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Nekojiru-sou

Nekojiru-sou

Alternative Titles

English: Cat Soup
Japanese: ねこぢる草

Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 21, 2001
Producers: J.C. Staff
Duration: 32 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.571 (scored by 8690 users)
Ranked: #11202
Popularity: #840
Members: 14,108
Favorites: 177
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2 based on the top anime page.

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comedy psychological surreal

Synopsis

Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transcience of man's existence, but it can be enjoyed without understanding any of them. The plot, though simple, isn't necessarily understandable without being explained. The main character, a cat named Nyatto, embarks upon a journey to save his sister's soul, which was ripped in two when Nyatto tried to save her from Death. She trails after him, brain-dead. They encounter many brilliant, mind-bending situations, beginning with a disturbing magic show.

(Source: ANN)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Nekojiru Udon
Alternative version: Nekojiru Gekijou

Characters & Voice Actors

Nyako
Nyako
Main
 
Nyatta
Nyatta
Main
 
Pig
Pig
Main
 
Elephant, Water
Elephant, Water
Supporting
 

Staff

Satou, Tatsuo
Director
Yuasa, Masaaki
Script, Storyboard, Animation Director
Kato, Yasuhisa
Key Animation
Ito, Nobutake
Key Animation



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Aug 21, 2008
Blackfred
Every once in a while, a truly magnificent and original anime shows up. Being a media everyone relates with silly characters, a fun story and a little ecchi now and then, the typical anime-lover would get a mild shock from a movie such as this.

Through the film, we follow the cat Nyatto on his quest to reclaim his sister's lost soul. They embark on a strange journey filled with mystery, darkness and disturbing obstacles. There isn't much more to say, really.

Nyatto and his sister - and also a few other characters - were all in Nekojiru Gekijou, the series this film spawned from. Although read more
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Apr 14, 2008
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I have to start with that this is probably THE weirdest movie I have ever seen. And you know what, I loved it. You get completly lost when u watch it but in a good way, but the best thing with this is probably that they made it look like a kids show, but its so harsh in some places that you realise that this is not a kids show.

Story: I liked the story that the Main cat (Nyatto) is trying to help his sister that got her soul removed. but that might just be because I love weird anime.

Art: I just got blown away read more
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Recommendations

Both explore very surreal, highly creative and imaginative worlds.
freaky, psychedelic, a journey filled with random happenings, surreal visual style, Yuasa Masaakis segment "happy machine" on Genius party is somewhat reminiscent of his work on Cat soup

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