This article's lead sectionmay be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article.(October 2024)
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater is a Japanese-American animated series co-produced by DIC Enterprises and animated by Toei Animation. The series featured Hello Kitty and her friends retelling their own versions of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 half-hour episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons,and they first aired on CBS from September 19 to December 12,1987.
Hello Kitty and Friends (1989–1998)
SANRIO Animation Series,also known as Sanrio World Masterpiece Cinema Series (サンリオ世界名作映画館シリーズ,Sanrio sekai meisaku eigakan shirīzu),is a series of 80 Japanese OVAs produced between 1989 and 1998,[1] and animated by Gropuer Production. 30 of these OVAs (and two Sanrio Anime Festival films) were dubbed in English under the title Hello Kitty and Friends and aired on YTV in Canada. The series featured Hello Kitty and other characters,such as Keroppi,Pochacco,and Pekkle. Episodes were also broadcast on Toon Disney (United States),ZDF and Super RTL (Germany),Boomerang,DeA Kids and Ka-Boom (Italy),Canal de las Estrellas (Mexico),and ABS-CBN (Philippines,under the "Sanrio World of Animation" banner).
Episodes (available outside Japan)
Hello Kitty - Cinderella (22 July 1989)
Keroppi - The Big Adventure (27 September 1989)
Keroppi - Find the Pink Mushroom (1990)
Hello Kitty - The Sleeping Princess (20 July 1991)
Hello Kitty - The Circus Comes to Town (21 July 1992)
Hello Kitty - The Day the Big Clock Stopped (21 July 1992)
Keroppi - Let's Play Baseball (21 July 1992)
Hello Kitty - Mom Loves Me After All (21 August 1992)
Hello Kitty - The Magic Apple (21 September 1992)
Hello Kitty - Santa's Missing Hat (1 November 1992)
Keroppi - The Christmas Eve Gift - Santa and His Reindeer Kuppi (1 November 1992)
Pekkle - The Great Swimming Race (21 March 1993)
Pekkle - Find the Secret Treasure (21 April 1993)
Hello Kitty - The Wonderful Sisters (21 May 1993)
Keroppi - The Adventures of the Coward Prince (21 May 1993)
Hello Kitty - Snow White (21 July 1993)
Hello Kitty - Heidi (21 August 1993)
Keroppi - The Adventures of Gulliver (21 August 1993)
Pekkle - Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (21 September 1993)
Pochacco - Exciting Birthday (21 October 1993)
Pekkle - The Adventures of Sinbad (21 October 1993)
Hello Kitty - Alice in Wonderland (21 November 1993)
Keroppi - The Frog's Secret House (21 November 1993)
Pochacco - The Excitement at the Carrot Patch (21 November 1993)
Hello Kitty - The Dream Thief (21 December 1993)
Keroppi - Robin Hood (21 January 1994)
Hello Kitty - The Prince in his Dream Castle (12 February 1994)
Keroppi - Let's Be Friends (21 February 1994)
Keroppi - Our Treasure (21 March 1994)
Patty and Jimmy - You're a Superstar (21 March 1994)
Kitty's Paradise (Japanese:キティズパラダイス,Hepburn:Kitizu Paradaisu;lit. Kitty's Paradise) is an animated series featuring the adventures of Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy that officially ran from January 5,1999,to March 29,2011. The show was the longest-running weekly children's program in TV Tokyo's history,and aired on Tuesday mornings at 7:30 AM JST throughout its 12-year run. Following the series finale,it was immediately replaced by Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream in its timeslot on April 9,2011.
Animated shorts were released on video with the Kitty's Paradise brand between March 25[2] and October 22,1999.[3]Saban Entertainment adapted these shorts into a TV series in the U.S. titled Hello Kitty's Paradise.[4] This show ran on the Fox Family Channel[5] from March 4[6] to September 16,2000.[7]ADV Films licensed the home video rights to this series[8] and initially released it on VHS and DVD between November 26,2002[9] and March 25,2003.
