| 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.
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The series focuses on core values established more than 30 years ago by Sanrio such as: happiness, family values, friendship, and educational values.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 | Title | Episode Summary |
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| 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... |
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The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends has been reversioned for many different countries, sometimes involving a change of title.