Samurai Pizza Cats (1990): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1990, Samurai Pizza Cats is an animation, comedy, action & adventure and kids series.

What it’s about. The setting is a Japanese looking village named "Little Tokyo" where the Pizza Cats run a pizza fast food business. Little Tokyo is populated by all kinds of animals. The official governor of the town is the Emperor, but since he has gone bananas a council takes care of the well-being of the village. One of the members of this council is called Seymour "Big" Cheese, who secretly wishes to take over control of the village. The pizza take away restaurant is merely a cover for their true job... Whenever evil is afoot, the Pizza Cats are launched towards the danger from the gun-lookalike clock tower that emerges from the top of their restaurant.

Who’s in it. Samurai Pizza Cats stars Kappei Yamaguchi as Yattarou, Ai Orikasa as Pururun, Jurota Kosugi as Sukashii and Satomi Korogi as Otama, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.1/10, Samurai Pizza Cats sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Samurai Pizza Cats page.

If you liked it. Fans of Samurai Pizza Cats tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.