Hello Kitty’s newest friend is an egg named Gudetama. By Jenn Harris . April 2, 2014 3:24 PM PT . ... with pictures of him on a plate of rice with the caption “impossible, oh. ...

Sanrio's new Gudetama, the lazy egg character -- which our Food section colleague Jenn Harris first told you about last month -- made its stateside debut earlier this week.

Netflix revealed the first trailer for Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure, based on the popular Sanrio character, which starts streaming on December 13th.

The sleepy, sometimes cranky egg character may now be seen 'round the cool bar and lanes. By Alysia Gray Painter • Published October 21, 2018 • Updated on October 25, 2018 at 6:39 pm What to Know ...

That egg is Gudetama, a cartoon that skyrocketed to international fame after Sanrio introduced the character in 2013, not long after Hello Kitty, its biggest star, started to underperform.