Ranked #5071

Dark Side Cat

Dark Side Cat is an upright-walking feline with a killer fashion sense, a natural talent for parkour, and a desire to smash as many cars, stores, and kick as many human heads as possible.

Essentially, he's a giant asshole, who makes life for the relatively innocent humans of his town an absolute nightmare.

It's an intriguing premise for a series, and with its fast pace and occasional laughs, Dark Side Cat is a quick, enjoyable 6 episode, 6 minute watch.

However, there are flaws preventing this from being anything truly great or special. For a series based around Dark Side Cat's dastardly exploits, there simply aren't that many action shots of him doing anything cool or unexpected with the exception of the first and last episodes. (Which are, not surprisingly, the best ones)

Instead, we get a lot of very generic, uninspired action shots. In fact, this often mirrors the story, too; Dark Side Cat's "sad" backstory is pretty much as wafer-thin and predictable as that of a JRPG protagonist, as are the personalities of the characters.

And frankly, one of the episodes, featuring the little boy, is downright bad and logically poor.

That being said, 5 out of the 6 episodes have genuine moments of laughter and excitement throughout, making this one of the better ONAs I've watched.

With regards to the art, it uses a very two-dimensional, cardboard cut-out style, similar to what one sees on "South Park". Clearly, budget was a factor, but it doesn't end up harming the series much.

The music consists solely of Dark Side Cat's theme, a catchy dance pop beat without any lyrics. It's nothing special, but helps set the mood for the action.

Overall, clocking in at a total of 36 minutes, Dark Side Cat is certainly worth watching for a viewer with any appreciation for action or humor, but it's nothing extraordinary, either. read more

Well. This one certainly surprised me. I didn't expect Dark Side Cat to be that good, but it was. It's a short and sweet 6 episode ONA about the most awesome cat in anime, the Dark Side Cat.

The Dark Side Cat is a cool cat with ninja-like abilities who lurks in the night, even beating and outsmarting a army of police men which chases after him. He likes to cause alittle bit of mischief around town. The city is cracking down on stray cats it seems. So the Dark Side cat has to look out for them aswell. With so much to do, he still manages to help some troubled humans on the way. Though he usually does so accidently at times. And that's pretty much the story. It's genious in it's simplicity and the Dark Side Cat's antics are a joy to watch. There's action, there's some comedy, and even some sad moments in this delightful series.

Concidering that it's a ONA. The artwork is pretty good and has a pretty distinct style which I enjoyed. The animation is surprisingly fluid too. Something other ONA titles seem to fall short on for the most part in my opinion.

The sound is allright. The theme song is pretty good and catchy, the problem is. That's really the only song playing through the series (not all the time ofcourse). It won't really get on your nerves though since it's a pretty short series, but I found it pretty lacking in the music department sadly. The voice acting is good though.

So,I'd recommend to take a moment of your time and check out this criminally overlooked gem. And with it's short lenght, you can easily watch it in one sitting and it won't overstay its welcome. Overall I give it a 9. read more