Hello Kitty,also known by her real name Kitty White,is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu,currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi,and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio. Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as an anthropomorphized white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth. According to her backstory,she lives in a London suburb with her family,and is close to her twin sister Mimmy,who is depicted with a yellow bow.
Royal Space Force:The Wings of Honnêamise is a 1987 Japanese animated science fiction film written and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga,co-produced by Hiroaki Inoue and Hiroyuki Sueyoshi,and planned by Toshio Okada and Shigeru Watanabe. Ryuichi Sakamoto,later to share the Academy Award for the soundtrack to The Last Emperor,served as music director. The film's story takes place on an alternate world where a disengaged young man,Shirotsugh,inspired by an idealistic woman named Riquinni,volunteers to become the first astronaut,a decision that draws them into both public and personal conflict. The film was the debut work of anime studio Gainax,whose later television and movie series Neon Genesis Evangelion would achieve international recognition,and was the first anime produced by toy and game manufacturer Bandai,eventually to become one of Japan's top anime video companies.
Sanrio Company,Ltd. is a Japanese entertainment company. It designs,licenses,and produces products focusing on the kawaii ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery,school supplies,gifts,and accessories which are sold worldwide,including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is Hello Kitty,a cartoon cat and one of the most successful marketing brands in the world. As an overall brand,it is essential to have a mission and vision statement that the brand aims to achieve. Sanrio's mission and vision statements are "everyone getting along together" and "One World,Connecting Smiles". These statements reflect Sanrio's brand of having characters that represent happiness.
Keiko Han is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She sang the theme songs in productions such as Story of the Alps:My Annette and Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki Fushigi na Shima no Furōne. Han is a fortune teller of western horoscopes. She wrote books on the subject. She is employed by talent agency Never Land Arts,and was previously affiliated with Aoni Production &81 Produce.
Kogepan (こげぱん) is a Japanese character from the company San-X,who,like Sanrio creations Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru,can be found in books,anime,toys,stationery,and a number of other formats. The character is a burnt red bean bread bun who lives in a panya,trying to fit in and make friends with the other bread items. The name comes from kogeru,meaning to burn or char,and pan,a gairaigo word taken from Portuguese and meaning bread.
Cinnamoroll is a character series created by Sanrio on 6 March 2001,with character designs from Miyuki Okumura. The main character,Cinnamoroll,is a white puppy with chubby and pink cheeks,long ears,blue eyes,and a tail that resembles a Cinnamon roll. He starred in his own manga series,an anime movie,and various animation shorts.
Aoi Nishimata is a Japanese visual novel character designer and illustrator who works for Navel.
Shima Shima Tora No Shimajirō is a 1993 Japanese children's slice of life anime series primarily aimed at preschoolers and animated by Pierrot Plus based on the Kodomo Challenge Educational Learning Program created by Benesse in 1988. It is created and directed by veteran director Hisayuki Toriumi and character designs by Shigehito Tsuji. The first Shimajiro series aired at TV Setouchi and all other TXN networks in Japan from December 13,1993,to March 31,2008. The second aired from April 7,2008 to March 29,2010. The third aired from April 5,2010 to March 26,2012,and the fourth and current one began airing on April 2,2012.
The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends is a 3D CGI-animated series featuring Hello Kitty and other characters from the Japanese company Sanrio. It was produced from February 2008 onwards by Sanrio Digital and Dream Cortex,and distributed by Sanrio Digital. It consists of 52 episodes and deals with themes of happiness,family and friendship.
Okaasan to Issho is a children's television program airing weekday mornings in Japan on NHK. The show consists of seasonal songs,the Fantane! segment,and animated shorts like Tomodachi Hachi Nin.
Nontan is the protagonist of an eponymous series of children's picture books written by Sachiko Kiyono (キヨノサチコ). Books from the series have been translated into French and Chinese and adapted into an anime series in 1992. As of December 2020,over 33.6 million copies of the Nontan books have been sold.
Apron of Magic is an arcade collectible card cooking game developed and published by Examu. The game was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sanrio and features various characters from the Sanrio Company,including ones from the anime series. The game was released in Japan on July 26,2010 and has been into several revisions during its release. Starting with the revision in 2012,the game is tied to both the Jewelpet and Arcana Heart franchises.
Kemono Friends is a Japanese media franchise created by manga artist Mine Yoshizaki. The first project was a mobile game developed by Nexon,which ran from March 2015 to December 2016. A manga by Furai was serialized in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace from May 2015 to March 2017. A second game of the series was released by Bushiroad in January 2018. An anime television series produced by Yaoyorozu aired from January to March 2017;the anime was co-financed and licensed by Crunchyroll. A second season by Tomason aired from January to April 2019.
Sanrio Boys is a Japanese media franchise created by Sanrio in November 2015. The Sanrio Boys were conceptualized as a social media project to promote merchandise for Sanrio's best-selling characters. Due to its popularity,it grew to have its own merchandise line,a manga series,a series of character drama CDs,a 2016 smartphone game for iOS and Android,and an anime television series by Pierrot aired from January to March 2018.
My Tyrano:Together,Forever is a 2018 Japanese–Korean animated film directed by Kōbun Shizuno. A joint production between South Korea,Japan and China,it is based on the 11th book in Tatsuya Miyanishi's Tyrannosaurus series. It made its world premiere in the Open Cinema section at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival. The scoring of the film is by the prominent Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Hinako is a fictional character appearing in the three OVA anime:
- April 2009:Issho ni Training:Training with Hinako
- February 2010:Issho ni Sleeping:Sleeping with Hinako
- December 2010:Issho ni Training 026:Bathtime with Hinako &Hiyoko.
Hello World,stylized as HELLO WORLD,is a 2019 Japanese animated science fiction romantic drama film directed by Tomohiko Itōfrom an original screenplay written by Mado Nozaki. Produced by Graphinica and distributed by Toho,the film is set in a futuristic Kyoto where a high school student named Naomi Katagaki encounters a person claiming to be himself,who time-traveled from 10 years in the future to save a classmate named Ruri Ichigyō.
Yoshikitty is a Japanese toy and merchandise line created in 2009 as a joint venture between Sanrio and Japanese musician Yoshiki. The character was created by Hello Kitty designer Yuko Yamaguchi. The brand specializes in rock-themed and high fashion goods,and was voted more popular than Hello Kitty in the 2018 Sanrio Character Ranking. Yoshikitty is the first Sanrio character modeled after a real-life person.
The 1987 debut work of anime studio Gainax,Royal Space Force:The Wings of Honnêamise,written and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga,has generated critical response from diverse sources in Japan and internationally,including major newspapers,film journals,newsweeklies,fan polls,film directors,anime industry magazines,film encyclopedias and reference books,television network executives,and science fiction authors. Among anime directors,Hayao Miyazaki,Mamoru Oshii,and Hideaki Anno have remarked upon the film's impact and influence.
