Hideaki Hatta, the longtime president of Kyoto Animation, died on February 16, 2026 at the age of 76. The studio announced ...

The Mr. Clean brand shared that its mascot, also named Mr. Clean, would be retiring after nearly 70 years. But it seems the ...

Collectibles giant Funko teams up with LEGO Movie producer Rideback and AI entertainment company Spuree to create movies, TV ...

I went all in on the new McDonalds collector meals because this 90s millennial heart needed those nostalgic cups. You don’t get to choose the design, so my dad and I opened our mystery cups on camera ...

New "Hello Kitty" comic books will soon launch as part of a collaboration between Japan's Sanrio and comics giant IDW Publishing.

You can never have too many friends… and you can never have too many comic books! IDW Publishing and Sanrio have announced a ...

IDW announces at ComicsPRO that it is launching the first Hello Kitty comic book... but she's lost her bow... IDW and Sanrio ...

That cultural pull has hardened into a formidable wealth-creation engine. As global obsession scales, mascots and manga have turned into billion-dollar businesses that have minted fortunes for the ...

Yuko Yamaguchi, the designer behind Hello Kitty, is stepping down after 46 years overseeing the character’s development, according to Sanrio. Yamaguchi took over design duties in 1980, five years ...

The gap between the share prices of Pop Mart, a character intellectual property (IP) company whose flagship IP is Labubu, and Sanrio, which owns Hello ...

The designer behind Hello Kitty is stepping down after 46 years, during which time she oversaw the feline character achieving world recognition. Yuko Yamaguchi took over design duties for the ...