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I think Cat Soup is underrated. It's a work of art. :)

10/10. Calling this a masterpiece is a massive understatement.

That was very interesting, but I don't understand all of the symbols and imagery. Can someone point them out for me? =)

I tried to keep an open mind I really did but the whole fact of the little pyscho cat really creeped me out, I though the symbolism and story were great, I just did like it lol. However I do want a water elephant they look pretty awesome!

Absolutely sensational surreal and mad. This anime gets a 10.

The part where they were in the pig going through the desert was so funny, I was lol'in

Wow... seriously weird, yet attractive. The end was messed up though. I gave it a 7/10 cause I rate on enjoyment and the feeling I'm left with after watching it, but the series was very well made. The art is crazy awesome.

lol, funny ep. loved it! catsoup ftw.

where you ppl watch it ? :/ do you download it ?

its on youtube, veoh and I think on megavideo as well. I would recommend a high quality version so you can really appreciate the sound and the art.

I dled it from Bakabt

it's the strangest thing i've ever seen. and i loved it.
so deep, so psycho, so great

Holy hell... this is THE weirdest thing i've ever seen.


9/10 definitely

Seriously the weirdest OAV I've ever watched, it's defintely not my taste but it wasn't bad at all.
The ending was kinda sad, the main character did all of this to save his sister and she's saved, he finally loose all of his family and he end up all alone. Somehow I really like this pessimistic conclusion.

7/10 for me.

well actually the end wasn't really pessimistic. It was more like a metaphor. The last scene and the credits try to say that every moment in life is precious. That everything is going to fade away one day, so you have to make the most of it... value your life and treasure every moment. Remember that scene when time freezes and the brother cat pulls out the frozen tear on the woman's cheek (the one who was trying to kill herself jumping in front of a train), throws it down and breaks it with his feet. She was throwing away something really precious (life)...and her pain (tears) was nothing at all compared to what she was throwing away. One of the lessons that the anime teaches is value of life. There are other, deeper and darker, things as well. But I think that last one is basically the main message of the whole movie.

And you don't have to feel sad for the cat and his family :P all of cat soup is more like an art. Its trying to say something, like an abstract painting. I don't see the cats as normal characters. I see them as 'guides'. More like Kino and her Motorrad (if you've seen kino's journey). Something like that... :P

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I always interpreted the ending differently, and the whole thing differently. I couldn't quite wrap my head around why the whole family disappeared, but I figured at least the sister did because you can't bring anyone back from the dead.

I get this feeling when I watch the scene in the credits, which really tied everything together for me. In the fantasy journey, they encounter god, and there's this whole theme about turning back time, but the fact that the last scene, the memory of the family on the beach, is so plain, so realistic, that in relative terms, the whole rest of the movie seems like some convoluted delusion, says to me that it was just some emotional escape, a little "what if" to something that is inherently impossible.

The way that one scene (in the credits) kept repeating and repeating struck me as a regretful reminiscence, particularly of a dead loved one because of how obsessive it seemed.

pay much attention to the beginning, it might give you some perspective in regards to the ending. this is obviously not a work that is meant to have some kind of easily interpreted meaning, what makes it so intriguing is that all the scenarios are connected on many different levels, meaning that each experience is bound to be radically different. personally i felt that the ending is connected to the beginning (once again pay close attention) but it is all that cat soup contains that is the meat so to speak, not how it ends

Very good, I couldn't get my stare off the screen. Animation is brilliant! These cats are so cute ^^ . Definitely the best abstract thing I've watched, 'cause it could be understood in 50/50 easy way and it's not about some entangled plot. Surreal thing that shows our everyday truth like: free cheese is only in a mousetrap (be aware); life is interesting, unpredictable and fleeting; we can handle everything if we demonstrate the will; we have animal nature, but it's not the reason to complain -- it's just like that. In general, live your life and don't f*ck your brain (don't expect too much benefits from fortune, better work to get 'em or create 'em).

Also, I'd not call it weird -- watch smth from Ga-nime at first.

Thanx, man, didn't think about it this way. I guess, you're right.

"and her pain (tears) was nothing at all compared to what she was throwing away"... have missed it, though it was not so hard to understand. Thank you too.