The Enemy's the Pirates!
The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cat's Banquet (敵は海賊 ~猫たちの饗宴~, Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyōen) is a 1990 Japanese science fiction action comedy original video animation (OVA) series. It's based on a novel series by Chōhei Kambayashi.[1]
| The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cat's Banquet | |
| 敵は海賊 ~猫たちの饗宴~ (Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyōen) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, action, comedy |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Katsuhisa Yamada |
| Studio | Kitty Film Mitaka Studio |
| Released | 1990 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 6 |
Plot
The action anime centers about Apulo, a cat-type alien detective from the Pirate Division, and his colleague Raul Latell Satoru, along with the Al-equipped frigate Lagendra, who pursue the largest pirate in the solar system, Youmei Shalom Tsuzakki.
Characters
- Raul Latell-Satoru:[1] Hideyuki Tanaka
- Apullo:[1] Yūji Mitsuya
- Lagendra: Kenyu Horiuchi
- Marsha M.: Chie Kōjiro
- Chief Buster: Shinji Ogawa
- Youmei Czaki: Jouji Nakata
- Luck Jubilee: Tesshō Genda
- Herbert Katz: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Vesta Chicago: Shingo Kanemoto
- Kali Durga: Noriko Ohara
- Old Carma: Osamu Saka
- Sergeant Petroa: Daisuke Gōri
- Maniac: Mika Doi
- Yoshizaki: Isamu Tanonaka
- Dr. Yui: Hiroshi Masuoka
- Layer: Rokurō Naya
- Deniken: Kinryū Arimoto
- Yamaki: Masashi Ebara
- Elan: Masako Oka
- Miller: Yasunori Matsumoto
- Joe: Naoki Tatsuta
Releases
It was released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD in Japan and on VHS in the United Kingdom.[1]
Reception
On Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis called the original Japanese version "bland and inoffensive", saying he "can't imagine anyone hating it, but nobody's going to really enjoy it today".[1]
References
- Justin Sevakis (19 August 2014). "The Enemy's The Pirates!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
External links
- The Enemy's the Pirates! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
