Hello Kitty Super Style! is a 3D animated series made by Italian studio Maga Animation Studio, Ltd. and co-produced by the Paris-based Watch Next Media and Monello Animation. The series premiered on Amazon Kids+ on December 7, 2022 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Japan. 52 11-minute episodes were produced. This series was released to celebrate and commemorate Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary.

Description

In this fun and action-packed series, Hello Kitty stars as the friendliest face in Cherry Town—a small-town hero who will stop at nothing to help a friend in need and get them smiling. Whether she's helping someone overcome a fear, share with a friend, or find the confidence to try something new, Kitty uses sprinkles of kindness, oodles of heart, and a dose of bow power! Her bow wiggles, glitters, and glows when a friend is in need, activating an amazing transformation that changes her costume to be a brave explorer, a cunning detective, a top-notch chef, high-jumping athlete, sensational pop star, or any of a number of personas, to help her tackle the challenge ahead. She's a super friend with super style that accentuates her confidence and determination to help her friends overcome obstacles and bring the tight-knit community of Cherry Town even closer together. (KidsFirst description on Anime News Network)

Alternative Description

You know her bow. You love her ears. You’ve seen her sweet feline face on everything from T-shirts to stickers to even an airplane! She’s one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable cartoon characters. And now she’s back for bold, new adventures with her best, new besties! So say “Hello” to an old friend like you’ve never seen her before: Hello Kitty. (KidsFirst's early and active website description.)

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Characters

Here is a list of characters that appear in the series. This list includes main characters and even a list of side and supporting characters.

Main Characters

• Hello Kitty
• Haroshee
• Frido
• Pinky and Rio

Supporting Cast

• DB
• Nori
• Zonty
• The Beaver Triplets
• Zing
• P.I.
• Badtz-Maru
• Keroppi

Side Characters

• Vastus
• Podo Pooch

The Styles

"Here to help you find your smile. Same best friend, brand-new style!"

—Hello Kitty's Transformation Sequence

The main gimmick of Hello Kitty Super Style! are the titular styles, consisting of 7 unique ones that Kitty can use to solve problems, granting her a set of abilities. These styles come from her special bow, and only deactivate if the problem is solved. Here is a comprehensive list of all of them along with how many times they were used.

Athlete Kitty

"On the field and tough to beat, Hello Kitty Champion Athlete!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Athlete Kitty is the first style to be used. This style has a pink sweatband and wristbands with a matching bow, and a purple shirt with a lightning bolt on it. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to do anything athletic, such as track, olympic events, or general running. In the episode On A Roll, roller-skates are used with this style. This style has been used 11 times, in the episodes On A Roll, A Good Sport, Game Night, Daredevil Rio, Super Badtz, Team Up Time, Tea for Trouble, Party On! , Let the Games Begin! , Pogo Problems, Three's a Crowd, and Goodbye Kitty.

Artist Kitty

"Painting, sculpting, glitter, and glue. Artist Kitty creates for you!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Artist Kitty is the second style to be used. This style has a pink bow with paint splotches on it, and a matching shirt underneath her smock, also covered with paint with a matching pale beret. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to do something artistic, like helping her friends with an art project. This style has been used 6 times, in the episodes Friendship Day, Pinky's Surprise, A Star Is Built, Game of One, The Frido Touch, and Goodbye Kitty. Out of all the styles, Artist Kitty is based off of an existing Hello Kitty outfit, as seen here.

Explorer Kitty

"A fearless hero, brave and gritty, Adventure awaits with Explorer Kitty!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Explorer Kitty is the third style to be used. This style has a orange bow on a brown fedora, a matching vest with a pale polo shirt and matching brown pants and shoes. Kitty also comes with a rope with a pink heart on it that acts like a whip and can grab onto objects. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to do something risky, such as exploring temples, traversing tough land or setting traps. This style has been used 7 times, in the episodes Treasure Hunters, The Charmed Bracelet, Too Many Fridos, King Badtz Rules, The Bowterfly Effect, Mayhem at the Museum, and Goodbye Kitty.

Construction Kitty

"Here to build all that you need, Construction Kitty will succeed!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Construction Kitty is the fourth style to be used. This style has a classic red bow on top of a yellow construction helmet, and a matching plaid polo tee with a brown belt and some denim pants. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to do something Construction related, such as helping the Beaver Triplets with building Cherry Town projects. This style has been used 7 times, in the episodes A Bridge Between Beavers, Blue Pinky, Green With Envy, Truth Be Told, Winner Bakes All, Frido Unleashed, and Goodbye Kitty.

Detective Kitty

"Who hunts for clues, big or itty bitty? No mystery, it's Detective Kitty!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Detective Kitty is the fifth style to be used. This style has a purple bow on top of a pink detective cap, with a matching detective cloak with a large collar, all in pink plaid. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to do hunt down a mystery, such as finding a missing person using clues, or finding the culprit behind missing food. When in this style, she can sometimes be seen with a magnifying glass featuring a pink grip, white casing surrounding the glass, along with a purple bow on the right that matches Kitty's. This style has been used 11 times, in the episodes Disappearing Act, The Legend of Sweet Tooth, Tiny Frido, Big World, PI’s Thinking Cap, The Ghost of Cherry Town, Key to A Legend, Pet Problem, Plushie Life, The Case of the Mysterious Mystery, Goodbye Kitty, and Hello Haroshee.

