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31-496: Hello Kitty Island Adventure takes place on an island inhabited by Sanrio characters. The gameplay involves adventuring and puzzle solving, with new areas being added regularly. The quests involve 3D platforming with occasional puzzles, with many new quests unlocked by becoming better friends with the Sanrio chracters. Optional quests include platform time attacks, house furnishing and Gudetama photography. Hello Kitty Island Adventure

62-611: A gag in the 2006 episode " Make Love, Not Warcraft ", which became an Internet meme used as shorthand to refer to a casual game . Sanrio later used the meme in practical jokes. However, the game was stated to not be associated with or a tie-in to South Park . The original game was released on June 28, 2023 as an Apple Arcade exclusive. In the June 2024 Nintendo Direct , a version for Nintendo Switch and Windows , as well as PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 , were announced, set to released in 2025. According to review aggregator Metacritic ,

93-456: A non- kan-on reading in a word where the kan-on reading is well known is a common cause of reading mistakes or difficulty, such as in ge-doku ( 解毒 , detoxification, anti-poison) ( go-on ), where 解 is usually instead read as kai . The go-on readings are especially common in Buddhist terminology such as gokuraku ( 極楽 , paradise) , as well as in some of the earliest loans, such as

124-592: A short time, Osamu Tezuka 's baby unicorn character Unico , who starred in two feature-length anime movies in the early 1980s, was also part of the Sanrio's lineup; however, the rights to Unico shifted to Osamu Tezuka's own company after Tezuka's death in 1989. In late 2003, Sanrio won the "Top Brand with a Conscience" award from the Medinge Group of Sweden for its communication principles. The company has partnered with UNICEF since 1984. In 2006, Sanrio launched Sanrio Digital together with Typhoon Games to expand to

155-479: Is a Japanese entertainment company. It designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the kawaii ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture . Their products include stationery , school supplies, gifts , and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is Hello Kitty , a cartoon cat and one of the most successful marketing brands in

186-492: Is alleged to be drawn in a similar style to the rabbit Miffy . On August 26, 2010, Mercis BV, representing Miffy's creator Dick Bruna brought suit against Sanrio. They claimed that one of Hello Kitty's companion characters, a rabbit named Cathy, infringes on the copyright and trademark of Miffy. On November 2, 2010, a Dutch court ruled against Sanrio and ordered the company to stop marketing Cathy products in Belgium, Luxembourg, and

217-581: Is best known for the Actroid android . The company also runs a franchise of KFC in Saitama Prefecture . Shintaro Tsuji founded Sanrio on August 10, 1960, then known as the Yamanashi Silk Company using ¥ 1,000,000 in capital. In 1962, Tsuji expanded his enterprise from silk to rubber sandals with flowers painted on them. Tsuji noticed his success gained by merely adding a cute design to

248-535: Is reflected in the carryover to Japanese as well. Additionally, many Chinese syllables, especially those with an entering tone , did not fit the largely consonant-vowel (CV) phonotactics of classical Japanese. Thus most on'yomi are composed of two morae (beats), the second of which is either a lengthening of the vowel in the first mora (to ei , ō , or ū ), the vowel i , or one of the syllables ku , ki , tsu , chi , fu (historically, later merged into ō and ū ), or moraic n , chosen for their approximation to

279-588: The English borrowings from Latin, Greek, and Norman French , since Chinese-borrowed terms are often more specialized, or considered to sound more erudite or formal, than their native counterparts (occupying a higher linguistic register ). The major exception to this rule is family names , in which the native kun'yomi are usually used (though on'yomi are found in many personal names, especially men's names). Kanji invented in Japan ( kokuji ) would not normally be expected to have on'yomi , but there are exceptions, such as

310-565: The Internet, online games , and mobile services. Beginning with Jewelpet in 2008, Sanrio started collaborating with Sega Toys in creating characters intended to become media franchises. Subsequent collaborations include Rilu Rilu Fairilu from 2016 and Beatcats from 2020. 2010 was Sanrio's 50th anniversary. In conjunction with this, Build-A-Bear Workshop released limited edition stuffed toys of several Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Chococat, My Melody and Keroppi. Hello Kitty

