Universal Studios Signs Deal With Sanrio

[lebeau]

Are we seriously debating the popularity of Hello Kitty? It has its own aisle at Target, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart. Yes, it's popular.

 

[RandomPrincess]

What's amazing about Hello Kitty's popularity in the West is that we have no cartoons, movies or commercials to push the products on us.

 

[jloucks]

Hello Kitty? Seems like a bit of a niche item for little girls. ...and I mean little girls. My 14 daughter will have non-of it. Might be cultural tho too, I hear it is big in Asia.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Hello Kitty? Seems like a bit of a niche item for little girls. ...and I mean little girls. My 14 daughter will have non-of it. Might be cultural tho too, I hear it is big in Asia.

I'm twenty-three years old and you can still find me at the Sanrio shop at my local mall. Sanrio is mainly a little girl thing, but it appeals to women, too.

 

[jloucks]

I'm twenty-three years old and you can still find me at the Sanrio shop at my local mall. Sanrio is mainly a little girl thing, but it appeals to women, too.

Isn't it a thing with the LGBT community too? I see Hello Kitty rainbow heads on a lot of vehicles.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Isn't it a thing with the LGBT community too? I see Hello Kitty rainbow heads on a lot of vehicles.

I'm actually not sure. I've never seen that, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sanrio supported the LGBT community.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

What's amazing about Hello Kitty's popularity in the West is that we have no cartoons, movies or commercials to push the products on us.

Years ago there was a cartoon show in that aired in the states that Wiki says was a portion of a Japanese TV series.

I'm sure if the Hub were to create a new Flash-based show it would be a hit.

 

[BrerJon]

This must be the first time that Universal has been accused of pandering to the interests of little girls with parental pester-power. It's usually the other place that has that one sewn up!

 

[CdnDznyLuvr]

Is this what is going into the Lucy - A Tribute building?

Yes.

 

[mahnamahna101]

This must be the first time that Universal has been accused of pandering to the interests of little girls with parental pester-power. It's usually the other place that has that one sewn up!

Adding this and My Little Pony would be a pretty brilliant move by Universal to expand their family demos. Same goes for Nintendo, too.

Really, they should have turned Gardens of Allah into a 25th-anniversary museum, with some of the Lucy exhibits going there. Then, Hello Kitty could take over the Lucy space without anyone getting too upset.

 

[AndyS2992]

What's amazing about Hello Kitty's popularity in the West is that we have no cartoons, movies or commercials to push the products on us.

Then what do you call all of these?

This series can be purchased on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Kitty-T...pebp=1435549811567&perid=1J9HZKGK9SNTEP54QSMP

Hello Kitty also has a comic/graphic novel series:
An example:

And also a ton of video games:

She has lots going on in order to promote her products

 

[TubaGeek]

Adding this and My Little Pony would be a pretty brilliant move by Universal to expand their family demos. Same goes for Nintendo, too.

Really, they should have turned Gardens of Allah into a 25th-anniversary museum, with some of the Lucy exhibits going there. Then, Hello Kitty could take over the Lucy space without anyone getting too upset.

Regardless of Lucy and the museum, Hello Kitty does not belong front-and-center as you enter the park. Stick that stuff in CityWalk or something.

 

[matt78]

Sanrio just announced that they are making a Hello Kitty movie for 2019. It will be interesting to see how well it does.