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Operating income. Net income. Main article: List of Sanrio characters. May 15, Retrieved March 30, Retrieved June 3, Retrieved 29 August Sanrio Doesn't Know".

We called Sanrio to find out! Asia Times. Archived from the original on In , Sanrio launched Sanrio Digital together with Typhoon Games to expand to the Internet, online games and mobile services.

Hello Kitty is alleged to be drawn in a similar style to the rabbit Miffy. On August 26, , Mercis BV, representing Miffy's creator Dick Bruna , brought suit against Sanrio with the claim that one of Hello Kitty's companion characters, a rabbit named Cathy, infringes on the copyright and trademark of Miffy.

In December , Sanrio Global acquired the rights to the Mr. In June , it was announced that the company's founder and President, Shintaro Tsuji, would step down from the role and hand control of the company to his grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji, after 60 years of running the company.

Sanrio Inc. In the Western Hemisphere, Sanrio character-branded products are sold in upwards of 13, locations including department, specialty, national chain stores and over 85 Sanrio boutiques.

In , Sanrio Co. Sanrio has created a large number of characters, the best known of which is Hello Kitty. From to , Sanrio produced movies through their Sanrio Films label.

In , Sanrio announced they are again going to do feature-length films. The character My Melody got her first starring role in an animated series in the anime television series, Onegai My Melody , which first aired on TV Osaka on April 3, and was produced by Studio Comet.

The Sugarbunnies franchise was later adapted into a 7-minute short series in , and was popular enough to gain two sequels.

Jewelpet was also adapted into an anime metaseries in , which was also produced by Studio Comet, spanning 6 official seasons and one theatrical movie, making it the longest running anime adaptation of a Sanrio franchise in history.

Show by Rock!! Aggretsuko also get three animated adaptations by Fanworks, one aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System and the later two were released officially on Netflix.

Sanrio publishes many books featuring its own characters. Sanrio publishes books in many languages, including Japanese and English.

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