Nyaight of the Living Cat

If you are a Cat and ridiculous comedy lover, then this is 100% for you. It's been a while since something has made me laugh this much. From the "it's funny because it's true", to the just plain absurd, this is definitely my new favorite this year, and I may just resubscribe to crunchyroll for it.

I am definitely a lover of cats.

Imagine a world where a human touches a cat and instantly becomes a cat him/herself! Well, you don't have to imagine it because director Tomohiro Kamitni has done it for you (with the legendary Takashi Miike serving as executive director) in what I assume is a television series in Japan. Anime, of course, with dozens and dozens of the cutest cats ever, all behaving just like cats do - even the ones that were humans 10 seconds earlier! There's a bit of a storyline, having to do with the owner of a cat cafe, an amnesiac worker in the cafe, a bodybuilding customer of the cafe and a youngster who's allergic to cats trying to escape the city before being turned into cats themselves; their greatest difficulty, aside from the sheer number (and growing) of cats in the city, is that they must battle their own instinctive response to the felines, to play and touch and stroke and purr at them - but if they do, they are doomed!

If you are a lover of cats (and the Fantasia International Film Festival screening of these episodes was absolutely teeming with cat lovers), you will love this film/series/whatever-it-is. But beware: almost unbearable adorable cuteness awaits!

People who love cats will love and understand the show. It is all about cats, sweet and lovable. For people who disliked the show, I'll tell you some things give comfort and just stress-free, not every show should shake yor nerves. After a long day at work this show is exactly what i needed for some positivity. I watched the show together with my cats.

It's a survival horror parody with absurd humor. If absurd humor is not your cup of tea, you won't like this. But honestly I thought it was really funny, sure the jokes are mostly about how cute cats are... but I still laughed. The quality of the animation is sometimes good sometimes bad. The cats are well drawn, the girls... not really, the artist could have used more life drawing classes. But hey, why see's this and expects a masterpiece. Maybe keep your expectations at a realistic level.

If you are looking for a laugh, this is a good anime for that.

There are plenty of films and series about the zombie apocalypse but I suspect this is the first about the 'Cat Apocalypse'! A strange virus has emerged which means that anybody who touches a cat quickly turns into a cat. To make matters worse it seems to be set in a world where everybody adores cats so the idea of killing them isn't even considered. The handful of survivors must find ways of keeping the cats at bay without harming them.

Every so often an anime comes along that is so bonkers one wonders just what the creators were on... this is one such series. It might be completely bonkers but it is entertaining enough even if the characters and their excessive love of moggies can be irritating at times. On the plus side it provides plenty of amusing moments as well as a degree of tension; certain characters one assumes to be safe prove not to be. Overall I'd recommend this to fans of somewhat absurd anime.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.