Moonbug Entertainment Partners with Sanrio for Crossover Series Featuring Hello Kitty, CoComelon Characters
Moonbug Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Sanrio to produce a crossover series featuring characters from CoComelon and Sanrio franchises, such as Hello Kitty and Cinamoroll. Moonbug will distribute the series globally in 2026. Candle Media, parent company of Moonbug, previewed the multi-year deal for co-branded content at the APOS Summit in Bali.The companies will reveal more information in the coming months.The 52-episode Hello Kitty: Super Style! 3D animated series debuted in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan on Amazon Kids+ in December 2022. The series then debuted in Germany in 2023. ABC Frontier distributed the series in Asia. French companies Watch Next Media and Monello Productions produced the series with the Italian animation studio Maga Animation. Carly Rae Jepsen performs the series' theme song composed by Jared Faber.Sanrio and Monello Productions had announced the animated series in 2019 with the title The World of Hello Kitty.Warner Bros. Entertainment's New Line Cinema is producing the first feature-length film for Sanrio's Hello Kitty franchise. The film will be a live-action and animation hybrid film.Sentai Filmworks released the Hello Kitty & Friends – Let's Learn Together animated series as the first title in its "Sentai Kids" imprint in 2018.Sources: Moonbug Entertainment, Deadline (Max Goldbart)
