Kyatto Ninden Teyandee

キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ (Kyatto Ninden Teyandē^[1])
Kyatto Ninden Teyandee
Cover art for the DVD box set by Discotek Media, showing Yattaro, Pururun and Sukashii
Genre	Action, Comedy, mecha
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunitoshi Okajima^[2]
Produced by	Ippei Kuri
Written by	Mayori Sekijima Satoru Akahori
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Studio	Tatsunoko Productions Sotsu Agency
Licensed by	^NA Discotek Media
Network	TV Tokyo (1990-1991)
Original run	February 1, 1990 – February 12, 1991
Episodes	54
Game
Developer	Tecmo
Publisher	Tecmo
Genre	Action-platform
Platform	Family Computer
Released	July 19, 1991

Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ, Kyattō Ninden Teyandē, lit. "Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee") is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency.^[3] The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, for a total of 54 episodes. Saban picked up the North American rights to the series in 1991, and produced an English version called Samurai Pizza Cats. The creators stated that there was going to be a new season of the series and also a spin-off series, Kyatto Keisatsu Beranmee (キャッ警察べらんめえ, Kyattō Keisatsu Beranmē, lit. "Cat Police Beranmee"); however, the story and the information about it has been lost.

Plot

The series is set in Edoropolis (a portmanteau of "Edo" and "metropolis"), a mechanical city that fuses feudal Japanese culture with contemporary culture populated by cybernetic anthropomorphic "animaloids" (or animal androids). The city is notionally led by Shogun Iei-Iei Tokugawa, but as he is a doddering eccentric, the actual leadership is in the hands of his daughter Tokugawa Usako and a council. The council is headed by the ambitious prime minister Kitsunezuka Koon-no-Kami, a fox who constantly plots to overthrow the Shogun with the help of his trusted advisor Karasu Gennari-sai, and Karamaru, the leader of an army of ninja crows.

Unknown to the prime minister, council member Inuyama Wanko-no-Kami, the commander of the Palace Guard, learns of his designs on leadership, but is unable to prosecute him for treason because of his plausible deniability. Instead, Inuyama enlists the services of Yattarou, Pururun and Sukashii, cat ninjas who work in the city's pizzeria, with their operator Otama. Known collectively as the Nyankī, they are assigned to stop Koon-no-Kami and his evil henchmen's plans to take over Edoropolis.^[2]

Characters

English dub

When Saban licensed the English version, Samurai Pizza Cats, proper translations of and information about the original Japanese episodes were either of poor quality or non-existent. It was decided to write completely original dialogue for the English dub, playing the show as a wacky, Animaniacs-esque comedy in contrast to the less farcical original.^[4] Every episode excluding the two clip shows were dubbed into English. Some episodes of the dubbed version were never aired on United States television.

Merchandise

Video game

In 1991, Tecmo published a video game based on the anime for the Family Computer.^[5] It was officially released in Japan only but was bootlegged outside Japan as Ninja Cat. Although the game was never officially released in the West, three complete English translations are available via a fan-made ROM patch.^[6] A standalone handheld LSI game (similar to Nintendo's Game&Watch) was also made.

Players take the role of the three main cats and otasuke (rescue team) members, who can be switched to at any time and have special abilities to progress through the game. The game features most of the characters in the series as well as an additional villain, a mysterious scientist named Dr. Purple (Dr. パープ) who shows up later on in the game and appears to ally with Korn-no-kami (the Big Cheese).

The main characters were intended at one point to appear in the Wii fighting game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.^[7] The game's producer, Ryota Niitsuma, was quoted in an interview as saying: "One of the main anime we got more requests for than any others was Samurai Pizza Cats... I wanted to see that, but we couldn't reach an agreement."^[8]

Soundtrack

Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' First Performance
Compilation album by Kenji Kawai
Released	September 21, 1990^[9]
Recorded	1990
Genre	soundtrack
Label	Starchild Records
Producer	Kenji Kawai

