| Hello Kitty | |
| Ja Kanji: | ハローキティ |
| Ja Romaji: | Harō Kiti |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Type: | OVA |
| Hello Kitty and Friends | |
| Director: | Yasuo Ishikawa Masami Hata Fumio Kurokawa |
| Producer: | Takaharu Yoshikawa |
| Music: | Senji Nanba |
| Studio: | Grouper Production |
| First: | 1989 |
| Last: | 1998 |
| Episodes: | 80 |
| Type: | OVA |
| Hello Kitty's Paradise | |
| Director: | Hideaki Oba |
| Producer: | Yuki Saito |
| Music: | Eri Takeda |
| Studio: | Sanrio Imagica Multi-Access Company |
| First: | March 25, 1999 |
| Last: | October 22, 1999 |
| Runtime: | 8 minutes (each) |
| Episodes: | 32 |
| Type: | OVA |
| Growing Up With Hello Kitty | |
| Director: | Hiroshi Iwata |
| Producer: | Yasuhito Ito Yuki Saito |
| Music: | Eri Takeda |
| Studio: | Sanrio |
| First: | March 1, 2001 |
| Last: | March 17, 2001 |
| Runtime: | 8 minutes (each) |
| Episodes: | 16 |
| Type: | OVA |
| Hello Kitty's Animation Theater | |
| Director: | Yoshio Kuroda |
| Music: | Eri Takeda |
| Studio: | Sanrio Group TAC |
| First: | July 20, 2001 |
| Last: | December 21, 2001 |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes (each) |
| Episodes: | 13 |
| Type: | OVA |
| Hello Kitty's Stump Village | |
| Director: | Han-Jung-Suk Soo-Hyun Kim |
| Producer: | Chris Eum Luke Han |
| Studio: | Studio Tomorrow SOVIK Venture Capital |
| First: | May 5, 2005 |
| Last: | October 27, 2005 |
| Episodes: | 26 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori no Fantasy | |
| Studio: | Sanrio Asahi Production |
| Network: | TV Tokyo |
| First: | April 4, 2006 |
| Last: | September 19, 2006 |
| Episodes: | 13 |
There are several different Hello Kitty animated series, featuring the character Hello Kitty, from the Japanese company Sanrio.
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater is a Japanese-American animated series co-produced by DIC Enterprises and animated by Toei Animation. The series involved Hello Kitty and her friends doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 half-hour episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons, and they first aired on CBS from September 19 to December 12, 1987.
is an animated series featuring the adventures of Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy that officially ran from January 5, 1999 to March 29, 2011. The show was the longest running weekly children's program in TV Tokyo's history, and aired on Tuesday mornings at 7:30 AM JST throughout its 12-year run. Following the series finale, it was immediately replaced by Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream in its timeslot on April 9, 2011.
Animated shorts were released on video with the Kitty's Paradise brand between March 25[2] and October 22, 1999.[3] Saban Entertainment adapted these shorts into a TV series in the U.S. titled Hello Kitty's Paradise.[4] This show ran on the Fox Family Channel[5] from March 4[6] to September 16, 2000.[7] ADV Films licensed the home video rights to this series[8] and initially released it on VHS and DVD between November 26, 2002[9] and March 25, 2003.
Episodes from Pretty Kitty
Episodes from Fun With Friends
Episodes from Share And Care
Episodes from Learn With love
is a series of OVAs by Sanrio featuring Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy as they learn life lessons. The first 16-episode series was released on video between August 21, 1994[10] and October 21, 1998,[11] while the second 16-episode series was released on video between March 1[12] and March 17, 2001.[13] AnimEigo released the second series on DVD in 2012 in North America as Growing Up With Hello Kitty, with an English dub by Coastal Studios.[14] Each disc contains six episodes focusing on issues such as learning how to talk on the phone, cleaning up a messy room and playing nicely. The production has been generally well-reviewed, with viewers pleased by both the quality of the production as well as the educational content.
is a 13-episode anime series produced by Sanrio and animated by Group TAC. Each episode features two stories (a 16-minute and a 8-minute story), totalling 26 stories. The episodes aired on TV from April 3 to December 25, 2001[15] and they were released simultaneously on home video from July 20[16] to December 21 2001.[17] It was licensed by ADV Films and released on home video as Hello Kitty's Animation Theater between February 1 and July 12, 2005.
