What's Michael?

What's Michael?

1985 · 55 min · ★ 4.3 · Animation, Comedy

Michael is a cat - with a difference. He lives with a cartoonist and his wife and does his best to keep his cool amid the trials of everyday life in suburbia, like fussing human girls, the local tough cat Nyazilla - just like big grey lizard, a foe too fearsome to take risks with - and the females of his own species.

Directed by Makoto Nagao · Written by Shigeru Yanagawa

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Hiroshi Otake Michael (voice)
Ichiro Nagai Narrator
Hideyuki Umezu Mr. Ōbayashi (voice)
Eiko Yamada Mrs. Ōbayashi (voice)
Shozo Iizuka K. (voice)

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What's Michael? 2 · 1988

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Michael the tabby cat returns for another series of vignettes. The sketches this time include a send-up of The Fugitive — Richard Kimble is now a veterinarian on the lam. Despite the danger, he must intervene whenever he sees a cat (always Michael) suffering; after treating the patient, he plays a trick on the cat and runs away. Another sketch draws parallels between wandering husbands and wandering house cats, who seem to have similar proclivities. Two more point out what happens when a cat's instincts run up against the requirements of baseball or pro wrestling.

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