JAPANESE toymakers are protesting at plans for a movie based on a gruesome murder in which a human skull was hidden in one of their Hello Kitty dolls.
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Chanel Cambon HandbagsJapanese toy manufacturer Sanrio condemned the plan for dramatising the crime, saying that the film would violate Sanrio's corporate ethic of 'love, friendship and happiness'.
Hello Kitty is a multi-billion pound industry for Sanrio, which created the moon-faced, mouthless character 25 years ago.
The kitten images, which
embroidered patches are popular with children and young women, adorn stationery, handbags, credit cards, vacuum cleaners and even frozen Chinese dumplings.