Hello Kitty's Stump Village is a South Korean-Japanese clay-animated series co-produced in 2005 by Sanrio, SOVIK Venture Capital and Studio Tomorrow. It was acquired for North American distribution by Geneon and released on DVD with an English dub by Bang Zoom! Entertainment between October 31, 2006, and September 4, 2007.[18] In Japan, the series was released on DVD on April 25, 2007 by Tohokushinsha Film.[19] It later premiered on Cartoon Network in the country on May 3, 2008.[20] In South Korea, the series debuted on Champ on October 1, 2007.[21]
Unlike other series, there is no dialogue in this one. Instead, the narrator tells the events of the episodes.
Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori was an anime series divided into three seasons. The seasons are: Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori no Fantasy (ハローキティ りんごの森のファンタジー), Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori no Mystery (ハローキティ りんごの森のミステリー) and Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori to Parallel Town (ハローキティ りんごの森とパラレルタウン). The anime was a production of Asahi Production.
While this series was never released in English, it did receive several dubs in Spanish, Valencian, Italian, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Malay and Arabic.
The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends is a 3D CGI-animated series featuring Hello Kitty and other characters from the Japanese company Sanrio from 2008 co-developed by Sanrio's digital entertainment entity Sanrio Digital and Dream Cortex. It premiered on TVB Jade.
The World of Hello Kitty (Portuguese: '''O Mundo da Hello Kitty''') is a 2D flash animated web series of shorts co-produced by Sanrio and the Brazilian animation studio Plot Kids. It started streaming on the Latin American Hello Kitty YouTube channels in 2016 and ended in 2019, lasting 4 seasons with 76 episodes and 19 video clips. The last season was themed to honor the character's 45th birthday. An English dubbed version began streaming on the Southeast Asian Hello Kitty YouTube channels in April 2020.[22]
This animation has appearances of other Sanrio characters such as Keroppi, Badtz-Maru and Chococat (introduced in the second season), and also My Melody and Little Twin Stars (appearing only in the final season). In 2020 a special season with 6 episodes entitled Hello Kitty & Amigos: Chef Star was released.
is a series of animated educational webshorts by Sanrio that began streaming in Japan on Hikari TV Channel on July 28, 2017.[23] A total of 21 seven-minute episodes were produced. The show was later released on DVD in Japan by Nippon Columbia.
On July 25, 2018, Sentai Filmworks acquired the rights to release the series in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.[24] An English dubbed version was then released on DVD in November 2018.[25]
The series is aimed at young kids and toddlers.
In August 2018, Sanrio began streaming a CGI-animated web series on YouTube. It features Hello Kitty talking to the camera about her life in the style of vlogging YouTubers.[26] [27]
In January 2019 a limited original net animation series in three episodes entitled was launched featuring a crossover between Hello Kitty with the classic 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.[28] The animation was part of a cross-promotion to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gundam and the 45th anniversary of Hello Kitty. The episodes were made available on its own YouTube channel with animation made by Sunrise.
Hello Kitty Fun is another 2D flash animated web series of shorts also exclusive from Hello Kitty's Latin YouTube channels. The series was created as a replacement for The World of Hello Kitty, however different from the previous one this series uses a hand-drawn art style, and it has no dialogue. Besides Hello Kitty, no other character has appeared in this series. The series is a production made between Sanrio and the Brazilian animation studio Split Studio.
On the English channel, the series is presented under the name Sweet Moments with Hello Kitty.
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures is an official, free 2020 animated web series published weekly to the official Hello Kitty and Friends YouTube. The first episode aired on Monday, October 26 at 3pm PST with an all-star cast of Hello Kitty, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, My Melody, Pompompurin, and Kuromi. In season 2, Chococat and Cinnamoroll joined the main cast, while in season 4, Pochacco joined the cast.
Hello Kitty: Super Style! is a CGI animated show which began streaming on Amazon Kids+ in December 2022.[29] The first season has 52 episodes. The series is a French and Italian co-production. The theme song is performed by Carly Rae Jepsen.