Talk:Cat Shit One

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Title
It was released in France under it's original title too. http://www.glenatmanga.com/cat-shit-one-1-9782723456326.htm 82.139.86.79 21:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know if this supposed original title (Cat Shit One) is just not a piece of vandalism? Because I really doubt it would be called that! 189.179.31.173 (talk) 00:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC) It actually is called Cat Shit One. 70.131.141.169 (talk) 04:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Seems like an obvious reference to Watership Down, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_Down

"but was renamed for the US release to parody the title of the film Apocalypse Now, which also took place during the Vietnam War."

Would be more precise to say it was renamed because of American and British squeamishness concerning the word "shit". I mean, "Apocalypse Meow"? What kind of lame pun is that? 87.161.118.145 (talk) 15:38, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

The original title was derived from the term for inexperienced officer training candidates which was Dog Shit One

2010 Anime Adaption
I noticed character inforamtion was recently added regarding the 2010 Anime that will be of the same title. Because the characters remain the same, but significant plot is different, I suggest a fellow editor add an "Adaption" section, as other animes wikiarticles have, with citation, and statement regarding the notable differences between the book and the anime. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 11:38, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Cat Shit One '80
Does anyone know if they've released this in english yet, or has anyone done a translation? Megapeen (talk) 16:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Delays
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2010-12-24 :

Well, the Blu-Ray and DVD release of the pilot episode is out now in Japan, if that's what you're referring to. But, the "planned" 12-episode series? You're going to have to wait a little while yet. The series hasn't really gone "off the radar" insomuch as that the completed pilot episode hasn't, uh, impressed anybody who's seen it. (I know Justin and Zac on ANNcast had more than a few problems with it.) And that's a problem, a big problem. The concept itself is weird, and the sheer logistical nightmare that is creating and budgeting for a 12-episode, half-hour, high-gloss CGI animated show is a pretty large task. So, what happens when you match a strange, risky concept with an execution that demands a large budget and months, perhaps years, of production? Stagnation! I know the studio behind Cat Shit One has been showing that pilot film to practically everyone who's been curious enough to look at it - they've even rendered a fully 3D version of it to show to potential investors and the like - so I wouldn't be surprised if the "plan" for a 12-episode series gets scrapped in favor of doing a 3D animated feature or something similar. It's strange, really. I remember the YouTube promo going completely viral and getting mentioned in the oddest places - usually with the requisite amount of pithy commentary about HOLY F*** JAPAN MADE THIS WACKY THING WITH CUTE BUNNIES KILLIN' DUDES - so from a marketing perspective, they certainly succeeded with making people curious. But if the initial reactions from the pilot are any indication, they haven't really done a good job of creating something more than just an idiosyncratic curio."

This, BTW, would also be a good RS to start off a reception section. --Gwern (contribs) 16:22 24 December 2010 (GMT)

Review(s)

 * Mania.com: Ep 1
 * AICN: Ep 1

--KrebMarkt (talk) 19:51, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Verify Name
Can we please verify the names of the three characters? Most sites refer to Perky, not Packy, which makes more sense as a nick name for Perkins. (Currently mentioned six times in the article.)

WesT (talk) 18:17, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by U0820540 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

2022 Omnibus
A 3 volume English adaptation of CAT SHIT ONE was kickstarted and released by Antarctic Press. ISBN: 978-1-955929-10-3 2601:147:4001:5960:F40D:D3D6:D1FD:7008 (talk) 23:28, 17 July 2022 (UTC)