Sanrio, the Japanese entertainment company that created Hello Kitty in 1974, said the iconic character is 'not a cat,' but rather a 'little girl.' U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money ...

Hello Kitty Not a Cat: 9 Bizarre Places You Can Find This Phony Feline. While the revelation shocked many, it is not the first time Sanrio has clarified Hello Kitty’s true character.

The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all.

But it was 99.99% Keroppi, Bad Badtz-Maru, and, of course, the grand dame of Sanrio, Hello Kitty herself. ... Sanrio is SAYING Hello Kitty is not a cat but rather a little girl ...

The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all.

"Hello Kitty is not a cat," Christine R. Yano, an anthropologist and the author of Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific, told the L.A. Times on Wednesday, Aug. 27. "She's a ...

“The design takes the motif of a cat, but there is no element of a cat in Hello Kitty’s setting.” Agog at the news Her real name is Kitty White, he explained, and she was born in southern ...

Hello Kitty is not a cat – at least that’s what Sanrio expects people to believe. Despite the fact that the cartoon cat has whiskers and pointy cat ears, Hello Kitty is allegedly a walk… ...

In honor of Hello Kitty's 50th birthday, here are fun facts about the beloved Sanrio character who, turns out, is not a cat.

Hello Kitty -- despite having a name that's 50 percent devoted to the term that refers to a young cat -- is no feline. She is, rather, a little girl, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The world lost its mind when it thought Hello Kitty was human. — -- News broke on Wednesday that Hello Kitty is not, in fact a cat, but a little girl, according to the Los Angeles Times. "She ...

I never understood the fascination with the "Hello Kitty" products put out by Sanrio Co., from Japan. Sure, the cat is kind of cute if you're about six years old, but I'm not so sure that it's ...