Please contact @meidomai on discord or @overseer on MFC with any leads or if interested in helping clean up or crop art.
Francesca/Merry Francesca
'Main character' of 100catsworld.
Eepin
Nyamar
What is 100catsworld? - A product line from 1999, by Sanrio Nijihan, a branch(?) of Sanrio for which very little information exists. It was produced by Kunihiko Tsuji and features 100 individual cat designs, all drawn by different artists. They made typical Sanrio products- stationary, plushies, keychains, room decor, etc.Why is it lost? - In my searching, I found that the trademark for 100catsworld was filed August 10th, 1999. Its status was officially changed to Dead/Abandoned on May 24th, 2001. That means that this trademark was only active for 1 year, 9 months, 14 days. There is a possibility the trademark has been picked back up; artwork of Francesca has been found from Shopee links, which are difficult to investigate, but substantially more modern than the 2001 death date of the trademark.3/100 cats Named
0/100 artists foundIt is unconfirmed whether any/all artists were ever announced publicly, or if all 100 cats were given names.
Considering MFC is the ideal place to document this merchandise, most information regarding it will be found there. However, I'll highlight the most interesting pieces here, such as plushes of cats we haven't been able to identify yet. Theoretically, for a design to get a plush, I'm hoping they're the more popular ones and that they may have names attached.
