The six items in the IP4 line are a red or blue bandanna, a red or yellow square pouch, a pencil case and a tissue case. Each of these items will cost 400 yen (~US$2.60) per crank on the gashapon ...

With its beaches, nice weather and movie stars, Los Angeles is easily the envy of the world, but Sanrio fans will be even more jealous when the city welcomes the first-ever Hello Kitty Con, a ...

World Market and Hello Kitty just created the coolest collab around, and our younger selves are in absolute awe, to say the least. This crazy-cute collection includes a wide variety of products ...

Hello Kitty is the most recognizable of Sanrio's marketing sensations. Since 1974, her image has adorned everything from small plastic coin purses and pencils, to toaster ovens and TVs with the ...

Hello Kitty lovers, grab a writing implement from your Hello Kitty pencil case, and mark your calendars. The first large-scale exhibition of objects from the Sanrio archives and original art ...

Did you know that Hello Kitty turns 35 this year? Jeez. To celebrate her birthday, all things Hello Kitty take over Royal/T in Culver City through Nov. 15. The “Three Apples” (referring to ...

Fans of Hello Kitty might be drawn to the simple lines of the cartoon, or the “cute” style of Japanese culture. Leslie Bow takes the conversation much deeper. When Hello Kitty had her 50th birthday in ...

For 40 years, Hello Kitty’s bewhiskered face has been popping up on products worldwide. The phenomenon started with Hello Kitty pencil cases and coin purses, but has grown into something much ...

My pencil set is long gone, but Hello Kitty maintains a presence, quietly accessorizing the tableau of my middle-age life, as innocuously as a cat curled up on a couch.