Puss in Boots becomes a story about ambition eating itself alive. The cat doesn't just want to survive, he schemes and climbs and lies his way into nobility, and the show watches every calculation, every betrayal, every moment he trades his actual self for the fantasy of being someone important. By the end, you're not watching a fairy tale. You're watching someone figure out what they were actually looking for underneath all those boots and titles.

Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko no Boken is a 1992 TV anime based on Puss in Boots, the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Susumu Ishizaki directs the series, which runs for 26 episodes. As its native title suggests, it presents the famous story as a fantasy adventure, bringing the tale of the booted cat to television.