Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru

Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru (グーグーだって猫である) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was adapted into a live action film in 2008. It was further adapted into a Japanese television drama broadcast by WOWOW. Season 1 of the drama aired in the fall of 2014 and Season 2 aired in the summer of 2016.

Characters

 * Asako Oshima (played by Kyōko Koizumi in the film and by Rie Miyazawa in the TV series)
 * Naomi (played by Juri Ueno)
 * Seiji Sawamura (played by Ryo Kase)
 * Mamoru (played by Naojiro Hayashi)
 * Tatsuya (played by Tatsuya Isaka)
 * Ça Va (played by Suzuka Ohgo)
 * Taisuke Yamamoto (played by Asei Kobayashi)
 * Asako's mother (played by Chieko Matsubara)
 * Kyoko (played by Ai Takabe)
 * Erika (played by Elisa Yanagi)
 * Michiko (played by Kazuko Kurosawa)
 * Sakie (played by Tomoko Murakami)
 * Kanako (played by Miyuki Oshima)
 * Umezu (played by Kazuo Umezu)
 * Paul Weinberg (played by Marty Friedman)
 * Karin Uno, Koichi Masuno, and additional actors

Reception
Gou-Gou Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou…mon petit chat, mon petit ami) won the Short Award Prize at the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2008.