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What's Michael? (manga)

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Alternative title:
Cześć Michael! (Polish)
Michael (French)
ホワッツ マイケル？ (Japanese)
Themes: cats
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: What's Michael is a set of episodic stories about the lives of cats and their owners, there is no continuity from episode to episode. Michael goes into heat so his owners buy him a mate. Michael, Popo and their kittens attack a teddy bear that has invaded their house. Michale catches the fleas. The Freyman Reaction is explained.
User Ratings: 38 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:1, sub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 8 votes (Eng:4, sub:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:4, Eng:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 6 votes (dub:2, sub:1, raw:1, Eng:1, others:1
1 Polish
)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:2, ?:1, sub:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 122 users, rank: #696 (of 7024)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.132 (Good), std. dev.: 2.142, rank: #2892 (of 7891)
Weighted mean: 7.224 (Good+), rank: #3147 (of 7891) (seen all: 7.91 / seen some: 7.18 / won't finish: 4.61)
Bayesian estimate: 7.268 (Good+), rank: #2068 (of 3554)
Number of tankoubon: 9
Number of pages: 146
Vintage:
1984 to 1989 (serialized in Morning)
2000-03-29 (Begins English Serialization)
Release dates: We have 31
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 9-15 (Feb 11, 2020)
What's Michael? Manga Gets English Collection in January (Jun 25, 2019)
What's Michael's Kobayashi Launches Edo-Period Manga (Nov 8, 2011)
Dark Horse Comics Lays Off 7 Employees (Apr 13, 2011)
Bokurano's Kitoh to Launch Noririn Cycling Manga (Jul 28, 2009)
158 Manga Creators Mark Shonen Sunday, Mag's 50th Year (Mar 19, 2009)
What's Michael Creator to Launch Seki no Yatappe Manga (Nov 24, 2008)
2006 Eisner Nominations (Apr 5, 2006)
Super Manga Blast Update (Dec 8, 2005)
Few Manga at Eisner Awards (Apr 10, 2003)
Manga at the Eisner Awards (Apr 9, 2002)
February Manga Releases (Dec 5, 2001)
Top Manga Sales (Dec 3, 2001)
Dark Horse December Manga Release (Sep 7, 2001)
Dark Horse July Releases (Apr 10, 2001)
Dark Horse PR (Dec 19, 2000)
U.S. Manga News Briefs (Oct 23, 1999)
Interest:
Makoto Kobayashi Draws What's Michael? Manga's Cat for 1st Time in 29 Years (May 26, 2017)
Other articles: Show:
Manga Answerman - Do English-Language Publishers Ever Collaborate On Manga Releases? (Jul 13, 2018)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Special Guest Edition: Club 9 (May 26, 2011)
Shelf Life - Radio City Rockets (Dec 13, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! - Z Edition (Sep 4, 2009)
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Graphic novel
    What's Michael? - Planet of the Cats (GN 11) 2006-05-01 (from $20.70)
    What's Michael?: Fatcat Collection 1 (GN 1-6) 2020-02-25 (from $17.77)
    What's Michael?: Fatcat Collection 2 (GN 7-11) 2021-09-07 (from $13.05)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Makoto Kobayashi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Dana Lewis
Lea Hernandez

Dedicated To: Toren Smith (omnibus)
Design: Sarah Terry
Digital Art Technician: Ann Gray
Editing: Philip Simon
Executive Editor: Toren Smith
Publisher: Mike Richardson
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Amador Cisneros
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Dark Horse Comics
Production: Studio Proteus
Serialized In: Super Manga Blast
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat (stopped after vol.3)
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Marco Franca (New Edition)

Lettering: Lorenzo Armaroli (New Edition)
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
Translation: Stefan Zeidenitz
(none)
German companies
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Aleksandra Watanuki
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko

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