Samurai Pizza Cats

Samurai Pizza Cats is the American adaptation of the anime series Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (キャッ党忍伝てやんでえ Kyattō Ninden Teyandē, lit. Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee), produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991 for a total of 54 episodes.

Saban Entertainment picked up the North American rights to the series in 1991 and produced a 52-episode English adaption. The English version of the series first aired in 1991 on ITV in the United Kingdom, in 1991 on YTV in Canada and in 1996 in the United States on first-run syndication.

Dubbing History
When Saban licensed the English version, proper translations of and information about the original Japanese episodes were either of poor quality or non-existent. It was decided to write completely original dialogue for the English dub, playing the show as a wacky, Animaniacs-esque comedy in contrast to the slightly less farcical original. The English-language version became a cult hit among anime fans due to its rapid-fire pop-culture references and farcical nature.

The dub was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at CINAR Studios, according to Terrence Scammell's site, whilst the scripts were mainly written in Los Angeles. 2 of the 54 original episodes were undubbed as they were clip shows that did little to further the series' plot. Some episodes of the dubbed version were never aired in the United States due to censorship issues. Certain lines in the episodes were also redubbed to remove any risque or offensive jokes.

The music in the English dub (replacing the original Japanese music) was by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban (credited as Kussa Mahchi). In keeping with the parodic nature of the show, the lyrics of the new theme song make a number of references to American pop culture. According to series writer Andy Thomas, the singer of the theme song, Michael Airington, another series writer, had a few drinks prior to the recording session, and resulted in him stuttering on the line "This cat gets down down with a love hangover" (describing Guido Anchovy); said mistake was kept in for the final version. This was backed up by Airington on his YouTube channel. The line in the theme song "As soon as someone finds the script, we might begin the show" is also a reference to the above mentioned fact of Saban receiving improper translations of the original Japanese episodes and how Saban decided to re-write the script for the international release.

Additional Voices

 * Mark Hellman
 * Arthur Holden
 * Rick Jones
 * Pierre Lenoir
 * Bronwen Mantel
 * Michael O'Reilly
 * Pier Paquette
 * Michael Rudder
 * Terrence Scammell
 * Harry Standjofski
 * Aron Tager
 * Jane Woods

Songs

 * Theme Song
 * Vocals: Michael Airington


 * The Pointless Sisters
 * Vocals: Susan Glover and Sonja Ball

Video Releases
* Standard Definition Blu-Ray