Kitty Film

1972 – 1999 Tokyo, Japan 632 cartoons 13 series

Series

About Kitty Film

Kitty was founded in 1972 as Kitty Music Corporation. The company was originally headed by Hidenori Taga, and was a subsidiary Polydor and Universal Music. From the first few years as a music label producing mainly soundtracks, Kitty made the jump to anime in a big way in 1981 with Urusei Yatsura. Their first foray into animation proved so successful that Kitty continued to adapt Takahashi's anime for the rest of their existence.

Highly successful as an umbrella production company for many animation houses, by 1979 Kitty branched out into live action films such as Kagirinaku Toumei ni Chikai Buru (Almost Transparent Blue) and Berusai no Bara (The Rose of Versailles).

The end of Ranma ½ and Yawara! in 1992 marked the begining of a long slide downhill for the studio. Kitty continued producing less high-profile shows such as 1995's Ping Pong Club and Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid, which ended in 1998. After that, they no longer produced anime for television. Kitty made a few animated OVAs, but their output had dwindled from the highs of the 1980s and early 1990s to almost nothing by the end of the century.

Cartoons

  1. Machikado No Meruhen

    1984 (estimated) Direct to Video Kitty Film

    Featuring Hiroshi, Girl

  2. Karuizawa Syndrome

    1985 (estimated) Direct to Video Kitty Film

    Featuring Young Man

  3. Tobira O Akete

    1986 (estimated) Theatrical Kitty Film, Magic Bus

    Featuring Miyaki Negishi/Neryura, Keiichiro, Kaori, Duran III, Dimida

  4. Juichi-Nin Iru

    1988 (estimated) Theatrical Kitty Film

    Featuring Ten Military Academy Cadets, Imposter

  5. Ranma Nibunnoichi: Chûgoku Shinkonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitô Hen!

    November 2, 1991 Theatrical Kitty Film, Fuji TV, Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd

    It's just another day at the Tendo Anything-Goes Martial Arts Training Hall, that is, until a strange girl named Lychee and her giant elephant Jasmine arrive to settle a score with lecherou…

  6. Ranma Nibunnoichi: Kessen Tôgenkyô! Hanayome ZO Torimodose!

    August 1, 1992 Theatrical Kitty Film, Fuji TV, Pony Canyon, Shogakukan Productions Co…

    When poetry-spouting swordsman Tatewaki Kuno invites Ranma and the others for a jaunt on his new luxury yacht, the last thing the group expects is a sudden storm to shipwreck them all on a…

  7. Ranma Nibun no Ichi: Chô Musabetsu Kessen! Ranma Team vs. Densetsu no Houôô

    August 20, 1994 Theatrical Kitty Film, Fuji TV

    Featuring Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, Ukyo Kuonji, Tatewaki Kuno, Genma Saotome, Kasumi Tendo, Ryoga Hibiki/P-Chan, Nabiki Tendo, Shampoo, Soun Tendo

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