The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends

The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends
Format	Children's television series
Created by	Sanrio Digital
Developed by	Dream Cortex
Language(s)	Cantonese, English
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Kim
Running time	12 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TVB Jade
Original run	February 16, 2008 – Still airing

The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends (Traditional Chinese： Hello Kitty 愛漫遊) is a 3D CGI animated series featuring Hello Kitty and other characters from the Japanese company Sanrio. It was produced from 2006 onwards by Sanrio Digital and Dream Cortex distributed by Televisa. It consists of of 52 episodes and deals with themes of happiness, family and friendship. It is intended for children between the ages of three to ten to watch with their family and friends.

Overview

The series focuses on core values established more than 30 years ago by Sanrio such as: happiness, family values, friendship, and educational values.

• Unlike the older series, which were short and cute episodes, this is an educational TV series that targets both the children and their parents.
• The animation works together with real actors in teaching children from age two to six about words, simple math, shapes, colors and foreign languages like Chinese & Japanese.
• The series offers an entertaining way for children to learn about social interaction and behavior while following the adventures of Hello Kitty.
• Hello Kitty establishes a new image, giving children more things to learn from, rather than just being sweet and cute.

Main characters

Hello Kitty

Kitty is a cheerful, warm-hearted little girl. Baking cookies is her forte, but what she enjoys most is eating a slice of Mama's apple pie! Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy are the best of friends. She has a crush on Dear Daniel and Melody's best friend.

English voice by Claudia S Thompson.

Dear Daniel

Dear Daniel is a smart, enterprising, bookish boy the same age as Kitty. He loves learning new things and pursuing his hobby of photographing wildlife. He dresses very formal. He has a crush on Kitty.

English voice by Maggie Blue.

My Melody

My Melody is a cute young girl who loves baking cookies and sharing them with her friends. She is a rabbit who wears a red hood and she also wears a white flower near her right ear.

English voice by Andrea Kwan

Pochacco

Pochacco is a friendly, slightly goofy puppy who loves to play soccer (especially goalkeeper), sleeping and solve mysteries in his spare time.

English voice by Candice Moore.

Badtz-Maru

Badtz-Maru is a penguin with an attitude. Always looking for an angle, he is a precocious youngster with dreams of grandeur. His selfish ways get him in hot water from time to time, but his good heart always steers him in the right direction. Sometimes is a rivalry between him and Daniel.

English voice by Andrea Kwan.

Keroppi

Keroppi is a fun-loving little frog with a penchant for inventing things. He likes driving his car and playing with new toys.

English voice by Sarah Hauser.

Other characters

Mr. White

The teacher of the school in which Hello Kitty and her friends study. He looks a lot like Anthony, the grandfather of Kitty.

English voice by Russell Wait.

Little Twin Stars

Little Twin Stars are named Kiki and Lala and live on a puffy cloud in the sky. They possess magical powers with which they teach lessons and come to the rescue of Kitty and her friends.

Cinnamoroll

Cinnamoroll is a sweet, shy boy who runs a coffee shop on wheels around SanrioTown. His ability to fly using his big floppy ears comes in handy.

