{"id":12838,"date":"2013-07-05T22:14:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T05:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2013-07-06T03:03:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T10:03:23","slug":"hello-kitty-comes-to-san-diego-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/hello-kitty-comes-to-san-diego-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Kitty Comes to San Diego Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/hellokit.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve never been to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/long-beach-comic-and-horror-con-a-blast-from-past\/\">ComicCon<\/a> event, but you probably know about Hello Kitty, a cute fictional character seen in cartoons and on fashion products created and marketed by Sanrio. Though &#8220;Kitty&#8221; turns 40 in 2014, her longevity and fame are not ordinary among the feline crowd. Her popularity reportedly yields around $5 billion in sales annually. It&#8217;s easy to see why this extraordinary kitten is so compelling when you visit the new, interactive experience and pop-up shop called &#8216;Hello Kitty Fashion Music Wonderland&#8217;, which makes its debut appearance July 18-20, 2013 at Comic-Con Interactive Zone at Petco Park. Fans of all ages are invited to a colorful, anime-rich experience that includes fun activities, limited edition products, and special appearances by Hello Kitty. Colorfully styled from head to toe, Hello Kitty&#8217;s band of Lolitas will cheerfully greet and guide fans through the experience. Explore the pop-up shop offering a mix of event-only and limited edition Japanimation-themed collectible Hello Kitty items including the first-ever Hello Kitty graphic novel by VIZ Media, highly exclusive plush, apparel and accessories as well as a special collectors&#8217; pin set. Comic-Con badge holders can visit Kitty-chan Secret Space inside the San Diego Convention Center for even more Hello Kitty fun!<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 18th \u2013 Saturday, July 20th 9:30 a.m. &#8211; 7 p.m. and\u00a0Sunday July 21st 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Location: Comic-Con Interactive Zone at Petco Park,\u00a0100 Park Blvd.,\u00a0San Diego, CA 92101<\/p>\n<p>Admission: Free at Comic-Con Interactive Zone at Petco Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve never been to a ComicCon event, but you probably know about Hello Kitty, a cute fictional character seen in cartoons and on fashion products created and marketed by Sanrio. Though &#8220;Kitty&#8221; turns 40 in 2014, her longevity and fame are not ordinary among the feline crowd. Her popularity reportedly yields around $5 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12838"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}