Bad Badtz-Maru no Ari to Kirigirisu

Hello Kitty's Animation Theter is a OVA series with Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters appearing in their versions of different fairy tales.

It was released in the U.S. by ADV Films (who also own the video/DVD rights to Hello Kitty and Friends & Hello Kitty's Paradise).

In Latin America, the OVAS were distributed through the Cartoon Network LA and Boomerang LA cable channels, with a Latin dubbing. Currently, the dub is considered Lost Media.

"Badtz-maru is one mischievous little penguin. He lives with his mother and pinball playing father in Gorgeoustown. Badtz-maru attracts lots of attention as he walks his pet alligator, Pochi. Badtz-maru has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown."

🎂Birthday: April 1st (April Fool's Day)
Debut: 1993
Created by: Hisato Inoue, Kaori Harada (2nd Designer)
(Source: Sanrio)

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Badtz-Maru Watch Order:
[S] 1. Sanrio Anime Sekai Meisaku Gekijou (Sep 19, 1987 to Dec 12, 1987) | TV | 13 episodes × 24 min. per ep.
[M] 2. Bad Badtz-Maru no Ore wa Yuutousei (Oct 21, 1995) | OVA | 1 episode × 9 min. - Other
[M] 3. Bad Badtz-Maru no Otoko Dokyou no Omoiyari (Oct 21, 1995) | OVA | 1 episode × 14 min. - Other
[M] 4. Bad Badtz-Maru no Ore no Pochi wa Sekaiichi (Jan 13, 1996) | Movie | 1 episode × 13 min.
[M] 5. Bad Badtz-Maru no Ookami ga Kita! (Jul 20, 2001) | OVA | 1 episode × 10 min.
[M] 6. Bad Badtz-Maru no Ari to Kirigirisu (Sep 21, 2001) | OVA | 1 episode × 10 min.
[S] 7. The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends (Feb 18, 2008 to 2009) | TV | 52 episodes x 12 min. per ep.
[S] 8. Mazinger Z x Hello Kitty x Chogokin (Jan 6, 2016) | ONA | 1 episode x 2 min.

Legend:
[M] - Main Role
[S] - Supporting Role

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Badtz-Maru: https://myanimelist.net/character/18171/Badtz-Maru | https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/150/Sanrio
Official Sites: https://www.sanrio.co.jp/characters/badtzmaru/ | https://www.sanrio.com/collections/badtz-maru | https://www.sanrio.co.jp/characters/hapidanbui/ | https://www.sanrio.com/collections/sanrio-boys
Twitter: はぴだんぶい【公式】(Hapidanbui [Official]) (@hapidanbui) https://twitter.com/hapidanbui
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sanrio_characters#Bad_Badtz-Maru_(1993)
Fandom Wiki: Hello Kitty Wiki https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Badtz-Maru | https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Hapidanbui
Sanrio Wiki: https://sanriowiki.com/wiki/Badtz-Maru

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[Recurring] Family and Friends: https://www.sanrio.co.jp/characters/badtzmaru/?relation
Pochi https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Pochi
Hana-Maru https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Hana-Maru
Pandaba https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Pandaba

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Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Demographic: Kids

Tags: Sanrio, Hapidanbui, Sanrio Boys, Franchise, Animal, Penguin 🐧, Kodomo, Folktale

🎀 Club: For The Love Of Sanrio♥ https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=7942 (Active)

Hapidanbui (Sanrio Boys) [6]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35997
Sanrio Characters: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35354

✔️。

Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (Sanrio anime sekai meisaku gekijō; Sanrio Anime World Masterpiece Theater), not to be confused with Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10773), is a TV series with Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters appearing in their versions of popular fairy tales and folklores. ADV Films, which also owns the video/DVD rights to Hello Kitty and Friends and Hello Kitty's Paradise, released the anime in the U.S.

There are 26 tales.

