So, Hello Kitty Isn't Really a Cat

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In a Los Angeles Times interview, Christine Yano, curator of an upcoming exhibit on Hello Kitty at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, said Sanrio considers its billion-dollar icon to be a human girl. As she put it: “I was corrected — very firmly. That’s one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She’s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it’s called Charmmy Kitty.” Cue the collective—and understandable—”What?!?!?!” on social media. We reached out to Sanrio for comment, and will update this story if we hear back.

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Honestly, I don't even want to live in a world where Hello Kitty isn't even a kitten.