This is the anime equivalent of a cat flopping onto your keyboard and refusing to move. Tsushima struts in off the street with the entitlement of an animal who has never paid rent, and the house dynamic reorganizes around him instantly: Zun already established, Chaa cowering and demanding affection in the same breath, Osamu running his little yakuza operation from the tatami. The animation is simple on purpose, and it earns that simplicity in the small stuff, the way a cat's whole body language changes when food is involved, the way they ignore you until they don't. Then Ojiichan, the grandmother everyone calls grandpa, does something quietly tender and the joke episode turns into something else. Veteran voice work carries it. Episodes are short enough that people call it thin, but you'll watch nine in a row anyway.
An elderly woman who adores cats, and who is oddly nicknamed "Ojiichan," once dreamed of owning a cat that looks like a bear. One day she runs into a brazen former stray on the street who may or may not be able to talk. His name is Tsushima, a lazy leopard cat, and he soon settles into her home. Already living there are her house cat Zun, the pampered and timid Chaa, and Osamu, a selfish cat with a gangster streak. Tsushima brings color to the household and wears out his poor owner in equal measure. These comedic slice-of-life web shorts, streamed alongside the TV shorts, follow the everyday antics of Tsushima and the cat-loving woman who took him in. Perfect for anyone who's ever wondered what their cats are really thinking.
Streaming I, Tsushima (ONA) legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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