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)
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

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.

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: Hideyuki Tanaka
• Apullo: 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.

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".

External links

• The Enemy's the Pirates! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia