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Cat Soup

Cat Soup

Alternative Titles

Nekojiru-so

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: 7.541 (scored by 1587 users)
Ranked: #6442
Popularity: #737
Members: 2,384
Favorites: 37
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

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.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nyako
Nyako
Main
 
Nyatta
Nyatta
Main
 

Staff

Sato, Tatsuo
Director
Yuasa, Masaaki
Script
Yuasa, Masaaki
Storyboard
Yuasa, Masaaki
Animation Director

Recommendations

If you liked Cat Soup you should check out the series which the ova spawned from (and vice-a-versa). The two while having the same cast and dark humor, are actually a bit different, Nekojiru is a bunch of [black] comedic shorts with talking, cat soup is a longer more 'arty' and metaphorical adventure.
reportRecommended by Vesey
The surreal and dark atmospheres are synonymous, as well as the fact that they both have very little dialog.
reportRecommended by GOKU_NO_SORROW

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Overall 9
Story 9
Animation 8
Sound 8
Character 9
Enjoyment 9
Nov 7, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Cat Soup is as surrealist as surreal anime can get, replacing most human beings with cats, but presenting the same interesting story, perhaps even better than human characters would have done.

The storyline is by far one of the most unique one I have come across in a long, long time. Nyatto, a little boy...cat is trying to make his sister happy again after her soul is taken from her. What I like about Cat Soup is that it seems that there's so much visual metapho... read more
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Overall 9
Story 9
Animation 10
Sound 7
Character 10
Enjoyment 9
Apr 14, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
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 ani... read more
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Overall 9
Story 9
Animation 9
Sound 8
Character 10
Enjoyment 10
Aug 21, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
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 ... read more
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