Hello Kitty (series)

Official Sanrio-licensed Hello Kitty artwork from Casio's 2024 BABY-G campaign, used here to represent the character franchise the partnership is licensed to generally.

Hello Kitty (properly Kitty White) is a cartoon character created by Japanese design company Sanrio, designed by Yuko Shimizu and first sold in March 1975 on a small vinyl coin purse, a year after her 1974 creation. Rather than originating in any book, film, or television work, she was conceived from the start as a licensable design for merchandise, and has since become one of the world's best-selling character properties, appearing on tens of thousands of consumer products and eventually her own animated television specials, starting with 1987's Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater. (Wikipedia)

Watches

Casio Baby-G BGD-565KT-7JR

Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Casio released this ¥15,950 BABY-G on January 19, 2024, marking Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary and BABY-G's 30th anniversary together, with 50 Hello Kitty details across the watch and a backlit LCD face reveal. It is credited to "the popular character HELLO KITTY from Sanrio Co., Ltd." generally, not to any single film, television series, or anime. (Casio)

Official partnership product · Not shown in the work