As Hello Kitty celebrates its 50th anniversary, we explore how Sanrio Company’s cute cartoon cat became a cultural phenomenon, one which, since debuting in 1974, has made millions of friends ...

In June, at Sanrio Fes, in Yokohama, Japan, the company announced this year’s Character Ranking that drew a record 63 million ballots, with Pompompurin edging out Cinnamoroll, a ...

If you were a kid in the '90s, there’s a good chance you remember FernGully — and more specifically, the chaotic (and ...

Educational Ideas/Commentary Why Is It So Difficult to Make Cute Cartoon Characters? By Chappell Ellison | 04/24/2013 9:04 am ...

Cat Invites Himself to Neighbor’s House Every Day for Cartoons and Cuddles and It’s Too Cute first appeared on PetHelpful on Jul 26, 2025 This story was originally reported by PetHelpful on ...

Sanrio states that Hello Kitty is a human character who walks on two legs and is never depicted on all fours like a cat. Hello Kitty did not originate from a television show, movie, or comic book.

The characters were then scored based on their “win percentage” (i.e., how often were they selected as cuter in a head-to-head matchup). Here’s the overall Top 20 ranking, per the survey: ...

Did you ever notice that Seol Ah, Soo Ah, and Daebak are almost exact look alikes of three characters from Korea’s favorite kids cartoon “Dooly the Little Dinosaur”? On the October 25 ...