Episode list

Episode	Title	Episode Summary
1	A Colourful World	Hello Kitty and friends learn that world is made up of many fascinating colours.
2	Our New Friend Dear Daniel	Kitty and the gang befriend a shy new student.
3	XO Man Begins	Badtz-Maru reveals a "super" alter-ego.
4	The Magic Chisel	The kids portray a classic fable about greed.
5	Keroppi’s Best Friend	Keroppi is driven to invent a best friend.
6	Happy Earth Day	The Twin Stars teach the kids a lesson about conserving the environment.
7	The Case of the Broken Vase	Keroppi learns the importance of telling the truth.
8	A Fair Share	Badtz-Maru discovers his selfish ways have consequences.
9	My Melody’s Missing Smile	The kids try to find out why My Melody is unhappy.
10	V.I.P. (Very Important Pochacco)	Pochacco puts on a show in a quest for fame.
11	Give Me a Brake	Keroppi’s new car proves quite a handful.
12	There’s No Space Like Home	Kitty and the gang have an adventure in outer space.
13	Lost and Hound	When the kids get lost, Badtz-Maru and Daniel think they know the way home.
14	March of the Badtz-Maru’s	Badtz-Maru journeys to the South Pole to be with his penguin friends.
15	Tall Order Part One	Keroppi finds a novel solution to being vertically challenged.
16	Tall Order Part Two	Keroppi learns there are advantages to being small.
17	Run My Melody, Run	My Melody is nervous about her big race.
18	Where’s Santa? Part One	A missing Santa Claus has the children worried that Christmas may be cancelled.
19	Where’s Santa? Part Two
20	Hide and Seek	The kids play a game of Hide and Seek around the school with surprising results.
21	A Fish Story	Kitty bonds with a new pet.
22	Election	Badtz-Maru and Daniel vie for class president.
23	A School Day	A typical school day presents challenges for the kids.
24	Café Cinnamoroll	Kitty and the gang help a shy new friend open a new business.
25	The Big Game	The kids learn the importance of teamwork.
26	Power Outage	The Twin Stars give up their powers to see what it’s like to be regular kids.
27	A Birthday Party	Melody and daniel tries to surprise kitty because it’s her birthday.
28	Game On	Batdz-Maru is addicted to a game. Kitty and her friends try to help Batdz-Maru to stop playing the game.
29	Picture Perfect	Daniel wants to bring Kitty to a fancy restaurant for Valentine's Day but he doesn't have enough money.
30	The Sleepy Detective Part One	Pochacco is the sleepy detective. He solve many mystery through his nose.
31	The Sleepy Detective Part Two
32	A Fish Called Badtz-Maru
33	Design Flaw
34	Are You Gonna Eat That
35	Kitty-Ella
36	Get Smart
37	Hello, I Shrunk the Kitty Part One
38	Hello, I Shrunk the Kitty Part Two
39	Sing A Song!
40	The Sleepy Detective Returns
41	Hpaay Halloween, Everybody!
42	An Examination Escapade
43	The Fabulous Five Part One
44	The Fabulous Five Part Two
45	The Kitty and the Pea
46	Attack of the Clones Part One
47	Attack of the Clones Part Two
48	A Wok in the Park
49	Ski Bums
50	Third Time's the Charm
51	A Cloudy Day
52	And the Winner is...
53	Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku	The special is the story of Bardock, a so-called low-level soldier in Frieza's armed forces. At the outset of the story, his son, Kakarot, is born on Planet Vegeta, and is being prepared to be sent to a "frontier planet" (Earth) in order to destroy all life on the planet. Meanwhile, Bardock and his crew are on an assignment to exterminate all the lifeforms of Planet Kanassa. After the planet is seemingly devoid of all other life, Bardock and crew rest up and celebrate their victory until one remaining Kanassan warrior catches him off guard and decides to give him the "gift" of seeing the future, before being destroyed by Bardock. This gives him the ability to see the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and the oppression of the entire universe at the hands of Frieza and his older brother, Cooler. Bardock dismisses the visions, and goes to join his team on Planet Meat, but soon discovers his friends are all dead. He then briefly talks with the nearly deceased Tora, who tells him that Frieza ordered the attack on the crew, saying that Frieza was frightened by the growing power of the Saiyans. Horrified and then furious by his fallen comrade's words, he takes Tora's blood-soaked armband and wraps it around his head. He battles the ones responsible, and defeats them all, but is easily overwhelmed by a single mouth blast from Frieza's henchman Dodoria. He is left severely injured, but manages to return back to Planet Vegeta. Bardock now realizes Frieza and Cooler both intend to destroy the entire Saiyan race and all the Raposa's by annihilating their homeworld an the Raposa world. Unfortunately, he is unable to convince the others of the approaching peril and, with no other choice, decides to confront Frieza himself. After penetrating Frieza's armed guard, Bardock sends a large energy blast at the tyrant himself, expecting a sure victory. However, Frieza encounters this with his "Supernova" technique, which destroys Bardock, many of his own guard, and the Planet Vegeta itself. As he is dying, Bardock sees one more vision of the future: his son Kakarot facing Frieza. Being assured that Kakarot will be the one to defeat Frieza, Bardock gives a small smile as he disintegrates along with the planet. Bardock, after his death, telepathically tells his son Kakarot and his friend Mike in the space pods to avenge the Saiyans and the Raposa's, to which Kakarot and other the Saiyan infants and children and Raposa infants and children wakes up. Elsewhere, Vegeta, having just completed an assignment on a far-off world, is informed by Nappa (in the English version it is one of Frieza's minor soldiers who tells him) of his homeworld's destruction, and that Frieza and his older brother Cooler claims that the planet and the Raposa world where both destroyed by a huge meteor. Vegeta's pride keeps him from expressing his shock, and he remains outwardly emotionless. Soon afterward, Kakarot's space pod touches down on Earth, where he is found by an elder man named Gohan, gets amesia by hitting his head causing him to lose his insticts and memory than giggles happily in the old man's arms. Gohan then decides to adopt the the Raposa infants and children and Saiyan infants and children as his own children, and renames him Goku.
54	The Secret of the Dragon Balls	Goku, a young, but strong orphan living alone in the mountains, and Bulma, a teenage girl searching for seven mystical balls, come together when Bulma hits Goku head-on while driving a motorized vehicle. The balls that Bulma is searching for, known as Dragon Balls, summon the wish granting "dragon god", Shenron (Shenlong). Before Goku's grandfather died, he gave him a Dragon Ball with four stars in it: the Four-Star Ball (Si Xing Qui). Bulma, already possessing two of the balls, decides to let Goku "join her on a fun adventure" so she can borrow his strength and Dragon Ball. They take off on a motorcycle, but Bulma is abducted by a giant flying dinosaur during a little pit stop. Goku takes out the monster with his Power Pole and rescues her. Awards and recognition Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008 DigiCon 2008 Broadcasters around the world Italy: Cartoon Network Hong Kong: TVB Jade, TVB Kids Singapore: MediaCorp Portugal: RTP2 Finland: MTV3 Taiwan: Cartoon Network Philippines:Cartoon Network & QTV11 Norway: TV2 Thailand: TIGA France: Carrere Group Alternative names The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends has been reversioned for many different countries, sometimes involving a change of title. LE AVVENTURE DI HELLO KITTY - Italian title Hello Kitty愛漫遊 - Cantonese title See also Hello Kitty References External links Official website Sanrio Digital Sanriotown The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends Released in the UK by Delta, October 2011