341-546: The Netherlands. Following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Sanrio and Mercis reached an out-of-court settlement on June 7, 2011, for Sanrio to halt production worldwide of merchandise that feature Cathy. They also jointly announced a €150,000 donation to earthquake victims. In December 2011, Sanrio Global acquired the rights to the Mr. Men characters, which includes

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372-559: The Western Hemisphere, Sanrio character-branded products are sold in upwards of 13,000 locations including department, specialty, and national chain stores and over 85 Sanrio boutiques. In April 2010, the first and only Sanrio-licensed eatery (Sanrio Cafe) in the U.S. opened at Pearlridge 's Downtown phase in Aiea, Hawaii . In 2004, Sanrio Co. Ltd., expanded its license to one of its major licensee and plush suppliers Nakajima USA to include

403-806: The annual Sanrio Character Ranking poll where fans can vote on their favorite characters. It began in the Strawberry Newspaper ( ja:いちご新聞 ) published by Sanrio in Japan, but now voting also takes place online. Besides their own original characters, Sanrio also owns the rights to the Mr. Men characters and Japanese licensing rights to the Peanuts characters. From 1977 to 1985, Sanrio produced movies through their Sanrio Films label. After A Journey Through Fairyland, Sanrio switched gears and started doing short films, OVAs, and TV shows based on their characters. In 2006, Sanrio announced they are again going to do feature-length films. Sanrio began its involvement in

434-738: The best known of which is the white cat character Hello Kitty from 1974. Other well-known characters include the pink rabbit My Melody from 1975, the frog Keroppi from 1988, the penguin Bad Badtz-Maru from 1993, the white dog Cinnamoroll from 2001, the black rabbit Kuromi from 2005, the animal series Jewelpet from 2008, the egg character Gudetama from 2013, and the red panda Aggressive Retsuko from 2015. Notable designers of Sanrio characters include Yuko Shimizu , original designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi , lead designer for most of Hello Kitty's history and Miyuki Okumura , original designer of Cinnamoroll. Since 1986 Sanrio has held

465-642: The character 働 "to work", which has the kun'yomi " hatara(ku) " and the on'yomi " dō ", and 腺 "gland", which has only the on'yomi " sen "—in both cases these come from the on'yomi of the phonetic component, respectively 動 " dō " and 泉 " sen ". In Chinese, most characters are associated with a single Chinese sound, though there are distinct literary and colloquial readings . However, some homographs ( 多音字 ) such as 行 (Mandarin: háng or xíng , Japanese: an, gō, gyō ) have more than one reading in Chinese representing different meanings, which

496-534: The company's former name, has an alternative on'yomi reading of Sanri . The remaining o was added from the ou ( オウ ) sound people make when they are excited. The company's European website gives another origin of the name, saying the name comes from the Spanish words san ('holy') and río ('river'). Tsuji hired his own designers to create characters for Sanrio, so as to not have to pay outside royalty fees . The first original Sanrio character, Coro Chan ,

527-710: The early 1990s under the name Character Soft . On%27yomi On'yomi ( 音読み , [oɰ̃jomi] , lit. "sound(-based) reading") , or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character. A single kanji might have multiple on'yomi pronunciations, reflecting the Chinese pronunciations of different periods or regions. On'yomi pronunciations are generally classified into go-on , kan-on , tō-on and kan'yō-on , roughly based on when they were borrowed from China. Generally, on'yomi pronunciations are used for technical, compound words, while

558-477: The final consonants of Middle Chinese. It may be that palatalized consonants before vowels other than i developed in Japanese as a result of Chinese borrowings, as they are virtually unknown in words of native Japanese origin, but are common in Chinese. Generally, on'yomi are classified into four types according to their region and time of origin: The most common form of readings is the kan-on one, and use of

589-456: The game received "generally favourable" reviews based on 13 reviews. It was awarded Apple Arcade Game of the Year at the 2023 App Store Awards. It was also nominated for Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2023 , as well as Mobile Game of the Year and Family Game of the Year at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards . Sanrio Sanrio Company, Ltd. ( 株式会社サンリオ , Kabushikigaisha Sanrio )

