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Cat Soup (OAV)

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©Nekojiru • Yamato Do Co., Ltd./Nekojiru Family.

Alternative title:
Nekojiru-sō (Japanese)
Кошачий суп (Russian)
ねこぢる草 (Japanese)
Themes: dark comedy
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 848 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 117 votes (sub:98, dub:7, raw:4, ?:4, others:4
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 158 votes (sub:125, dub:21, raw:4, ?:3, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 201 votes (sub:166, dub:29, ?:2, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Good: 179 votes (sub:148, dub:21, raw:4, ?:3, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 97 votes (sub:79, dub:11, ?:4, others:3
2 Russian dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 39 votes (sub:32, dub:3, others:4
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:4, ?:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:15, raw:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1470 users, rank: #843 (of 9763)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.527 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.8988, rank: #1755 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 7.476 (Good+), rank: #1786 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 6.19 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.476 (Good+), rank: #1484 (of 7492)
Running time: 34 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage:
2001
2002-01-20 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2014-11-10 (UK, Leeds International Film Festival)
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 0)
    Cat Soup - DVD + Limited Edition Liquid Art Pack (DVD) 2003-09-09 (from $149.99)
    Cat Soup - [Collector's Series] (DVD) 2003-09-09

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuo Satō
Scenario:
Masaaki Yuasa
Tatsuo Satō
Storyboard: Masaaki Yuasa
Music: Kan Ogasawara
Original creator: Nekojiru
Art Director: Hideki Nakamura
Producer: Yuji Matsukura

Animation producer: Masaaki Yuasa
Assistant Mixing Engineer:
Kumiko Shimizu
Yoshinori Takada
Assistant producer: Tomohiro Ogawa
Cel Effects: Gō Abe
Chief Production Administrator: Jun Katou
Cinematography: Masaru Takase
Color design: Miyuki Ishida
Cooperation: Etsuko Sakaguchi (OP)
Digital Paint:
Asuka Takada
Kan Onoshima
Kazuomi Koga
Kenichi Hashimoto
Kimi Hirabayashi
Mie Marumo
Mika Funahashi
Miwako Suzuki
Taisuke Ishikawa
Tomoko Ando
Tsuyoshi Izawa
Editing: Kan Onoshima
Foley:
Kazue Akiyama
Shin'ichi Kita
Foley Assistant:
Kentarou Noto
Yuri Hasegawa
In-Between Animation:
Akie Hayakawa
Akie Okamoto
Akie Sahashi
Akie Takamoto
Atsuko Ueda
Ayaka Suga
Chie Fuji
Chieko Miyakawa
Chinatsu Ueno
Chizuko Koike
Fumiko Kimura
Hiromi Sahara
Hiromi Suzuki
Kazue Aoki
Kazuhiro Suzuki
Kenji Nishigawa
Kumiko Mori
Mariko Aikawa
Masaaki Iwane
Mayumi Kakubari
Mitsuzumi Yoshino
Noriko Kai
Noriko Sugiyama
Satsuki Muramatsu
Takayuki Abe
Takehiko Kageyama
Tomoko Ura
Toshifumi Niijima
Tsuyoshi Moride
Youko Ozone
Yūichirō Yamada
Yukari Yamaura
Yūki Ukai
Yukie Watanabe
Yukiyo Komito
Yuriko Ishii
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto
Nobuko Ogino
Takako Kōno
Key Animation:
Hidenori Fukuoka
Hiroshi Shimizu
Kayoko Nabeta
Kunihiro Abe
Masahiko Kubo
Nobutake Ito
Osamu Tanabe
Shigeki Sunada
Shigeru Aki
Shūichi Kaneko
Yasuhisa Katō
Yoh Yoshinari
Yūichirō Sueyoshi
Mix Engineer:
Kazutaka Someya
Masakazu Yamaguchi
Music Cooperation: Jun'ichi Natori
Music Director: Utollo Teshikai
Music Recording:
Hiroki Kakutani
Toshio Tamagawa
Planning:
Atsushi Moriyama
Hatashige Toyosaki (MAC)
Masaaki Yuasa
Mikihiko Kanie
Taisei Toyo
Post-Production Manager:
Chiyo Ikejima
Takeshi Ishigaki
Promotion: Michiko Otake
Sound Design: Kazutaka Someya
Special Finishing: Miyuki Ishida
Visual Effects:
Masaru Takase
Mikio Nakade
Mikio Takade
(none)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Cooperation:
Animo
Imagica
Sony PCL
Digital Paint: J.C. Staff
Distributor: King Records
Foley: Sony PCL
In-Between Animation:
Anime Osaka
J.C. Staff
M.S.C
Studio Cockpit
Studio March
Music Cooperation:
Algol Production
Moeginomura Hall of Halls - Yamanashi Kiyosato
Music Production: King Records
Production:
J.C. Staff
King Records
Yamato Do Co
Sound Production: Sony PCL
English staff
English cast
Translation: Mayumi Kobayashi
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Commentary Translation: Mayumi Kobayashi
DVD Coordination: Michael Palan
In-House Production:
Amber Kusmenko
Justin Sevakis
Tim Werenko
Manager: Tim Werenko
Subtitling: Justin Sevakis
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Anime Selects
Distributor: Software Sculptors
DVD Menu Design: Orange Rectangle Labs
DVD Premastering: Resolution Productions
Licensed by: Central Park Media

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