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Hello Kitty MMORPG, CG Animated Series Win Awards

Sanrio Digital has announced that it won five Best Digital Entertainment Awards at the Hong Kong ICT Awards for the Hello Kitty Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends computer-animated television series. Hello Kitty Online is in beta testing now, but will open to the public for a special event from February 14 to 17. It won in the Best Graphics category. The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends won awards in Best 3D Animation, Best TV Series, Best Modeling & Texturing, and Best Lighting & Rendering categories. The series has been running in several countries around the world since last February, although not in Japan and North America.