Together with Hello Kitty (Japanese:ハローキティといっしょ,Hepburn:Harōkiti to Issho) is a series of OVAs by Sanrio featuring Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy as they learn life lessons. The first 16-episode series was released on video between August 21,1994[10] and October 21,1998,[11] while the second 16-episode series was released on video between March 1[12] and March 17,2001.[13]AnimEigo released the second series on DVD in 2012 in North America as Growing Up With Hello Kitty,with an English dub by Coastal Studios.[14] Each disc contains six episodes focusing on issues such as learning how to talk on the phone,cleaning up a messy room and playing nicely. The production has been generally well-reviewed,with viewers pleased by both the quality of the production as well as the educational content.
Segments
Going to The Bathroom (トイレにいけるよ)
Changing Our Clothes (ひとりできがえ)
Eating Nicely (きちんとしょくじ)
I Can Share With Friends (がまんできるよ)
Sleeping By Ourselves (ひとりでおやすみ)
Saying I'm Sorry (ごめんねいえる)
Cleaning Up My Mess (おかたづけできる)
Replying Properly (きちんとおへんじ)
Talking On the Phone (でんわでおはなし)
Let's Play Together (なかよくあそぼう)
It's Fun to Help (たのしいおてつだい)
Eating Our Vegetables (なんでもたべよう)
Undubbed
Traffic Safety (こうつうあんぜん)
Let's Brush (はみがきしようね)
Energetic Greeting (げんきにあいさつ)
I Like Bathing (だいすきおふろ)
Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (2001)
Sanrio Anime World Masterpiece Theater (サンリオアニメ世界名作劇場,Sanrio Anime Sekai Meisaku Gekijō) is a 13-episode anime series produced by Sanrio and animated by Group TAC. Each episode features two stories (a 16-minute and an 8-minute story),totalling 26 stories. The episodes aired on TV from July 20 to December 25,2001[15] and they were released simultaneously on home video from April 3[16] to December 21,2001.[17] It was licensed by ADV Films and released on home video as Hello Kitty's Animation Theater between February 1 and July 12,2005.
Episodes
Hello Kitty in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" / Badtz-Maru in "The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf"
Pochacco in "Jack and the Beanstalk" / Hello Kitty &Mimmy in "The Story of King Midas"
Hello Kitty &Dear Daniel in "Hansel &Gretel" / My Melody in "Little Red Riding Hood"
Hello Kitty in "The Bamboo Princess" / Hangyodon in "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Hello Kitty in "Sleeping Beauty" / Badtz-Maru in "The Ants and the Grasshopper"
Hello Kitty in "The Wild Swans" / Monkichi in "Mercury and the Workmen"
Hello Kitty in "The Nutcracker" / Corocorokuririn in "The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse"
Hello Kitty in "Momotaro" / Pompompurin in "The Tortoise and the Hare"
Hello Kitty in "Cinderella" / Pekkle in "Drakestail"
Keroppi in "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" / Hello Kitty in "The Little Match Girl"
Hello Kitty in "Puss in Boots" / Pekkle in "The Ugly Duckling"
Hello Kitty in "Thumbelina" / Pompompurin in "The North Wind and the Sun"
Hello Kitty &Dear Daniel in "The Snow Queen" / Hello Kitty,Mimmy,&Dear Daniel in "The Three Little Pigs"
Hello Kitty's Stump Village (2005)
Hello Kitty's Stump Village is a South Korean-Japanese clay-animated series co-produced in 2005 by Sanrio,SOVIK Venture Capital,and Studio Tomorrow. It was acquired for North American distribution by Geneon and released on DVD with an English dub by Bang Zoom! Entertainment between October 31,2006,and September 4,2007.[18] In Japan,the series was released on DVD on April 25,2007,by Tohokushinsha Film.[19] It later premiered on Cartoon Network in the country on May 3,2008.[20] In South Korea,the series debuted on Champ on October 1,2007.[21]
Unlike other series,there is no dialogue in this one. Instead,the narrator tells the events of the episodes.
Seesaw Nutcracker
Veggie Sunglasses
Goodie Town
Heart Shaped Fruit
Friends Again
Strange Penguin
Shadow Show
Hoop-a-Doop
Domino Game
Please Come Back
Air Balloon
Little Twin Stars
Kiwi Cars
Magical Bowling
Grape Juice
Mask Party
Don't Be Picky
Candy Tree
Stump Theater
Circus
Puppet Show
Scarecrow
Wheat Field
Windmill
Trick or Treat
Keroppi the Frog
Hello Kitty:Ringo no Mori (2006–2008)
Hello Kitty:Ringo no Mori was an anime series divided into three seasons. The seasons are:Hello Kitty:Ringo no Mori no Fantasy (ハローキティりんごの森のファンタジー),Hello Kitty:Ringo no Mori no Mystery (ハローキティりんごの森のミステリー) and Hello Kitty:Ringo no Mori to Parallel Town (ハローキティりんごの森とパラレルタウン). The anime was an Asahi Production.
