Hello Kitty is getting a running start ahead of the Beijing Olympics, expanding her kingdom of cute with a new panda costume.
Ahead of next year’s Summer Games, Japan’s iconic cat will merge with China’s most popular animal in a new design depicting Hello Kitty in a panda-like black and white outfit.
“The Olympics are coming up. That is what we have in mind,” said Kazuo Tomatsu, a spokesman for Hello Kitty maker Sanrio Co.
The company has yet to unveil the exact products for the Olympic tie-in.
Hello Kitty, which is popular among girls and adult women alike, is also adding a new product line showing different sides of the cat — as a little devil and an angel.
The black devil character features Hello Kitty with tiny horns and a tail, while the white angel sports a pair of wings.
Along with stuffed figures, the devil and angel characters will be used for perfumes, lingerie and accessories, among other products.
June 17th, 2007 at 4:02 am
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June 17th, 2007 at 5:10 am
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June 17th, 2007 at 11:22 am
So cute!!
June 17th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
nice!
June 18th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Wow~!! it’s really v.v.v.v. cute hor~!!
June 19th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
[…] Ying writes in her blog about the new Hello Kitty-like fashion mascot for the Beijing Olympics, a kind of Hello Panda. […]
June 20th, 2007 at 2:20 am
wow, this is cute! hope i can have one…
June 20th, 2007 at 3:15 am
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June 21st, 2007 at 7:42 am
Hello Kitty Chinese Olympic version
Although not seen first here….it’s still significant, more at http://blog.hellokitty.com/yingdong/
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February 12th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Hello Kitty in the Beijing Olympics, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
OMG please please please give more information about this!!!!!!!!
pandahb@yahoo.com if you know ANYTHING about it!!!!!
Heather