A soundtrack CD titled Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' First Performance (キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ猫座第一回公演, Kyattō Ninden Teyandē: Nekoza Dai Ichi Kai Kōen, lit. "Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee: The Cats' First Performance") was released on September 21, 1990.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"初級おＥＤＯ講座番外編"		Kenyu Horiuchi	1:04
2.	"おっとどっこい日本晴れ" (Sung by Reina Yazawa)	Anju Mana	Etsuko Yamakawa	2:38
3.	"秘密忍者隊ニャンキー参上！"		Kenji Kawai	4:30
4.	"コーン守と幻ナリ斎のアホ企み"		Kenji Kawai	3:59
5.	"初級おＥＤＯ講座１　カラス長屋の夜は更けて…"		Voice Actors	6:52
6.	"腹がへってもヤッ太郎"		Kenji Kawai	3:58
7.	"ＹＡＳＵ－けくナイ！" (Sung by Ai Orikasa and Yuki Mizutani (MIPPLE))		Kenji Kawai	4:25
8.	"商売繁盛ピザキャット"		Kenji Kawai	3:14
9.	"ざ・らいばる（カラ丸ＶＳニャンキー）"		Kenji Kawai	4:20
10.	"初級おＥＤＯ講座２　リアリズムへの長き道"		Voice Actors	2:39
11.	"メカＥＤＯ城危機一髪！ぱふー"		Kenji Kawai	2:32
12.	"必殺！猫目スラッシュ"		Kenji Kawai	3:42
13.	"一富士二鷹三ナスビ"		Kenji Kawai	2:36
14.	"初級おＥＤＯ講座３　正しいピザの頼み方の傾向と対策"		Voice Actors	9:01
15.	"Ｔｏ　ｂｅ　Ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ" (Sung by Reina Yazawa)	Anju Mana	Etsuko Yamakawa	3:24
Total length:				48:56

Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' Final Performance Day
Compilation album by Kenji Kawai
Released	December 21, 1990^[10]
Recorded	1990
Genre	soundtrack
Length	48:56
Label	Starchild
Producer	Kenji Kawai

A second soundtrack CD, Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' Final Performance Day (キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ猫座千秋楽公演, Kyattō Ninden Teyandē: Nekoza Senshūraku Kai Kōen, lit. "Cat Ninja Legend: The Cats' Final Performance Day") was released on December 21, 1990.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"おっとどっこい日本晴れ（ウサ姫Ｖｅｒｓｉｏｎ）" (Sung by Maria Kawamura)	Anju Mana	Etsuko Yamakawa	2:42
2.	"三日月コネクッション" (Sung by Ai Orikasa and Yuki Mizutani (MIPPLE))		Kenji Kawai	2:38
3.	"てやんでえ　Ｓｐｅｃｉａｌ　Ｅｘｐｒｅｓｓ" (Sung by Ami Itabashi)		Kenji Kawai	4:30
4.	"Ｂｌａｃｋ　Ｆｉｇｈｔ" (Sung by Koichi Yamadera)		Kenji Kawai	3:59
5.	"艶姿メカＣａｔ！" (Sung by Jurouta Kosugi)		Kenji Kawai	6:52
6.	"Ｂａｔｔｌｅ　ｉｎ　Ｆｌａｓｈ" (Sung by Ami Itabashi)		Kenji Kawai	3:58
7.	"天下無敵のヤッ太郎" (Sung by Kappei Yamaguchi)		Kenji Kawai	4:25
8.	"Ｔｏ　ｂｅ　Ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ（プルルン　Ｖｅｒｓｉｏｎ）" (Sung by Ai Orikasa)	Anju Mana	Kenji Kawai	3:14
9.	"おっとどっこい日本晴れ（ＴＶ　サイズ）" (Sung by Reina Yazawa)	Anju Mana	Kenji Kawai	4:20
10.	"（音楽劇場・其の一）"		Kenji Kawai	2:39
11.	"（音楽劇場・其の二）"		Kenji Kawai	2:32
12.	"（音楽劇場・其の三）"		Kenji Kawai	3:42
13.	"（音楽劇場・其の四）"		Kenji Kawai	2:36
14.	"（音楽劇場・其の五）"		Kenji Kawai	9:01
15.	"（音楽劇場・其の六）"		Kenji Kawai	3:24
16.	"（音楽劇場・其の七）"		Kenji Kawai	0:56
17.	"（音楽劇場・其の八）"		Kenji Kawai	2:59
18.	"Ｔｏ　ｂｅ　Ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ（ＴＶ　サイズ）" (Sung by Reina Yazawa)	Anju Mana		3:11
Total length:				48:56

Music

The incidental music was composed by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Fate/Stay Night, Mobile Suit Gundam 00). The opening ("A Time for Beautiful Days" (おっとどっこい日本晴れ, Ottodokkoi Nihonbare)) and ending ("To Be Yourself") songs were composed by Etsuko Yamakawa, Takeshi Ike and Anju Mana and sung by Reina Yazawa and Ai Orikasa. Ami Itabashi, the singer of the ending song of the Macross OVAs, sang the insert songs.

