| All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku | |
 English language DVD cover of the first OVA series | |
| 万能文化猫娘 (Bannō Bunka Nekomusume) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuzo Takada |
| Published by | Futabasha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Action, Zoukan-Oh |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1990 – 1991 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Yoshio Ishiwata |
| Written by | Yuzo Takada |
| Studio | Animate Film |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 21, 1992 – March 24, 1993 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Perfect) | |
| Written by | Yuzo Takada |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Published | June 1993 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshitaka Fujimoto |
| Written by | Hiroshi Yamaguchi |
| Studio | Ashi Productions |
| Licensed by | |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 7, 1998 – March 25, 1998 |
| Episodes | 14, with two specials |
| Spin-offs | |
| Manga | |
| New All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Origin) | |
| Written by | Yuzo Takada |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | February 1999 |
| Volumes | 1 |
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Japanese: 万能文化猫娘, Hepburn: Bannō Bunka Nekomusume) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Weekly Manga Action for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The story begins when genius inventor Kyusaku Natsume transplants the brain of a cat found by his son Ryunosuke on Christmas Eve, into a schoolgirl android that he created and subsequently stole from his former employer, Mishima Heavy Industries (owned by his estranged wife and Ryunosuke's mother, Akiko Natsume). The result, Nuku Nuku (also known as Atsuko Natsume), is a nekomusume or cat girl. The manga was licensed by ADV Manga and published as a single volume on August 24, 2004.
Cat Girl Nuku Nuku has been adapted into two OVA series and one anime television series. All three anime adaptations were also licensed in North America by ADV Films. An English language version of the OVA was released by Crusader Video in the United Kingdom on VHS featuring regional accents.[1] Discotek Media has since received the license to the OVAs, TV series and its Dash!! spin-off.
- ^ Clements, Johnathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised and expanded edition. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.