Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru explained

Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru
Ja Kanji:	グーグーだって猫である

Type:	manga
Author:	Yumiko Ōshima

Type:	live film
Director:	Isshin Inudou
Runtime:	116

Type:	drama
Director:	Isshin Inudou
Music:	Ren Takada
Network:	WOWOW
First:	fall 2014

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was adapted into a live action film in 2008.^[1] It was further adapted into a Japanese television drama broadcast by WOWOW. Season 1 of the drama aired in the fall of 2014 ^[2] and Season 2 aired in the summer of 2016.

Characters

• Asako Oshima (played by Kyōko Koizumi in the film and by Rie Miyazawa in the TV series)
• Naomi (played by Juri Ueno)
• Seiji Sawamura (played by Ryo Kase)
• Mamoru (played by Naojiro Hayashi)
• Tatsuya (played by Tatsuya Isaka)
• Ça Va (played by Suzuka Ohgo)
• Taisuke Yamamoto (played by Asei Kobayashi)
• Asako's mother (played by Chieko Matsubara)
• Kyoko (played by Ai Takabe)
• Erika (played by Elisa Yanagi)
• Michiko (played by Kazuko Kurosawa)
• Sakie (played by Tomoko Murakami)
• Kanako (played by Miyuki Oshima)
• Umezu (played by Kazuo Umezu)
• Paul Weinberg (played by Marty Friedman)
• Karin Uno, Koichi Masuno, and additional actors

Reception

Gou-Gou Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou…mon petit chat, mon petit ami) won the Short Award Prize at the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2008.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=330592. ja:グーグーだって猫である(2008). 2014-04-18. allcinema. Stingray. ja.
2. Web site: Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru Manga About an Artist and Her Cat Gets Drama. 2014-04-14. 2014-04-18. Anime News Network.
3. Web site: 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced. 2008-05-11. 2014-04-18. Anime News Network.