620-546: The games are: Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue , Hello Kitty: Birthday Adventures , and Hello Kitty Seasons . Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023) is a new Sanrio game created for IOS platforms and is only available through the Apple Arcade subscription. Sanrio publishes many books featuring its own characters. It also publishes art books (for instance, those by Keibun Ōta ). Sanrio publishes books in many languages, including Japanese and English. Sanrio published video games in

651-407: The native kun'yomi pronunciation is used for singular, simpler words. On'yomi primarily occur in multi-kanji compound words ( 熟語 , jukugo ) , many of which are the result of the adoption, along with the kanji themselves, of Chinese words for concepts that either did not exist in Japanese or could not be articulated as elegantly using native words. This borrowing process is often compared to

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682-541: The owning and operating of all Sanrio branded stores in the US, overseeing the relationships between individual licensed stores and supplying all categories of products for the retail stores in the US and wholesale accounts. Sanrio hosts two theme parks in Japan, Sanrio Puroland in Tama, Tokyo , and Harmonyland in Hiji , Ōita , Kyūshū . Sanrio has created over 450 characters as of 2022,

713-466: The production of TV and direct-to-video animation during the late 1980s and early 1990s, starting with the US-made Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater in 1987. 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, 2005, and was produced by Studio Comet . The Sugarbunnies franchise

744-543: The sandals. He began using existing cartoon characters for his merchandise. In the late 1960s the company began producing goods with the dog character Snoopy , from the American comic strip Peanuts , after acquiring the Japanese licensing rights. In 1973 the company was officially established under the name Sanrio. In the book Kore ga Sanrio no Himitsu Desu ( これがサンリオの秘密です ) or These are Sanrio's Secrets Tsuji, Sanrio's founder, said that Yamanashi ( 山梨 ) , part of

775-489: The subsidiary Mr Men Films Ltd, taking over Chorion 's THOIP company. In 2019 the European Commission fined Sanrio 6.2 million euros (approx. 6.9 million US dollars) for blocking cross-border sales of its licensed products. In June 2020, 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. Tomokuni

806-421: The world. Sanrio's mission and vision statements are "everyone getting along together" and "One World, Connecting Smiles". Besides selling character goods, Sanrio takes part in film production and publishing. They own the rights to the Mr. Men characters and Japanese licensing rights to the Peanuts characters. Their animatronics branch, called Kokoro Company, Ltd. ( kokoro being Japanese for 'heart')

837-428: Was developed by Boulder -based game studio Sunblink entertainment. In an interview with TouchArcade , two of the employees, Chelsea Howe and Tom Blind, stated that they wanted a game that combined cozy simulators such as Animal Crossing with more exploration based gameplay. Critics and fans noted that the game shares its name with a fictional one that Butters Stotch from South Park mentions playing as part of

868-456: Was introduced in 1973. Hello Kitty was added to the lineup of early Sanrio characters in 1974 and the first related merchandise was released the following year. The popular feline whose mouth is usually invisible has had both peaks and drops in sales over the years but always has been the highest contributor to Sanrio's sales. Sanrio constantly adds new characters to its lineup. Specific characters are rotated in and out of active production. For

899-630: Was just 31 at the time, making him the youngest chief executive of a listed Japanese company. Shintaro Tsuji ran the company for 60 years. Sanrio Inc. is Sanrio's American subsidiary. Sanrio Inc. has offices in South San Francisco, California , and Torrance, California . Sanrio's first Western Hemisphere store opened in San Jose 's Eastridge Mall . In 2008, Sanrio opened its high-end boutique called Sanrio Luxe in New York City's Times Square . In

930-446: Was later adapted into a 7-minute short series in 2007 and was popular enough to gain two sequels. Jewelpet was also adapted into an anime metaseries in 2009, 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!! , a game by Sanrio and Geechs got an anime adaptation produced by Bones in 2015 - and

961-472: Was licensed in the United States by Funimation . Aggretsuko also get three animated adaptations by Fanworks, one aired on TBS and the later two were released officially on Netflix . A few children's variety shows by Sanrio aired on TV Tokyo. Sanrio Digital produces and publishes digital content based on Sanrio intellectual property assets like Hello Kitty, My Melody, Badtz Maru and many others. Among

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