Pizza Cats Review Newsletter

[Violet]

Little Tokyo Online
This web page is growing to become a great source of general SPC information.  A good place for new fans or curious folks to come learn more about the show.  The episode guide only has a few episodes listed so far.  If you haven't watched the episode, you probably shouldn't read the guide to is, since they are very complete and will ruin the plot for you.  If you have seen the episode, then read and enjoy your memories.  The character guide is well done and has listing for most of the characters uploaded.  There are also a few articles about KNT manga, CDs, and the video game.  The web page, built by Truro with help from some Edoropolis Emporium members, is fairly new and still needs more work, but it's already very good and worth a visit.
http://truro359.tripod.com/littletokyoonline/index.html

Okara is a Country Girl
Karamaru's girlfriend, Okara (Carla in SPC) has an accent in KNT.  Thanks to Japanese fan GIGA, we now know the accent indicates she is from the Tohoku area, which is the North-Eastern part of Japan's main island, Honshu.  Tohoku was a mostly rural agricultural area in Edo times.  Because Karamaru and Okara were together as children, it might be assumed they are both from the area originally.  The most easily noticed characteristic of her dialect is when she addresses Karamaru as "Karamaru-saa" rather than the standard "Karamaru-san".

New KNT Translated Comics
Sometimes I just don't have enough Pizza Cats news for this newsletter, so I just need do something to make some news.  So this month I've uploaded some translated comics from the Japanese doujin "Hash Hash" to my manga library.  The new additions are "Clear and Serene" with Yattarou adopting a new training style, "Cats Forever" starring a slightly lecherous Reikainosuke (Guru Lou) hosting his own show, "Nyan-Kye" where Karamaru tries to take a battle with Yattarou one step too far, and a few other one page features, including a guide to the first few episodes of a hoped for new KNT series that was featured in the newsletter a few months ago. 
http://www.edoropolis.org/violet/library/hashhash/index.html

This Month's Pic
This excellent Sukashii/Guido cel recently sold on eBay.

Thanks for reading, see you next month!
-Violet

[felineki]

Noticed one mistake on the updated Hash Hash page: both the "Clear and Serene 1" and "Omitsu and Usako" links point to the same page.

Anyway, the "Clear and Serene" comic might seem a bit confusing, because it's actually a crossover of sorts. It has two characters from the anime "Iron Leaguer" standing in for Yattarou and Sukashii. Since I'm not particularly familiar with that show, I can't really explain any further. But someone who is familiar with both shows should be able to understand this comic best. 

Interesting info about Okara's dialect. Thanks to GIGA for the info and Violet for translating and sharing it!

[Violet]

Thanks for finding the bad link, it's fixed now

[sans soul]

Carla being a country girl just makes her more innocent and cute, but I guess even those gals like "bad boyfriends" ;7

[PowerOnyx]

Hey everyone. I wanted to let you know that floatingyeti has a dvd box set of SPC. I ordered on the 15th and got it today. I'm watching it right now! Great quality and the price was amazing.

Here's the link:

http://www.ioffer.com/offer_transactions/show/8052836

[Cloud-Boy]

Hey everyone. I wanted to let you know that floatingyeti has a dvd box set of SPC. I ordered on the 15th and got it today. I'm watching it right now! Great quality and the price was amazing.

Here's the link:

http://www.ioffer.com/offer_transactions/show/8052836

And you just paid for something we offer for free.

[Mechadon]

Wow. It even has our favourite ripped-off fanart on the cover.

[TGLucario475]

Hey everyone. I wanted to let you know that floatingyeti has a dvd box set of SPC. I ordered on the 15th and got it today. I'm watching it right now! Great quality and the price was amazing.

Here's the link:

http://www.ioffer.com/offer_transactions/show/8052836

And you just paid for something we offer for free.

and i bet the seller got most of the episodes from tsuneko

[sjonnoh]

and i bet the seller got most of the episodes from tsuneko
[/quote]

probably.... spc never made dvds or something, right?

[TGLucario475]

and i bet the seller got most of the episodes from tsuneko

probably.... spc never made dvds or something, right?
[/quote]

i'm not sure ... really ... all i know is

THEIR IS NO SPC MOVIE ... the seller said it included the movie ... but its only 3 episodes together, 01, 51 & 52 (comet caper)

[Mechadon]

Trying to profit from tsuneko's free encodes: oh you better believe that's a paddle'n. 
 

[TGLucario475]

Trying to profit from tsuneko's free encodes: oh you better believe that's a paddle'n. 
 

if there is anyone who should profit ... is Tsuneko himself!

[felineki]

probably.... spc never made dvds or something, right?

I believe the only legit SPC DVDs released so far has been the two sets that were released in France. All of the other ones that show up on eBay and other places seem to be bootlegs made from encodes found online.

[blind2d]

Actually, I believe that is the movie, TGL. I looked on Amazon and there was a VHS of it for sale. Yeah, same episodes strung together, but I think that's how it is.

[TGLucario475]

Actually, I believe that is the movie, TGL. I looked on Amazon and there was a VHS of it for sale. Yeah, same episodes strung together, but I think that's how it is.

i downloaded the same VHS rip ... via BitTorrent ... and since Wikiapedia doesnt have anything about a movie ... go figure

[PowerOnyx]

Hey everyone. I wanted to let you know that floatingyeti has a dvd box set of SPC. I ordered on the 15th and got it today. I'm watching it right now! Great quality and the price was amazing.

Here's the link:

http://www.ioffer.com/offer_transactions/show/8052836

And you just paid for something we offer for free.

and i bet the seller got most of the episodes from tsuneko

They felt oddly familiar. 

But yeti said he never liked the fact that the cartoons from the '90s were never released on box sets.  So he took initiative and started to create them from torrents he downloaded.  I guess that's good for the fans who want them. (Like me! ) Plus I had this on order before I got my new computer. (When I ordered SPC I also ordered Bucky O'Hare as well.) Now I have a DVD burner. Still, he should credit those who made his sets possible, though.

[Gabya]

He didn't only take the cred, he made money from using someone else's DA fan art
Can't you get sued for that or something? 

[TGLucario475]

Can't you get sued for that or something? 

Plagerism hotline? ... anyone guess what episode i pulled that line from?

[Mechadon]

Can't you get sued for that or something? 

Plagerism hotline? ... anyone guess what episode i pulled that line from?

Silly TGL. Don't you know that nobody actually watches SPC episodes?

[TGLucario475]

Can't you get sued for that or something? 

Plagerism hotline? ... anyone guess what episode i pulled that line from?

Silly TGL. Don't you know that nobody actually watches SPC episodes?

i listen to them ... so i know what episode it came from