One of the first tasks on your list in Hello Kitty Island Adventure is to meet all your new friends and give them their welcome gifts from My Melody. This is an easy enough task until you realize ...

For instance, Hello Kitty's matches her red bow, while Cinnamoroll's car has the same blue and white color scheme as the dog himself. The other Sanrio characters in question are the jester hat ...

But first, more on the origin story. Unlike Mickey Mouse and Snoopy, Hello Kitty didn’t start as a cartoon. A young Sanrio illustrator named Yuko Shimizu drew her in 1974 as a decoration for ...