Angel Cat Sugar

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Angel Cat Sugar ( Japanese エ ン ジ ェ ル キ ャ ッ ト シ ュ ガ ー , Enjeru Kyatto Shugā ) is a fictional character by the Japanese designer Yuko Shimizu , who also invented the character Hello Kitty in 1974 .

history

Yuko Shimizu said he found a white cat with two kittens on the street, which she named Pīchan and took home with her. According to Shimizu, Pīchan raised her own kittens and two strange kittens there and disappeared after breastfeeding.

This event inspired Yuko Shimizu to create Angel Cat Sugar, who is said to be an ambassador of kindness and compassion.

description

Angel Cat Sugar is a white cat who has wings and wears a crown obtained from healing an injured bird. Her name also comes from this event. Her healing powers are attributed to her and she performs together with her friends, the three mice Basil, Parsley and Thyme. Unlike Hello Kitty, Angel Cat Sugar has a mouth, eyelashes, eyebrows, fingers, and toes.

marketing

Angel Cat Sugar was launched in Japan in 2003 to respond to the falling demand for Hello Kitty products. Angel-Cat-Sugar articles are now also available in other countries. The rights for the licensed products are in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for bed linen, pillows, towels and carpets from Herding, for ceramics, clocks, glasses, writing utensils, etc., from United Labels for the picture books from Edel: Kids and for gift goods from P : OS Handels GmbH. In Germany they are only available from Tex-Ass for clothing.

Games

  • September 16, 2009: Angel Cat Sugar ( NDS )
  • September 16, 2009: Angel Cat Sugar ( PC )

literature

A four-part picture book series by Yuko Shimizu was published for Angel Cat Sugar:

  • Hazukashigariya no Shugā-chan ( は ず か し が り や の シ ュ ガ ー ち ゃ ん , "The shy Sugar-chan"). Yanagihara Shuppan, Kyōto June 2005, ISBN 4-8409-6511-0
  • Shugā-chan to daiji na tamago ( シ ュ ガ ー ち ゃ ん と だ い じ な た ま ご , "Sugar-chan and the important egg"). Yanagihara Shuppan, Kyōto December 2005, ISBN 4-8409-6512-9
  • Shugā-chan to Korisu-chan ( シ ュ ガ ー ち ゃ ん と こ り す ち ゃ ん , "Sugar-chan and the little squirrel"). Yanagihara Shuppan, Kyōto July 2006, ISBN 4-8409-6513-7
  • Shugā-chan to fuyu no okurimono ( シ ュ ガ ー ち ゃ ん と ふ ゆ の お く り も の , "Sugar-chan and the gift in winter"). Yanagihara Shuppan, Kyōto December 2006, ISBN 4-8409-6512-9

reception

As a result of the marketing strategy, various stars have presented themselves with the merchandising items in recent years . For example, the British presenter Fearne Cotton presented herself several times with accessories with Angel Cat Sugar as a motif. This was taken up in particular in fashion magazines such as More Magazine or Mizz .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excerpt from the interview on the official website ( memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 22, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.angelcatsugar.jp
  2. ↑ The excerpt in German ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 22, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.angelcatsugar.de
  3. ↑ Angel Cat Sugar ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.3 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brand-licensing.com
  4. ↑ Liz Thomas: Watch out Hello Kitty ... there's a new cat in town: Angel Cat Sugar set to become new icon . Daily Mail, September 8, 2010
  5. ↑ partner. (No longer available online.) In: エ ン ジ ェ ル キ ャ ッ ト シ ュ ガ ー 公式 サ イ ト . Archived from the original on November 14, 2012 ; Retrieved July 22, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.angelcatsugar.jp
  6. ↑ Presentation of the game on the official website of the publisher ( Memento of the original from August 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 22, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.risingstargames.com
  7. ↑ Presentation of the game on the publisher's official website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 22, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.risingstargames.com  
  8. ↑ Bag a Bargain . In: More Magazine . Meredith, November 30, 2009, p. 8 .
  9. ↑ Style Seeker . What a cutey! In: Mizz . Panini UK, 6 January 2010, p. 17 .

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