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| Samurai Pizza Cats | |
 Cover art of the Discotek SPC DVD box set | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kunitoshi Okajima[citation needed] |
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| Produced by | Andy Thomas (producer) Winston Richard (executive producer) |
| Music by | |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
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| English network | |
| Original run | February 1, 1990 – February 12, 1991 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Samurai Pizza Cats is an American animated television show produced by Saban Entertainment. It is an adaptation of the anime series Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee), produced by Tatsunoko Production and Sotsu Agency, which originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991 for a total of 54 episodes.[3] Saban picked up the North American rights to the series in 1991 and produced a 52-episode English adaptation.
When Saban licensed the English version, proper translations of and information about the original Japanese episodes were either of poor quality or non-existent. It was decided to write completely original dialogue for the English dub, playing the show as a wacky comedy in contrast to the less farcical original.[4] The English-language version became a cult hit among anime fans due to its rapid-fire pop-culture references and farcical nature.[not verified in body]
Saban's distribution rights to the series expired on November 12, 2000.[5] Discotek Media currently holds the North American home video license to the series in North America, while Madman Entertainment holds the license for Australia and New Zealand.[not verified in body]
Crunchyroll began streaming the series on December 27, 2015.[6][7] The series became available for streaming to Amazon Prime subscribers in late 2018. In 2020, it became available on Tubi. In 2021, it became available on Peacock.
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- ^ "Adds "Samurai Pizza Cats"". Crunchyroll. December 27, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Adds Samurai Pizza Cats Series With Dub to Catalog". Anime News Network. December 28, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2020.