Popstar Kitty

"Dance, sing, or play guitar, rock with me, Hello Kitty, Pop Star!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Popstar Kitty is the sixth style to be used. This style has a blue bow with yellow stars with a matching skirt, a purple top with a light purple belt with a star on it, and a pink star on her left eye with matching shoes. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to sing, such as singing live at a competition. When in this style, she can be seen with a microphone that has a darker and shinier version of the pink of her shoes and bow, an identical blue used on her bow and skirt as accents, and shiny gold butterfly wings on the sides. This style has been used 9 times, in the episodes Sing Out Loud, Blue Pinky, Hicc-up-staged, Cherry Town Cheer, DB's Big Show, My Fair Kitty, Battle of the Bands, Fanning Out, and Goodbye Kitty.

Chef Kitty

"Whipping up treats, so sweet, so pretty! Let's get cooking with me, Chef Kitty!"

—Sarah Williams as Hello Kitty

Chef Kitty is the seventh style to be used. This style has a classic red bow with a chef hat on top, complete with a matching red heart on the hat, and also red accents such as red pants and a red scarf and buttons on the chef coat with some brown shoes. This style is used for Hello Kitty if she needs to cook or bake. Such as making a cake for a cake competition or making smoothies to help the growing demand for them at Nori's Food Truck. In promotional art and in the episode a Berry Long Wait, a wooden spoon is used. In the episode The Secret Ingredient and Smoothie Moves, the spoon has little cat ears, but in other episodes and promotional art it is generic. This style has been used 7 times, in the episodes A Berry Long Wait, Front Page Frido, The Secret Ingredient, Blue Pinky, Smoothie Moves, Pizza Pals, and Goodbye Kitty.

Episode List

See here for a list of episodes.

Season		Episodes	Originally released
	1	6	December 7, 2022
	2	6	April 3, 2023
	3	4	May 19, 2023
	4	4	June 24, 2023
	5	4	August 12, 2023
	6	4	October 17, 2023
	7	4	November 6, 2023
	8	4	December 5, 2023
	9	4	January 10, 2024
	10	4	February 14, 2024
	11	4	March 5, 2024
	12	4	April 2, 2024

Broadcast and Release

• In the United States, alongside Canada, and United Kingdom, the series was first released on the Amazon Kids+ mobile app.
  • The series is released on this series as most streaming originals are, with all 52 episodes of the show being split into separate seasons in batches of four or six episodes; This is unlike the release of the series worldwide, where all 52 episodes are instead treated as one whole season, as it was produced.
  • On June 11, 2023, six episodes in Latin American Spanish were made available on the app, making it the secondly released dub of the show.
• In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on Tiny Pop on June 3, 2023, with episodes often airing in a batch of two. Episodes were also made available on the POP Player app and website, although as of writing the show is not available on there at this moment.
• In Latin America (including Brazil), the series premiered on all feeds of Discovery Kids on June 26, 2023, with Latin American Spanish audio and the premiere of the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
• In Portugal, the series was released onto the Panda+ streaming service on June 26, 2023, with the European Portuguese dub. It is also planned to air on TV on Canal Panda sometime in the near future.
• In Switzerland, the series premiered in French on RTS Un on August 23, 2023, with three episodes being aired every Wednesday. The episodes are simultaneously made available online on RTS Play, alongside English audio.
• In Israel, the series premiered in Hebrew on Hop! on September 3, 2023. It was also shown theatrically at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque on September 9, 2023.
• In Canada, the series premiered on the CBC Kids block of CBC in Canada on September 4, 2023. Episodes are also made available through their website.
• In France, the series premiered in French on Canal+ Kids on September 4, 2023, with four episodes airing each weekday. Episodes are also made available on the myCANAL streaming service.
  • On myCANAL, the first two episodes were released prior as a sneak peek on August 17, 2023.
• In Germany, the series premiered in German on the Toggolino block of RTL Super (previously known as "Super RTL") on September 4, 2023. Episodes often air in a batch of two. These episodes are also available on both RTL+ and the Toggo.de website, where they often are released earlier than the TV premiere.
  • On Toggo.de, the first 10 episodes saw release on August 18, 2023.
  • The German dub was actually released on the Amazon Kids+ app earlier in the country, at least no later than April 2023, which would make it the firstly released dub of the show.
• In Scandinavia, the series was released onto the streaming service Viaplay on September 9, 2023, with the first 13 episodes. The Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish dubs premiered here, being hosted alongside the original English audio.
• In Italy, the series aired on RaiYoYo and was released on the streaming service RaiPlay in Italian on November 6, 2023. Episodes often aired in batches of two on the RaiYoYo channel, and the first four seasons have already been released all at once on the streaming platform.

