Christine R. Yano, an anthropologist at the University of Hawaii recently "discovered" that Hello Kitty is actually a little girl! She is not a cat. Not only is she a little girl, she is a British little girl. LA Times shared the shocking news and it has perplexed Sanrio fans world wide. People don't think it is fair that for 40 years she was considered to be cat, but suddenly is a little girl. Hello Kitty is depicted to be a little girl because, she walks on two legs (instead of four), sits like a human, and even has a pet cat of her own!
Hilary Whiteman, the
article's author, should have probably been focusing on more important matters,
like war or the economy; although, the case about Hello Kitty suddenly becoming
a girl is pretty shocking. I had heard that Hello Kitty had suddenly "come
out of the kitten closet", but I didn’y know people were
this upset. I have always been a Hello Kitty fan but I don't think I
am as passionate about it as most. Hello Kitty has been around since 1974,
so for her species to suddenly change, is a little disappointing. The
audience this article is aimed toward is very girly and not
very conscientious of the actual problematic problems around the world.
However, this is a pretty serious conflict. The situation the article is
talking about shows that things can change so abruptly, even if something
has been around for so long. This goes along to say that everything changes at
some point. If it didn't change, we'd all be bored out of our minds! Hello Kitty has impacted little girls all around the world, and now is impacting them again (this time with a species change).
I never was a huge Hello Kitty fan, but I don't understand how if she was actually a little girl, why was she drawn/ portrayed as a cat? That's like saying Goofy is actually a man to make up for Pluto also being a dog.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shina, I wasn't a huge Hello Kitty fan either but it's weird that they'd use a cat to portray a human girl. Maybe because a cat looked cuter? It's even weirder to suddenly change Hello Kitty into a human girl though, the name doesn't fit anymore.
ReplyDeleteHello Kitty is a cat. Mickey is a mouse. Bugs Bunny is a rabbit. Snoopy is a dog. (At least according to their most recent press release http://tinyurl.com/PeanutsHelloKitty) This whole thing is being taken way to seriously.
ReplyDeletei was never into hello kitty but i agree its weird they would use a cat to portray a little girl
ReplyDeleteAfter all these years why does it matter? if it looks like a cat... acts like a cat ... IT'S A CAT! You don't see people calling Donald Duck or Bugs bunny humans.
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