Samouraï Pizza Cats

Samurai Pizza Cats has been on T.V for nearly 10 years, despite there only being just about over 50 episodes, it still proves to be one of Japan's best cartoons. Most people will have never heard of this cartoon (because of other cartoons like Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z and of course... Pokemon). The funniest part of the cartoon was the narrator, sometimes screwing up his lines and making crazy comments. In short Samurai Pizza Cats is a lost classic

This show is funnier than Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?," which is very much in the same vein.

Like Allen's film, the SPCs are a Japanese production given a very funny English soundtrack, only this time the Japanese production was a spoof of anime to start with. The result: A very, very funny show, both visually and in the soundtrack, with no slow spots or inappropriate humor.

The English soundtrack was made up out of whole cloth, because there were no transcripts of the Japanese scripts to translate. The crew made a virtue out of necessity.

Beware the funny-looking blue stuff.

A creative, fun anime. This one involved the Pizza cats who were also samurais and fought evil characters when inter-rumping peace in Tokyo. See, the cats work on a Pizza restaurant!

This cartoon is really a hidden gem. It had the necessary humor to entertain children and adults. The situations were really comical with

the Japanesse touch. I really dug the sometimes black humor used because it fit perfectly with the characters.

I liked their comical adventures and the cartoon's ending always had a positive message.

Oh, this is pure nostalgia. I remember always sitting in front of t.v. every day at 4:00 p.m. waiting eagerly for the show.

This cartoon is tender but really humorous. I don't know where to find it but believe me, if it's released on DVD, it will be a HUGE success. This may be the best comical anime.

Also, the opening song is stuff for legend. Samurai Pizza Cats!!

On the surface, the show appeared to be nothing more than a spoof of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with a bunch of pizza loving cats who fight crime. But Samurai Pizza Cats proved to be much more than that. It was a show with it's own unique brand of humor, wit, glib, charm and Charisma.

Originally titled "Legend of the Cat Samurai", the show aired in Japan a few years before finally making it overseas where Saban took it and changed it into the show it is today. Because they had no transcripts made for them, the writers were forced to improv and make up stories to fit the characters actions - it worked beautifully. The final product ended up being a 'parody' of what it what it intended to be. Pizza had very little to do with it.

The reason why the show is so enjoyable is because it doesn't take itself too seriously. It is very light humored in nature. Even the villains are likeable. The show also is well rounded and manages to touch on the areas of friendship and love, something which other shows fail to do. The personalities were almost life-like, adding depth to the show.

In short, this was a great series and would have been even greater had the creators simply decided to make more episodes.

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When this show first premiered in 1991, I immediately didn't watch it, dismissing it as nothing more than a lame "Ninja Turtles" rip-off. But then, on one rainy afternoon, there was nothing else on, and I began to watch it. This show is just SO funny! What other cartoons feature a cross-dressing villain, heroes whose secret identities are exactly the same as their hero personas, and a total babe with a missile launcher in her head that nukes whatever upsets her? I watched it religiously until 1997, when all my local carriers quit showing it. But, trust me, this show is one of the best forgotten gems of animation. And always remember, "although they may be pen and ink, we know they'll fight like...PIZZA CATS!!"