In reply to: https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1582532615298433024

The confusion comes from Hello Kitty, which is Japanese. The similarities in style are striking. So much so, that the creator of Miffy brought Hello Kitty to court over a less known character called Cathy (and won).

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Gijs van Dam https://twitter.com/gijswijs
ill doers are ill deemers, it seems. There's a Dutch saying for this, which translates to: "How the innkeeper is, that’s how he trusts his guests."
2022-10-19 01:35:10 +00:00
Matthew https://twitter.com/midwesthideout
Interesting to learn this because Sanrio is EXTREMELY protective of its IP as we've gotten our one and only lifetime cease-and-desist letter from my wife teaching 7 year olds how to draw a few of the characters
2022-10-19 01:26:00 +00:00