[OT] Of anime & cats

[stnu]

I love cats and I love anime but I am starting to wonder:

Why are cats so popular in Anime ??? (especially cat girls)
is it a cultural thing?

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Anyway any nice anime titles suggestion from you other fans out there?

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O and to bring some relevance to RPG : Do a search on Munchkin on any search engine.

 

[Tsyr]

Because cat girls are cute, that's why

I could make any number of anime suggestions...

If you can get ahold of them, try Hellsing, Magical Nyan Taruto, or Love Hina... but none of those are out in America yet, you would have to get them on fansub.

As for stuff out in America...

Any of the following are normaly a safe bet-

Gundam (Either Wing or 08th MS team, the others out in America aren't so hot IMHO)

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Visions of Escaflowne

Record of the Lodoss Wars

Cowboy Bebob

Vampire Princess Miyu, TV series or OAV, both are good.

Battle Athelets TV series

Slayers (And Slayers NEXT & Slayers TRY)

Magic Users Club

Video Girl Ai

*cough* Cardcaptorsakura *cough*

Ugg, I'm too tired to think of more.

 

[Horacio]

Tsyr, to your list I would add Outlaw Star, wonderful if you're a Dragonstar fan...

 

[Jezrael]

Yeah it's a cultural thing stemming from the use of cat spirits in their mythology (bakenono I think they are called, but I'm not to sure of the spelling), these got changed into cat people for anime (which I think are called nekojin, again the spelling I'm not sure of).

They've done the same thing with kitsune, instead of having fox spirits in anime they have fox people (esp. women).

 

[reiella]

Hehe the animenation articles are actually kinda neat for topics like this (similiar one about the kitsune recently came up).

As a sidenote Tsyr, Love Hina manga is available in the US now, and the first DVDs should be out something this quarter or next.

 

[thatdarncat]

Want a suggestion?

Key the Metal Idol

Good luck finding it though

 

[Russian Bear]

Ghost in the shell is my favorite.

 

[Welrain]

For me it has to be:

Dominion Tank Police

for the ultimate in cat girls....grrr..meow...etc

 

[Tsyr]

Love Hina should, in theory, be out in Feb. I have the special edition of Disk One on preorder.

On the other hand, I've had fansubs for a while now, so I'm not in any huge rush.

The manga is even better, I've had fan-translatated versions of that for a while too.

 

[gtJormungand]

For me it has to be:

Dominion Tank Police

for the ultimate in cat girls....grrr..meow...etc

now, wait a second...
The Ultimate in cat girls is in Hyperpolice... Natsuki Sasahara. She is the best Nekojin ever (and electrically charged, too)