I doubt many of you remember back in March of '09, when Studio Anima was trying to drum up funds to turn the cult favorite Cat Shit One manga into a CG anime series. Well... they succeeded. There's not much to say other than holy shit Japan is so fucking weird. Still, even I have to be impressed when I manage to cover bunnies carrying assault weapons and psychics invading vaginas in the same afternoon. How io9 is still beating me I'll never know. (Via Twitch)
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DoctorSmashy said:
What are you talking about, this looks like the greatest TV show ever. Although Cat Shit One is an awful title. They should have called it World War Bun or something goofy like that. Feel free to reply to this with your rabbit-related puns, everybody.
simonsebs replied to DoctorSmashy :
The American title is (was?) Apocalypse Meow.
Arsenal replied to DoctorSmashy :
Cat shit one is the japanese name,the US title is apocalypse meow.
seasix replied to DoctorSmashy :
-And mind you it was called Cat Shit One/Apocalypse Meow because the original was set in Vietnam with the Vietcong being represented by cats.
scrapps replied to DoctorSmashy :
Speaking of rabbit related puns, the Americans being rabbits is a pun as well. The Japanese word for rabbit is "Usagi" or "USA GI."
Scooter Atreides replied to scrapps:
That explains Usagi Yojimbo(wonder what Yojimbo means).
Denjiro replied to Scooter Atreides:
Bouncer or Bodyguard. So Rabbit Bodyguard. It's mentioned in a couple of the media featuring him.
Scooter Atreides replied to Denjiro:
Ah, much obliged.
Porpoisepower replied to Scooter Atreides:
Dude you NEED to watch "Yojimbo" It's a classic samarai film by Akira Kurisawa... It's what fist full of dollars was based on. It was available streaming by netflix not too long ago.
Phoenixx6 said:
I would love to see this as a patch for any number of Medal of Honor games or Army of Two, etc.
JoeMoe79 said:
I love how their earphones are nowhere near their ears. lol
umbraltwilight said:
The fact that the "Arabs" in it were camels had me lol'ing.
wingdarkness said:
Finally! Been waiting FOREVER for this SHIT to drop...Can't wait!
Pocketdoom said:
Watership Down is one of my all time favorite books. The book has a sequel. Never read it though for some reason. Can not even remember the title.
This video looks great.
Scooter Atreides replied to Pocketdoom:
"Tales From Watership Down", if you're curious. More a collection of short stories than a novel--not remotely as good.
(P.S. title may be "Tales Of Watership Down", I'm not entirely certain, it's been a long time)
Pretonius said:
Is this coming out on DVD or is it going to be shown on you tube?
atticus said:
Don't sweat it Rob, I like your site much better. You don't title your posts stuff like "Your new posthuman overlords want you to look at this guy's concept art" all the GOD DAMN TIME.
ZeroCorpse said:
It looks like the multiplayer games from "Conker's Bad Fur Day".
LS Ramos said:
io9 is a horrible website whose regulars would probably laud ComicsNix as the unrecognized master of the new genre: "analpunk" while complaining that his attention to actual detail is a boring and outdated plot device.
Anchises said:
It's because you don't copy edit, moron.
misterclock said:
YAY. been waiting for this forever. I also got the Apocalypse Meow manga. now if some kind stranger could scanlation the Cat Shit One 1980 manga that have our intrepid bunnies in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation...
Joshuawesome said:
it irks me that the rabbits keep switching grip from left handed to right. Are they ambidextrous???
Scooter Atreides said:
Having recently seen(and loved)Prince of Space, let this be the first, but certainly not last time I declare thusly:
OH, THE JAPANITY!
Darkest Requiem said:
why is it full of bunnies if the name has to do with cats?
this would be the best thing to come out of anime, an I HATE anime
rickicker said:
thanks to that crack of yours, rob, i started remembering traumatizing scenes from watership down, except with guns now! thank you for screwing me up again. asshole.
Tanath said:
io9 is beating you because I saw the AT-AT and the Sarah Chronicles video on their site last week...
James Stoker said:
Plus io9 keep showing Sci-fi/fantasy art of hot women.
Coyote said:
Thought so, this is still in limbo, there is no release date as of yet. At first release was stated March '10 and that didn't happen. I hope they find a distributor soon... been waiting forever.
(transtaled from source)
Well, actually it is more a compilation of the known trailer for the CG Anime implementation of Motofumi Kobayashi Manga Series Cat Shit One (Apocalypse Meow). But at least it gives a new intro and outro which certainly says something to the publication date and type of the series is (Japanese experts to step forward please).
In addition, the part in contrast to the old trailer in 720p resolution is fine stored, more Fluschels per pixel ...