Home video release

Some episodes were released on video in Japan, but a complete release of the show was held up for many years owing to poor sales. It was rumoured for that the lack of a DVD release was due to the original masters of some episodes being lost, but this proved not to be the case. Starchild Records released the complete series on DVD in Japan on August 8, 2012, as part of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Tatsunoko Pro.^[11] The limited edition set sold well, placing second in the national animation DVD sales charts the week of its release.^[12]

In North America, Discotek Media announced on March 12, 2012 that they had licensed the home video rights to the series with plans to release both the original Japanese version with English subtitles and Saban's English dub in separate box sets for each version.^[13]^[14] The Japanese language box set was released on April 30, 2013 while the English dubbed version was released on July 30, 2013.^[15]

Toys

Toys and model kits were released in Japan and Europe by Bandai, the latter usually being reboxed versions of the prior. Action figures were made for the Nyanki and the Otasuke (the Japanese originals came as model kits while the European figures came pre-assembled). There were large and small (Gachapon-sized), rubber-like figures, as well as playsets for the smaller figures, including the Nyago King and the pizza parlor.

Other Appearances

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993)

References

↑ キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ. Tatsunoko Productions (in Japanese). Tatsunoko Productions. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
1 2 Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia. California: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.
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↑ "Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Producer Niitsuma Discusses Characters". Anime News Network. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
↑ "The Lost Characters of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom". Kotaku. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
↑ "Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' First Performance". VGMdb. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
↑ "Kyatto Ninden Teyandee: The Cats' Final Performance Day". VGMdb. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
↑ "キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ". StarChild. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
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↑ "Discotek Licenses Samurai Pizza Cats/Cats Toninden Teyande". Anime News Network. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
↑ "Samurai Pizza Cats - Discotek Media Announces DVD Plans for the Classic '91 Series!". tvshowsondvd.com. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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External links

Official Starchild Records website (Japanese)
Official Sotsu Agency website (Japanese)
Official Tatsunoko website (Japanese)
Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Preceded by Tenku Senki Shurato (4/6/1989 - 1/18/1990)	TV Tokyo Monday 19:00 Timeframe Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (February 1, 1990 - March 25, 1990)	Succeeded by Tanoshi Moomin Ikka (4/14/1990 - 10/3/1991)

Preceded by Dash! Yonkuro (10/3/1989 - 3/27/1990)	TV Tokyo Tuesday 18:30 Timeframe Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (April 3, 1990 - February 12, 1991)	Succeeded by Kinkyū Hasshin Saver Kids (2/19/1991 - 2/11/1992)

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2010s	Beyblade: Metal Masters (2010–2011) Tachumaru Gekijō (2010–2011) Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (2011–2012) Beyblade: Metal Fury (2011–2012) Sket Dance (2011–2012) [C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (2011) Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future (2012–2013) Muromi-san (2013) Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live (2013–2014) Gatchaman Crowds (2013) Wake Up, Girls! (2014) Pretty Rhythm: All-Star Selection (2014) Ping Pong (2014) PriPara (2014–present) Psycho-Pass 2 (2014) Yatterman Night (2015) Gatchaman Crowds insight (2015) Nurse Witch Komugi R (2016)

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Outlanders (1986)
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (1987)
Zillion: Burning Night (1988)
Megazone 23 - Part III (1989)
Shurato: Dark Genesis (1991–1992)
Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993–1994)
Time Bokan: Royal Revival (1993–1994)
Tekkaman Blade II (1994–1995)
Gatchaman (1994–1995)
Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood (1996–1997)
Nurse Witch Komugi (2002–2003)
Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Magikarte Z (2004)
Sky Kids Booby (2004–2009)
Karas (2005–2007)
Yozakura Quartet -Hoshi no Umi- (2010–2011)
Princess Resurrection (2010–2011)
A Town Where You Live: Twilight Intersection (2012)
Ippatsu-Hicchuu! Devander (2012)
Sket Dance (2013)
Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (2013)
Yozakura Quartet -Hana no Uta- (2013–2014)
Yozakura Quartet -Tsuki ni Naku- (2013–2014)
Gatchaman Crowds: Embrace (2014)

Films

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie (1978)
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
Chikyuu Monogatari Telepath 2500 (1984)
Yatterman: Shin Yatter Mecha Daishūgō! Omocha no Kuni de Daikessen da Koron! (2009)
Hutch the Honeybee (2010)
Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader (2010)
Wake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols (2014)
Pretty Rhythm All-Star Selection: Prism Show☆Best Ten (2014)
PriPara the Movie: Everyone, Assemble! Prism ☆ Tours (2015)
Fly Out, PriPara: Aim for it with Everyone! Idol☆Grand Prix (2015)
King of Prism by PrettyRhythm (2016)
PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari (2016)

Video games

Tatsunoko Fight (2000)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (2008)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (2010)

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