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Space cats with emotion-locking powers stop a pirate from weaponizing thinking itself. Peak 80s anime chaos.
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The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cats' Banquet (1989)

Buckwild space operaFurry before it was TwitterSaturday morning fever dream

Overview

AnimationComedyAdventureActionScience Fiction

Apulo (a cat-like space alien with the ability to lock a human's emotions) and Latell work for the Division of Space Piracy (or DSP for short). The two of them are extremely destructive in their solving of DSP cases. They are attempting to stop Youmei the space pirate from exploiting Computer Aided Thinking for his own nefarious plans.

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Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Hand-drawn spaceship destruction that modern CGI wishes it could match

Editing

150 minutes of plot crammed into a film that feels like 4 episodes welded together

Sound

Synth score that screams 'we spent the budget on explosions'

Best for:Friends: Drunk anime night where nobody remembers the plot tomorrow·Solo: Nostalgia trip for 80s OVA weirdness completionists·Rewatch: Pausing every 5 minutes to explain what just happened
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Director

Katsuhisa Yamada

ReleasedDec 26, 1989
Runtime2h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight

Top Cast

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Yuji Mitsuya

Yuji Mitsuya

Shinji Ogawa

Shinji Ogawa

Chief Buster (voice)

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This film compiles episodes of a 1984 TV series that barely existed, explaining the 'four episodes welded together' energy and why characters introduce themselves twice.

Cultural

The 'cats in space' aesthetic directly influenced 90s furry fandom's visual language, making this accidentally one of the most historically significant obscure OVAs ever produced.

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