Additionally, the series airs in English on e-Junior in the Middle East since sometime in August 2023, and episodes are also available on their VOD.

Upcoming releases

• An Amharic dub is planned to air on Canal+ Dikdik in Ethtopia.
• A Polish dub is planned to air on MiniMini+ in Poland.

Gallery

Hello Kitty Super Style!/Gallery

Extras

• Official YouTube Short
• Tiny Pop (UK) Hello Kitty Super Style promo (2023)
• Tiny Pop - Hello Kitty Promo (May/June 2023)
• Tiny Pop Summer Promo (June, 16, 2023)
• Discovery Kids Promo
• Hello Kitty Super Style! Transformation Scene (Athlete)
• [https://www.toggo.de/toggolino/hello-kitty-pty531 Hello Kitty Super Style! Toggo Website

Trivia

• The show was rated an 8.4/10 on IMDb, but was slightly lowered to 8.2/10, and then went back to 8.4/10 again before being raised to 8.6/10.
• Most title translations translate directly to Hello Kitty Super Style, the English title.
• In the episode Blue Pinky, Multiple styles are used, in order the styles that are used are, Construction, Chef, and Pop Star. This is 1 out of the 2 episodes that uses multiple styles, and the friend Hello Kitty tries to help does not have their problem solved at the end, leaving it to be open-ended and vague.
• In the episode Goodbye Kitty, Hello Kitty is shown to use all of her styles, The order in which the styles were used were Pop Star (x2), Construction, Artist, Explorer, Detective, Athlete (x2), and Chef. This is 2 out of the 2 episodes that uses multiple styles, with the first one being Blue Pinky.
• This show introduces a rival for Hello Kitty, Frido. It is likely she was inspired by Kuromi's rivalry with My Melody, alongside Cinnamoroll's with Lloromannic.
• According to the official Maga studios site, Kitty cannot do her transformation when she wants, since the powers are only activated when someone other than her needs help.
• The episode Blue Pinky confirms that when Kitty cannot solve the problem with one of her styles, (and she knows she can't), she de-transforms out of the style.
• The shows associates are Canal+, M6 Rai, And Super RTL.
• According to Super RTL, the target audience is Girls in the age range of 3-6, however, Maga Animations rates it Upper Preschool. (Kids 4-6)
• The first episodes to be mentioned in the pitch were the episodes Sing Out Loud, Treasure Hunters, A Good Sport, Disappearing Act, and Pinky's Surprise. Which used to be called Mini Kitty, Badtz-Maru Total Explorer, Good Sport, and Pinky's HushHush Surprise. The only one that didn't change titles was Disappearing Act.
• The pitch mentioned a constant structure and mentioned that when pitching ideas, but playing with the normal structure is allowed and mentioned an idea that maybe Kitty doesn't always have the answer. This led to the episodes Blue Pinky, Truth Be Told, and the episode Goodbye Kitty.
• The rhyme for Pop Star Kitty used to be "I'm center stage with a catchy ditty. So sing along with Pop Star Kitty! instead of "Dance, sing, or play guitar, rock with me, Hello Kitty, Pop Star!" And the other rhymes for Athlete Kitty, Construction, and Artist used to be, "Here to play and tough to beat! Hello Kitty- Champion Athlete!", "Building items big and strong! Call Construction Kitty when things go wrong!" and "Painting, sculpting, glitter, and glue. Artist Kitty creates with you!" respectively. Out of all the styles, these 4 have changed their starting lines.
• Carly Rae Jepsen performs the series' theme song; it being composed by Jared Faber.
• Rio and Pinky are original characters from Sanrio Characters Pon Pon Jump! and their first appearance outside of Japan.
• Montello Productions worked with Sanrio before to make a web series called "The World of Hello Kitty" released in many different languages.
• Super RTL owns Toggo brands like Toggolino, Toggo, and Toggo Radio.
• When Tiny Pop used to be a live channel, HKSS was said to air on 7:30am and 5:00pm, but according to the Tiny Pop website, it would often change times.

Sources

• Hello Kitty: Super Style! (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! First Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Second Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Third Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Fourth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Fifth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Sixth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Seventh Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Eighth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Ninth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Tenth Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Eleventh Season Listing
• Amazon Hello Kitty Super Style! Twelfth Season Listing
• Hello Kitty: Super Style! Trailer - YouTube
• Hello Kitty Super Style! Official Website
• Anime News Network Article
• "Hello Kitty Super Style conquers TV screens in Germany"
• Hello Kitty: Super Style! | The Dubbing Database | Fandom
• KidsFirst Distribution Website
• Super RTL Website
• Maga Animation Website
• Toggo Eltern Website
• Toggo Website Page
• Hello Kitty: Super Style! | Tiny POP
• Hello Kitty: Super Style! Pitch PDF with Concept Art
• Toggolino release post
• Tiny Pop release post
• CBC release post
• Tiny Pop promo showing the prime times of HKSS