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The of one of the world's most widely-recognised cartoon have set the record straight. Japanese Sanrio have declared that its creation Hello Kitty is not a cat. The came to light following publicity for an exhibition on the character at the Japanese American National Museum. The of the exhibition, anthropologist Christine R Yano, said she received a mail from Sanrio correcting her for the show. Ms Yano confirmed that: "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She is a little girl. She is a friend….She's never depicted on all . She walks and sits like a two-legged creature." The Sanrio website states Kitty is "a bright little girl with a heart of ."

Hello Kitty has taken the world by since its introduction in 1974. It has become worldwide, adorning everything from to airplanes. The Japanese carmaker Daihatsu even sold a specially branded Hello Kitty car. It had Kitty-emblazoned , a speedometer with the character's face etched into the and a Kitty-shaped gear stick. The creators designed the character's face to epitomise . Sanrio account for her lack of a mouth, saying she doesn't have one because she speaks with her . Social media has been abuzz with the that Kitty is a girl. Rapper Mike Shinoda tweeted: "This is than finding out Pluto is not a ."

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