Sea Cat (1988) - [16mm Film Scan, Subbed]
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This is a 16mm film scan of the animated short film "Sea Cat," a film produced for educational purposes regarding nuclear abolition through the drama of anthropomorphic animals. It conveys a peaceful and anti-nuclear message, and follows the story of the titular Sea Cat, who is raised by a sea otter and encounters a sea monster, which in actuality turns out to be a man-made nuclear submarine. The film was produced by Oh! Productions after securing funding from the Kishiwada City Teachers' Union, apparently as a "hobby" film, so it may be rough around the edges here and there when it comes to its story and message. There may be evidence that the film may have been broadcast on television before, but there supposedly exists no home release of it whatsoever, even VHS, so this is the first time it's being made available to the public on a wider scale aside from occasional film screenings in Japan.
The print was acquired and scanned by us in 4K and subbed by our friends over at LonelyChaser fansubs. The print arrived in very good shape, with great color and picture quality. It is a little dirty, but nothing was done to the original scan other than cropping and encoding for KZread and download, so what you see is the print's natural state.
Subbed by: LonelyChaser Fansubs
Project Manager: MartyMcflies
Timing/Translation: Yume
Reel Acquired & Encoded by: Kineko Video
Special thanks to Rezrospect & Aurelius for assisting with a tricky line.
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Hey everyone! You can download the film here, courtesy of LonelyChaser! nyaa.si/view/1696008
@markus5862
Жыл бұрын
Hi there! I don’t have a twitter account but I do have something that i think you guys would be interested in that I’d loved to get properly restored/scanned/remastered? Is there another means of getting in touch with you outside of twitter?
@KinekoVideo
11 ай бұрын
Yes, please check our channel for some other contact methods.
I dont think anyone was expecting it to end like that... even with the context in mind.
This anime is so obscure it isn't even listed on Anime News Network or MyAnimeList.
@thejazzo3595
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was looking through it and couldn't find it unless the japanese title is also posted, doubt this was titled 'sea cat' in japanese.
@fmsyntheses
Жыл бұрын
@@thejazzo3595 It is literally called sea cat. The Japanese title is 'shii kyatto', which is the phonetic Japanese spelling of 'sea cat'.
@thejazzo3595
Жыл бұрын
@@fmsyntheses I see, can't find anything in that romaji either.
@MegaMug
Жыл бұрын
It’s on Anilist if that matters:)
Thanks for saving animation history that could be lost forever.
"Come on it's just an animation about cats" How come it is THIS emotional How come it is THIS disturbing How come it is THAT strongly causing me to cry i have no words
Literally none of that went as expected I should have read the description, understanding that it's anti-nuke makes the ending make some kind of sense
It's a good day whenever Kineko Video uploads, and it's an even better day when the upload features cats!
That scene when the rolling credits start got me... it got me real real bad.
@fmsyntheses
Жыл бұрын
The shot of the mother cat watching her kittens getting taken away
WHERE DID THE FUCKING SPACESHIP COME FROM
Otters and cats; a double whammy of kawaii. [SPOILER] So I guess the main character's siblings just died at sea?
Oppenheimer (2023) wants what Sea Cat (1988) has.
That escalated quickly!
2 min in and I'm already crying. I am too weak 😭😭😭
Love this! Thank you so much for saving this!
From the opening I'm not sure I want to watch this, am I going to cry like a bitch?
@VncentValntine
Жыл бұрын
I was like, aw so cute-- oh no...
@lanternfly953
Жыл бұрын
You'll be okay! It has a few sad moments but I didn't think it was too upsetting.
Thanks for this upload. It's the first time I watched something not listed on MAL. Hopefully, someone makes an entry for it soon.
Merci d'avoir mis en ligne ce petit chef d'œuvre méconnu : il a été réalisé par Taku Sugiyama avec le studio Oh Production fondé par entre autres le grand Kazuo Komatsubara !
This was an interesting little film...I wasn't sure what to expect but it wasn't what I watched heh The animation is well done, cute and just very 80's for the time. The "rough around the edges" was no joke considering that we're hit with 3 sad moments in the first five minutes lol, and that ending just makes you go "hmm...so what happens now?" I love the two songs that were played at the beginning and end, despite the sad tone that was portrayed and the various cat drawings that were shown at the beginning and end. (I'd love to know more about those drawings, did they hold any significance in the making of this film, inspiration or were they just various sketches the people at the studio made to celebrate the film's release? Honestly, it's nice to see this film preserved, yes it's an oddball little film but it would have otherwise be lost to time, so I say that it's great that it was discovered.
why did the man throw the cats away again?
umineko ;) pretty dark for short kid movie
really enjoyed this. thanks a lot
no anime ever before had my crying this fast as this one
Even with subtitles.. I really appreciate it.
omg.. all of the anime cat doodles in the credits are so gooood i love them
Sad and crazy ending
This is a Bluray level quality scan. Nice job!
Thank you!
I like the way film looks. The soft Texture. ☺️
Amazing!
First 5 minutes 👋🏻😭👋🏻
So sweet and sad
Very nice
muito obrigada por isso!
What do you do with the film materials you get after scanning them? Do you store them in cold?
@KinekoVideo
Жыл бұрын
We keep our scans preserved on LTO Tapes mostly. As for the film prints themselves, most of them are kept in cold storage like you said, but ultimately it's up to whoever bought them to decide what to do with them. They can keep or sell them, or whatever, we are more concerned with the digital transfers, so as long as those are safe.
@inuliger
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, I’ve got a small film reel with a theatrical trailer for a certain dubbed anime movie, it’s under 2 minutes long. I’d be interested to get that transferred and restored by you guys, how could I go about getting that done?
@KinekoVideo
Жыл бұрын
Email us at kinekovideo@gmail.com!
@kikihideout4966
Жыл бұрын
@@KinekoVideo you should be equally concern about the film prints too...
Thank you for preserving another piece of animation history~ Didn't expect to be watching an educational Anime today but here we are~ Thank you all for your hard work, Keep it up m(_ _)m I hope your having a lovely day, Have a wonderful week, Be safe and Take care out there wherever you are (^=W=^)7 And you too fellow viewer ^-^
EXCUSE ME?!
I need the Kyoto Video take on this.
omg so sad 🤯😭😭. This anime isn't even listed at MAL.
@mdo7
9 ай бұрын
I just checked, MAL has it now. Anilist also listed this anime on their database.
Why make me cry like that
20:50
@skylarmchenry5237
Жыл бұрын
20:56
Wanna say that I i appreciate what you guys are doing and i found out about you guys because of Kenny Lauderdale.
Umineko?
It's so totally not-sus unlike dreamhunter
hooray for the video description box, cause if you asked me what the educational part of this video was just from watching i'd give a unconvinced answer about humans being self centered assholes and not caring much about the ecological damage war can do what was the point of there being 3 kittens at the start if 2 were only going to drown before they got a single line? what happened to cat mom? why bother having the little girl and her mother show up? Why does this feel like a multi animator project that weren't on speaking terms for more then 3 days over the course of the entire project?
@canadiandoesthings4596
Жыл бұрын
Apparently each shot of Sea Cat was done by different animators in their free time, so that would probably explain the forgotten aspects and the multi animator project feeling.
😂 Promo-SM
Japanese people were unfortunately reminded 2 times that hope for life on earth lies only 'out there', wherever that may be...
Wtf did i just watch?