandise in the background of my childhood 😂😂😂
Wow, the interviewer is so lucky!
Everyone are like take my money
ok but if she's a little girl why is she a cat?
i like how they never say anything but their faces reveal that they're just as confused as i am
@@ItAllLedUpToThis That's what I'm saying like it is litterly in the name Hello "Kitty". If it looks like a cat, walks like a cat and talks like a cat.... it's a cat to me...
Twisted human logic at it's finest.
Oh my god Karen you can’t just ask people why they’re a cat. 🤭
@@mikedelta987Hello Kitty doesn’t walk and talk like a cat though. 😅
Did….did she just say she’s NOT a cat, then proceed to say she’s 5 apples tall, which is the size of a cat? 😂😂😂
I thought she was 5 apples tall 🤔
Ohh shush...Hello Kitty is a kitty cat!! I don't care what you say!
I still think she's a cat 😹 I love Hello Kitty 🩷🤍🩷🤍🩷🤍🩷🤍
❤
and who is this lady to tell me hellokitty is not a kitty? !! 😠
But that never sense at all because looking at the details of Hello Kitty make me convinced that Hello Kitty is a cat🐱so I don't know were the director get this stupid idea that Hello Kitty is not a cat🐱 in the first place.
My age 😂😂😂
I'm blown at the, "She's not a cat. She's a little girl." Huh!? The cat with whiskers, paws, cat ears, tail, and cat button nose? Please 😩 What's wrong with Hello Kitty being a kitty? Lol. Wow.
She’s a cat, the girl thing was a joke…
My Melody is my fave! I'm wondering why they didn't address the fact that she doesn't have a mouth.
I feel like I'm losing my mind
It comes from Eurasian fusion which is very kawaii and ancient. Hello kitty has ancestors predating the pyramids as we went into Africa.
I got some Sanrio Squishmallows HugMees and Squishmallows Hello Kitty HugMees from Target. 😍
Yes she’s not a cat. That’s what the creators said. 🤷🏻♀️