Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past is currently in early development for all major platforms. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the favorite 1990s anime a special trailer featuring the original voice cast has been released! The show first aired in Japan in 1990 and is set in Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, a sci-fi Edoropolis city inhabited by anthropomorphic robotic animals. The series gained international recognition in the early 1990s when it was localized as Samurai Pizza Cats and broadcast worldwide maintaining a dedicated base to this day.
The new game is being developed by Dutch Studio BLAST ZERO and will be distributed globally by Red Dunes Games from the United Arab Emirates. Designed as a 2D Action RPG, the game allows players to seamlessly switch between members of the Pizza Cats, using their unique abilities to solve puzzles and engage in thrilling battles within the world of Tokyo, Japan. The newly released trailer shows a stunningly faithful recreation of the anime’s cel animation style, along with a sneak peek at in-game photography.
Kappei Yamaguchi, who played Yattarou in Samurai Pizza Cats spoke about using the voice again after so long. “Yattarou, alongside Ranma, is one of my founding roles as a voice actor. When I first heard about the game, I was absolutely thrilled, and now that it has become a reality, I couldn’t be happier. I was especially surprised to learn that the game is being developed in the Netherlands! It feels amazing to say ‘Tenkamuteki no Daishōri!!’ (‘Unrivaled, ultimate victory!!’) again. I love Yattarou so much!”