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First up
Hello Kitty’s Superhero Alter Ego Ichigoman Gets Web Manga.
The first episode is live here
http://comip.jp/15/manga/comics/?title=ichigoman-01
It is interesting that Sanrio is bring back Ichigoman and combining with the Chogokin (think giant robot line. Sanrio also will bring back Dark Grapeman (I missed out getting the plush) and Hony Momo
By the way I do have an Ichigoman plush in my collection.
Next up She is not your typical cute and cuddly Red Panda
Sanrio Debuts Aggressive Retsuko TV Anime Shorts on April 2
What not to like a cute Red Panda that works in accounting office, has to put up with a load of crap and blows off steam with a little Death Metal karaoke. The first episode is upon Youtube.
Finally
Sanrio Boys Get Their Own Line of Merchandise
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-04-06/sanrio-boys-get-their-own-line-of-merchandise/.100740
Sanrio has announced in the past the Sanrio Danshi” (Sanrio Boys). The main plot is :
“The story is simple. It introduces Kōta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yū Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yū tells Kōta that there’s nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio’s cute characters. Together, Kōta, Yū, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryō Nishimiya, and Seiichiro Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed.”
My question is what is the message is this just Bishōnen /Yaoi bait aimed at a female audience or a positive reinforcement of hey guys it OK to like cute Sanrio characters. If it was me, one of the boys will send a strong message I can be masculine and like Sanrio characters.
Hello Transgender.
or Male Hello Kitty fans caught in the crossfire?
I been thing how transgender issue are popping up in the media from Caitlyn Jenner to transgender bathrooms. My concern is how all this will impact male Hello Kitty fans who are not transgender. Will we be left alone or caught in the culture war’s crossfire. I would not be surprised that there are transgender Hello Kitty fans but not all Male Hello Kitty fans are LGBT. Just because one wears a Hello Kitty shirt made of a female, carries a hello Kitty Backpack, or sports a Hello Kitty wallet does not make that person transgender. For many of us we like Hello Kitty but make do with items marketed to women because the lack of Hello Kitty Men’s items.
What brought this up was a post I received on my Hello Kitty blog. This person chastised me with a wall of text, call me a narcissist, selfish arrogant because I had a Hello Kitty bag and wallet but does not referred myself as transgendered. I may know this person . This person had came across as very immature, unlike other transgender people I met in life. This person cam across as a self impose activist who need to identify people to their pet case, regardless if the person likes it or not.
So if anything; guys in wearing or carrying any Hello Kitty items does not make one transgended.
My Interview with Small Gift Big Story podcast.
Two weeks ago I was interviewed by Saumeh and Marty of the Small Gift Big Story podcast. The pos cast is about us fans of Sanrio and Hello Kitty and our love and stories. I am very honored to be interview them and gave them free run of my blogs for pictures of the cons I took Hello Kitty and Chococat . The podcast is now up on soundcoud and Itunes.
The sound suffers because I use my phone and I talk to fast. I discuss my motivation and love of Hello Kitty influenced by both my time in Japan and my involvement in the Furry Fandom. I hope I represented the fandom well.
Saumeh and Marty are neat people and Hello Kitty fans the been interviewed by a major paper covering Hello Kitty’s 40th anniversary http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/kitty-festival-marks-character-40th-birthday-article-1.1989289
It is a honor to be interviewed by both of you.
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