Production has been started for Season 4 of "The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends"!It may be the last season of this cute animation, and our animators are working really hard on this important and difficult task! So what’s new in this season? You may see a new character in this Season, isn’t it great news? There are totally 13 episodes for Season 4 of "Hello Kitty and Friends", and the first episode is  "PC detective sequel" and the second one is about "Halloween"! Sounds interesting? Visit our blog and stay tuned^^

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Here are some designs for a future episode of "The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends"! The story takes place in the 1950s, à la Film Noir era. The locations represented in these drawings are: A bakery and a private eye’s office.

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Concept art is created after the storyboards are complete. The storyboarder figures out what locations and props are needed in the story, and makes a rough indication of those items in the storyboards. The concept artist takes those roughs and refines them — first by researching the styles requested, then designing, adding details and color along the way!

If you want to find out how these drawings become wonderful 3D, please keep reading our blog and know more about the production process of "Hello Kitty and Friends"!

Every group has a troublemaker – a mischievous, little firecracker that is brimming with pranks and jokes. Hello Kitty’s group is not an exception to the norm. Meet Badtz-Maru.

Badtz-Maru is a very mischievous, little penguin from Gorgeoustown. He can be very vain for he loves styling his hair. He sees himself as a superhero but what’s weird is he loves collecting posters of movie bad guys. He loves making fun of silly things. Badtz can be a bit vain at times because he looooooves styling his hair.

He dreams of one day being the boss of everything.

If you’ve ever wondered why he’s often called XO? In Japanese,”badtz” (batsu) is term for X or wrong answer. “Maru,” on the other hand, means O or right answer. Badtz Maru, then, not only means “Bad Penguin,” but also “Wrong-Correct,” and is usually shortened to XO.

p.s Today (1st April) is the birthday of Badtz-Maru - Happy Birthday and happy April Fools to Badtz-Maru!

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Shhhhh! Be very, very quiet… I’m hiding from Keroppi. In this episode, Hello Kitty and friends are playing hide and seek in their school. It’s amusing to watch them think of different ways to hide from Keroppi, who is the seeker. However, Keroppi cracks down on them one by one and it’s great to watch Keroppi do it! Watch out for Badtz though… he could be somewhere… dark. Mwahahaha! Pochacco, however, found the best place to hide in. Want to know where? Well, you better stay tuned to The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends!

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The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends brings another fun-filled episode, and this time, it’s Pochacco’s turn to be in the spotlight. After hearing a thunderous applause on TV, Pochacco starts to crave for that same kind of attention. He then decides what kind of talent he has that is worth the applause the performer on the TV got. Hmmm… let’s just say that what he picked isn’t exactly praise-worthy. Good thing, Dear Daniel and friends support him! True friends, they are indeed! From this episode, I learned that the truth could sometimes hurt and that telling it outright isn’t exactly the right thing to do. Not to spoil anything, it’s safe to assume that everything worked out quite well so if you want to know how Pochacco becomes a superstar, you better stay glued to the tube!

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Today’s episode of The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends is rather… touching. The gang meets a new friend, albeit a very, very shy one and his name is Cinnamoroll. He has plans of turning an old house into a coffee shop named Café Cinnamon.

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Too bad he has a hard time painting because he’s too shy to ask for help. Hello Kitty and My Melody decide to gather the rest of the gang to help Cinnamoroll and at the same time, make a new friend. Everyone’s excited to help out. Yay! In the meantime, Pochacco checks on Keroppi in his house. To his surprise, Keroppi wants to be a scientist! Hmmm. A friend in need and an aspiring scientist coming together – I smell adventure brewing! Stay tuned!

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It’s another fun-filled day for Hello Kitty and Friends! This time, there’s a sporting event in their school and everyone is encouraged to join. Everyone is excited except for My Melody? She’s afraid of doing badly in the sprint and what’s worse is that she doesn’t believe in herself. Kitty and friends do their best to lift her spirits but she just won’t believe them. Poor, My Melody. Desperate for help, My Melody implores the help of the Little Twin Stars. A magical wristband is created to help My Melody run faster. Will it work? My Melody finds out that the real magic is in her – her confidence. Once again, we learn another valuable lesson! Yay! Stay tuned!

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Mystery and intrigue overwhelm Hello Kitty and her friends in their latest, greatest adventure. In this episode, Keroppi learns a valuable lesson when he breaks the teacher’s vase. He gets scared silly and decides to hide the truth from his teacher. Dear Daniel on the other hand, knows the truth but wants Keroppi to tell the teacher so that he learns about responsibility. Dear Daniel is such a good, good guy, you know? Little did Dear Daniel and Keroppi know, there was another witness to the incident! Who could it be? Will he/she tell the teacher the truth behind the crime? Will Keroppi tell the truth? Will Dear Daniel take the blame? Stay tuned!

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Another episode of Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends and I must say, it has left me thinking for quite a bit. In the cartoon, Kitty and friends are befuddled with the question of what their favorite color is. Of course, each of them go off in different directions; Kitty and My Melody agree that red IS their favorite color. For me, I fancy black, white or silver (my my, how diverse!). However, they all agree that the world should be bathed in their favorite color. Having the whole world covered in black feels a little too bleak for me, in my opinion. In this episode, they find out the importance of color in the world. Anyway, I’m not going to spill it for you so it’s up to you to stay tuned and find out what happens in their latest, greatest adventure.

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Hello everyone, it’s time to update this blog again! In this
episode, Hello Kitty and her friends will tell us what recycling is
all about! As most of you know, we are consuming our natural
resources on a daily basis. However, our natural resources will be
used up one day, and it is our responsibility to ensure that we do
not waste any of it. Not only do we need to learn how to manage our
resources, but also learning how to recycle is crucial. I should
have to let Kitty and her friends explain all this to you when this
is on your TV station!

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