While this series was never released in English,it received several dubs in Spanish,Valencian,Italian,French,Portuguese,Chinese,Malay,and Arabic.
The Adventures of Hello Kitty &Friends (2008–2009)
The World of Hello Kitty (Portuguese:O Mundo da Hello Kitty) is a 2D flash animated web series of shorts co-produced by Sanrio and the Brazilian animation studio Plot Kids. It started streaming on the Latin American Hello KittyYouTube channels in 2016 and ended in 2019,lasting 4 seasons with 76 episodes and 19 video clips. The last season was themed to honor the character's 45th birthday. An English-dubbed version began streaming on the Southeast Asian Hello Kitty YouTube channels in April 2020.[22]
This animation has appearances of other Sanrio characters such as Keroppi,Badtz-Maru and Chococat (introduced in the second season),and also My Melody and Little Twin Stars (appearing only in the final season). In 2020,a special season with 6 episodes entitled Hello Kitty &Amigos:Chef Star was released.
Hello Kitty &Friends –Let's Learn Together (2017)
Hello Kitty &Friends –Let's Learn Together (Japanese:キティと一緒に学び、考えていく,Hepburn:Kiti to Issho ni Manabi,Kangaete Iku;lit. Learn and Think with Kitty) is a series of animated educational webshorts by Sanrio that began streaming in Japan on Hikari TV Channel on July 28,2017.[23] A total of 21 seven-minute episodes were produced. The show was later released on DVD in Japan by Nippon Columbia.
On July 25,2018,Sentai Filmworks acquired the rights to release the series in the United States,Canada,the United Kingdom,Australia,and New Zealand.[24] An English dubbed version was then released on DVD in November 2018.[25]
The series is aimed at young kids and toddlers.
Hello Kitty Channel (2018)
In August 2018,Sanrio began streaming a CGI-animated web series on YouTube. It features Hello Kitty talking to the camera about her life in the style of vlogging YouTubers.[26][27]
Gundam vs Hello Kitty (2019)
In January 2019,a limited original net animation series in three episodes entitled Gundam vs Hello Kitty (Japanese:ガンダムvsハローキティ,Hepburn:Gandamu vs harōkiti;lit. Gundam vs Hello Kitty) was launched featuring a crossover between Hello Kitty with the classic 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.[28] The animation was part of a cross-promotion to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gundam and the 45th anniversary of Hello Kitty. The episodes were made available on its own YouTube channel with animation made by Sunrise.
Hello Kitty Fun (2019–2021)
Hello Kitty Fun is another 2D flash animated web series of shorts,also exclusive from Hello Kitty's Latin YouTube channels. The series was created as a replacement for The World of Hello Kitty,however,different from the previous one,this series uses a hand-drawn art style,and it has no dialogue. Besides Hello Kitty,no other character has appeared in this series. The series is a production made between Sanrio and the Brazilian animation studio Split Studio.
On the English channel,the series is presented under the name Sweet Moments with Hello Kitty.
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures (2020–present)
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures is an official,free 2020 animated web series published weekly to the official Hello Kitty and Friends YouTube. The first episode aired on Monday,October 26,at 3 pm PST with an all-star cast of Hello Kitty,Keroppi,Badtz-Maru,My Melody,Pompompurin,and Kuromi. In season 2,Chococat and Cinnamoroll joined the main cast,while in season 4,Pochacco joined the cast.[29]
Hello Kitty:Super Style! (2022–2024)
Hello Kitty:Super Style! is a CGI animated show which began streaming on Amazon Kids+ in December 2022.[30] The series consists of 12 seasons and 52 episodes in total. The series is a French and Italian co-production. The theme song is performed by Carly Rae Jepsen.[30]
↑Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nded.). McFarland & Co. pp.402–403. ISBN978-1476665993.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
