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 1993 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 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 an unspecified studio (likely the in-house studio of local animation studio CinéGroupe, due to the noticeable use of the Montreal voice actor talent pool of the time, however Terrence Scammell's Wikipedia mentions CINAR as the studio, neither theory is confirmed), 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.

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.

Additional Voices

 * Susan Glover
 * Mark Hellman
 * Arthur Holden
 * Pier Kohl
 * Bronwen Mantel
 * Michael O'Reilly
 * Patricia Rodriguez
 * Michael Rudder
 * Terrence Scammell
 * Harry Standjofski
 * Aron Tager
 * Jane Woods

Video Releases
* Standard Definition Blu-Ray