In episode 6 of our Tokyo City Series we visit to Kokoro HQ, part of the Sanrio Group responsible for one of the most famous Japanese exports, Hello Kitty.

Since their inception in 1984 Kokoro have created various 'ofrobots' including people friendly vending machines, massive animatronic dinosaurs and lifelike 'humanoid' robots, developed in 'continous observation of humans'.

We meet Takeshi Mita who shows us the female actroids (actor/android) they are currently developing and tells us of his hopes for an actroid and human integrated future.