| The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cat's Banquet | |
| 敵は海賊 ~猫たちの饗宴~ (Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyōen)  | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction, action, comedy | 
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Katsuhisa Yamada | 
| Studio | Kitty Film Mitaka Studio | 
| Released | 1990 | 
| Runtime | 30 minutes (each) | 
| Episodes | 6 | 
The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cat's Banquet (敵は海賊 ~猫たちの饗宴~, Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyōen) is a 1990 Japanese science fiction action comedy original video animation (OVA) series. It's based on a novel series by Chōhei Kambayashi.[1]
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:[1] Hideyuki Tanaka
 - Apullo:[1] 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.[1]
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".[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Justin Sevakis (19 August 2014). "The Enemy's The Pirates!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
 
External links
- The Enemy's the Pirates! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia