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Samurai Pizza Cats Anime Inspires New Comic Series
posted on by Alex Mateo
Nakama Press and Mad Cave Studios, in partnership with Tatsunoko Production, announced on Thursday ahead of their Anime NYC panel that the Samurai Pizza Cats (Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee) anime is inspiring a new 200-page middle-grade comic written by Fred Kennedy with illustrations by Lorenzo Di Santo. The comic features lettering by Charles Pritchett and a colored cover by Antonio Antro. Samurai Pizza Cats Volume 1 is scheduled to ship on April 7, 2026.
The companies describe the story:
Welcome back to Little Tokyo, pizza lovers! And what a sizzling situation you've walked into! The Big Cheese is up to his stinky shenanigans again! This time, he's using fish sticks to lull our fair city into a crispified, fish-laden catastrophe! And that's just the first couple of pages... and let me tell you, when this kitten starts purring, there's no telling where it'll wind up! Rock concerts, pizza sauce, reality TV, evil spirits, hammocks, mecha-spiders, and even... Vikings! You read that right, buck-o, VIKINGS!!! So, toss on your tennis shoes and slap on a sweatband because you're in for a wild ride with this one! Also... be sure to stretch; I don't want you blowing out your hammies!
The series is inspiring a new action RPG titled Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! for "all major platforms" and PC via Steam in 2026. The game commemorates the 35th anniversary of the anime. The original English and Japanese cast reprised their roles for the game's trailer. Satoru Akahori, the anime's scriptwriter, supervised the script for the Japanese trailer.
Crunchyroll previously streamed the series.
Discotek released the series in standard definition on Blu-ray Disc . It previously released the series in a dubbed-only DVD set, and also the original Japanese series Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee in a complete, uncut DVD set in Japanese with English subtitles.
The 1990-91 Tatsunoko "science-fiction historical gag battle anime" revolves around Nyankii (Samurai Pizza Cats), a secret ninja team that protects the robotic animal inhabitants of Edoropolis (Little Tokyo) from the evil ninja organization Karakara. Saban Entertainment licensed and released the series on television in the United States.
Source: Email correspondence
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