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🌈 Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (color coded base on the covers):
❤️ 1a Hello Kitty no Shirayuki-hime (2001) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/30263
❤️ 1b Bad Badtz-Maru no Ookami ga Kita! - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22451
🧡 2a Pochacco no Jack to Mame no Ki - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22493
🧡 2b Hello Kitty no Ousama no Mimi wa Roba no Mimi - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22491
🧡 3a Hello Kitty no Hansel to Gretel - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22489
🧡 3b My Melody no Akazukin (OVA) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/30468
💛 4a Hello Kitty no Kaguya-hime (2001) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/42501
🤍 4b Hangyodon no Hadaka no Ousama - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22563
💚 5a Hello Kitty no Nemureru Mori no Bijo - https://myanimelist.net/anime/17955
💚 5b Bad Badtz-Maru no Ari to Kirigirisu - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22565
💚 6a Hello Kitty no Hakuchou no Ouji - https://myanimelist.net/anime/18085
💚 6b Osaru no Monkichi no Kin no Ono Gin no Ono - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22567
💚 7a Hello Kitty no Kurumi Wari Ningyou - https://myanimelist.net/anime/18083
💚 7b Korokoro Kuririn no Inaka no Nezumi Tokai no Nezumi - https://myanimelist.net/anime/18081
💙 8a Hello Kitty no Momotarou - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22447
💙 8b Pom Pom Purin no Usagi to Kame -https://myanimelist.net/anime/22569
💙 9a Hello Kitty no Cinderella (OVA) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/30264
💙 9b Ahiru no Pekkle no Ahiru no Drakestail - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22571
💙 10a Kerokero Keroppi no Aladdin to Mahou no Lamp - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22573
💙 10b Hello Kitty no Match Uri Shoujo - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22487
💜 11a Hello Kitty no Nagagutsu wo Naita Neko - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22449
💜 11b Ahiru no Pekkle no Minikui Ahiru no Ko - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22575
❤️ 12a Hello Kitty no Oyayubi-hime (OVA) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/17481
❤️ 12b Pom Pom Purin no Kitakaze to Taiyou - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22577
💗 13a Hello Kitty no Yuki no Joou - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22485
💗 13b Hello Kitty no Sanbiki no Kobuta - https://myanimelist.net/anime/22483

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Hello Kitty Watch Order Guide [Part 1]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37298
Hello Kitty Watch Order Guide [Part 2]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37299

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Demographic: Kids

Tags: Sanrio, Hello Kitty, Anthropomorphic, Cat 🐈, Kitty, Neko, Franchise, Folklore, Folktale, Fairy Tale, Fable, Kodomo

🎀 Club: For The Love Of Sanrio♥ https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=7942 (Active)

Sanrio Characters https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35354

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Fables: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170999

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Resources:
Hello Kitty Wiki: Hello Kitty's Animation Theater https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Hello_Kitty%27s_Animation_Theater | https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Hello_Kitty%27s_Animation_Theater_Episodes
Sanrio Wiki: https://sanriowiki.com/wiki/Hello_Kitty%27s_Animation_Theater
AniDB: https://anidb.net/anime/?adb.search=Hello%20Kitty%60s%20Animation%20Theater&h=1&noalias=1&orderby.airdate=0.1&orderby.name=1.1
ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4172 | https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4172&page=25
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32812183/ | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32812183/episodes/?ref_=tt_eps_sm
TVDB: https://thetvdb.com/series/hello-kittys-animation-theater

Streaming on U-NEXT (region-locked; VPN required):
サンリオアニメ世界名作劇場 (Sanrio anime sekai meisaku gekijō; Sanrio Anime World Masterpiece Theater)
https://video.unext.jp/browse/relation/SID0019973/video

Note: Just search the title on YouTube for a playlist.

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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales by Meitheal Dúchas.ie https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Aesop's Fables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
Perry Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Index
Fables of Aesop https://fablesofaesop.com/ | https://fablesofaesop.com/perry-index
The Æsop for Children https://read.gov/aesop/001.html

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P.S. I made this guide to help others who get confused with all the Hello Kitty anime out there especially with Hello Kitty's Animation Theater and Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater. Check out Hello Kitty Watch Order Guide [Part 1] (https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37298) for a Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater guide within that stack.

Retellings of the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper." 🐜

“There's a time for work and a time for play.”

Tags: Gakken, Stop Motion, Fable, Fairy Tale, Kodomo, Animal, Anthropomorphic, Ant, Grasshopper

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper

[Perry 373 The Cicada and the Ant]
[ATU 280A Ant and the Cricket; AT 280A Ant and the Grasshopper]

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Resources:
Aesop's Fables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
Perry Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Index
Fables of Aesop https://fablesofaesop.com/ | https://fablesofaesop.com/perry-index
The Ant and The Grasshopper https://fablesofaesop.com/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper.html
The Æsop for Children https://read.gov/aesop/001.html | https://read.gov/aesop/052.html

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Fables: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170999

Anime about grasshoppers.

The Ant and the Grasshopper: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51645

Tags: Animal, Anthropomorphic, Insect, Fable, Fairy Tale, Kodomo

Retellings of Aesop's fables or Aesopica.

Tags: Kodomo, Animal, Anthropomorphic

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Resources:
Aesop's Fables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
Perry Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Index
Fables of Aesop https://fablesofaesop.com/ | https://fablesofaesop.com/perry-index
The Æsop for Children https://read.gov/aesop/001.html

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Fables: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170999