The Enemy's the Pirates!

The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cat's Banquet (敵は海賊 ~猫たちの饗宴~) 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".