Cat Shit One
| Cat Shit One | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Motofumi Kobayashi |
| publishing company | SoftBank Publishing |
| First publication | September 1998 - September 2005 |
| expenditure | 4th |
| Manga | |
| title | Cat Shit One '80 |
| Original title | Cat Shit One '80 |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Motofumi Kobayashi |
| publishing company | SoftBank Publishing |
| First publication | April 30, 2008 - ... |
| expenditure | 2+ |
Cat Shit One is a four-part manga series written and drawn by the Japanese mangaka Motofumi Kobayashi . The series was first published by SoftBank Publishing from 1998 to 2002. The story is a parody of the Vietnam War and traces the fate of three rabbits who are used as soldiers for reconnaissance purposes.
A sequel to the manga by Kobayashi was released in 2008 under the title Cat Shit One '80 and tells of the experiences of the same protagonists in different conflicts of lower intensity . In 2010, an adaptation of Cat Shit One followed as a 3D animated web anime that could be seen exclusively on YouTube. The series was produced by Studio Anima and relocated the story to the Middle East .
action
Cat Shit One is about the three American soldiers Perkins ( パ ー キ ン ス ; short name Perky, パ ッ キ ー ), White ( ホ ワ イ ト ; short name Rats, ラ ッ ツ ) and Botasky ( ボ タ ス キ ー ) and is set during the Vietnam War . You belong to the Cat Shit One reconnaissance unit . Each chapter represents a mission of the soldiers portrayed as rabbits (Japanese usagi as an allusion to USA GI ). The manga takes a critical look at the parties involved in the war, which are symbolized by different species of animals. There are the Americans (rabbits), the Vietnamese (cats), French (pigs, alluding to truffle pigs ), Chinese (panda), Japanese (monkeys or gorillas), Russians (bears), Koreans (dogs, alluding to) on the Bosintang dog court ), British (rats, alluding to the Desert Rats ) and Australians (kangaroos) in their respective representations. At the end of each issue there was an additional chapter labeled Dog Shit One . In these sections, detached from the main plot, human figures were presented.
In the sequel Cat Shit One '80 , the action shifts to the 1980s and follows the rabbits in various smaller conflicts. The parties of the Germans (foxes, alluding to Erwin Rommel ), the inhabitants of the Middle East (camels, donkeys and sheep) and the Argentinians (cows) have been added.
In the anime spin-off , the plot is shifted directly to the Middle East in 1991, where Americans were kidnapped by the terrorists (camels).
Origin and publications
Cat Shit One
The four-part manga Cat Shit One was written and drawn by the Japanese mangaka Motofumi Kobayashi . The series was first published in the online magazine GameSpot . In Japan, the chapters published there were combined into four Tankōbon issues, which were published by Softbank Publishing .
- Vol. 1: Cat Shit One Vol.1 September 1998, ISBN 4-7973-0716-1
- Vol. 2: Cat Shit One Vol. 2 August 2000, ISBN 4-7973-0960-1
- Vol. 3: Cat Shit One Vol. 3 September 2002, ISBN 4-7973-2163-6
- Vol. 4: Cat Shit One Vol. 0 September 2005, ISBN 4-7973-3298-0
The first three volumes were translated into English in 2004 by ADV Manga under the title Apocalypse Meow , which is based on Apocalypse Now . From 2006 to 2007 a French version of all four volumes was published by Glénat , and in 2006 a Polish version of the first three volumes by Waneko .
Cat Shit One '80
Author Kobayashi continued the series in 2008 under the title Cat Shit One '80 with a different scenario. Two summaries have been published so far that have not yet been translated into other languages.
- Vol. 1: Cat Shit One '80 Vol.1 April 30, 2008, ISBN 978-4-7973-4849-1
- Vol. 2: Cat Shit One '80 Vol.2 March 25, 2009, ISBN 978-4-7973-5284-9
Web anime
The anime adaptation of the same name Cat Shit One was presented for the first time at the Tōkyō Kokusai Anime Fair 2009. At that time, only one trailer of the series was shown, which essentially consisted of scenes from the first episode. At the same time, the producer Junya Okabe was still looking for funding to implement it. The production was finally taken over by IDA Entertainment . The actual animation of the series produced in 3D was created in the anima studio under the direction of Kazuya Sasahara . The first episode of the web anime was available exclusively on YouTube from July 17, 2010 .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Perky | Hiroshi Tsuchida |
| Botasky | Satoshi Hino |
Web links
- Anime adaptation website (Japanese)
- Anime News Network about the manga , the continuation and the original net animation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cat Shit One # 01. Glénat, accessed July 17, 2010 (French).
- ↑ Cat Shit One. (No longer available online.) Waneko, archived from the original on October 1, 2010 ; Retrieved July 18, 2010 (Polish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
