The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends (Traditional Chinese: Hello Kitty 愛漫遊 "The Hello Kitty Show" ) is a 3D CGI-animated series featuring Hello Kitty and other characters from the Japanese company Sanrio. It was produced from 2008 onwards by Sanrio Digital and the Hong Kong-based Dream Cortex, while being distributed by Sanrio Digital. It consists of 52 episodes and deals with themes of happiness, family and friendship.
The series was also distributed on DVD by Delta Leisure Group who has its current branch based in the UK. And in Turkey, was released by Cherry Production with distribution from CJ Entertainment.
This was the first Hello Kitty series to use CGI-Animation, being the only one to do so until the release of Hello KItty Super Style.
Some trailers and preview videos were seen on the now defunct SanrioTown to promote the release of said series.
Around 2018, Sanrio Digital started uploading clips of the episodes to YouTube.
Overview[]
The series focuses on core values established more than 30 years ago by Sanrio such as: happiness, family values, friendship, and learning lessons on various things like how to share, to even the importance on trees along with a lesson taught through a fable about how honesty goes a long way.
- The series offers an entertaining way for children to learn about social interaction and behavior while following the adventures of Hello Kitty and her friends.
- The series has a mix of adventurous and realistic episodes which range from solving mysteries and becoming superheroes, to having a hard test at school.
- Unlike other Hello Kitty shows, the characters actually sound like children and the characters act like their age.
Main characters[]
Hello Kitty[]
Also known by her full name, Kitty White, Hello Kitty is a cheerful, warm-hearted cat. Her bow is retained, but she now has a blue shirt and red dungaree, making her slightly resemble the old Mario design. Baking is Kitty's favorite hobby; she has a crush on Dear Daniel and Melody is her best friend. She and Melody have the favorite color, Red.
English voice by Claudia S. Thompson.
Dear Daniel[]
Dear Daniel is a smart, enterprising, bookish boy the same age as Kitty. His outfit is a blue dungaree with a shirt of a slightly lighter color. He loves learning new things and pursuing his hobby of photographing wildlife. He has a crush on Kitty.
English voice by Maggie Blue O'Hara.
My Melody[]
My Melody is a small young rabbit who loves baking cookies and sharing them with her friends. She is a rabbit who wears a red hood, and she also wears a white flower near the right ear. She is Kitty’s best friend and share their favorite color, Red. My Melody here strangely takes a mouthless style as Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel unlike with most other media.
English voice by Andrea Kwan.
Pochacco[]
Pochacco is a friendly, slightly goofy puppy who loves to play soccer (especially goalkeeper), sleeping and solving mysteries in his spare time. His favorite color is blue.
English voice by Candice Moore.
Badtz-Maru[]
Badtz-Maru is a penguin with an attitude. Always looking for an angle, he is a precocious youngster with dreams of grandeur. His selfish ways get him in hot water from time to time, but his good heart always steers him in the right direction. Sometimes there is rivalry between him and Daniel. His favorite color is black. The ending credits shows Badtz-Maru flying by with his superhero cape, presumably reenacting his superhero identity, XO Man.
English voice by Andrea Kwan.
Keroppi[]
Keroppi is a fun-loving little frog with a talent for inventing things. He likes driving his car and playing with new toys. His favorite color is green.
English voice by Sarah Hauser.
Other characters[]
Mr. White (Anthony)[]
The teacher at the nearby school who teaches them different subjects. Although never exactly specified, his last name silently hints that he is Anthony, the grandfather of Kitty.
English voice by Russell Wait.
Little Twin Stars[]
Little Twin Stars are named Kiki and Lala and live on a puffy cloud in the sky. They possess magical powers with which they teach lessons and come to the rescue of Kitty and her friends. The twins retain their designs from their modern incarnations: Kiki has short blue hair, while Lala has longer pink hair, and the two of them have long-sleeved gowns.
English voice by Julian B. Wilson.
Cinnamoroll[]
Cinnamoroll is a sweet, shy dog who runs a coffee shop on wheels around SanrioTown. His ability to fly using his big floppy ears comes in handy.
English voice by Julian B. Wilson.
Chococat[]
Chococat is a black cat with a red scarf. he doesn't talk but appears sometimes in the show.
Purin[]
Purin is a yellow dog and does not have a speaking role, but he appears sometimes in the show.
Kitty's Mother (Mary White)[]
Kitty's mother is a white adult cat who takes care of Kitty, her only appearance is in episode 6.
English voice by Morwenna Banks.
Egbert[]
Egbert is a small penguin with glasses. He first appears in episode 14 and has major relevance in episodes 32 and 42.
Wookami[]
Wookami is a purple wolf who loves to cause mischief. He acts as the bad guy of the show and clashes with the other characters.
Pandaba[]
Pandaba is a panda bear with a red skirt that has a major relevance in episode 37.
Tippy[]
Tippy is a brown bear with a blue vest, and yellow shirt who also has a major relevance in episode 37.
Episodes[]
See the The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends Episodes category.
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