History Anime / SheAndHerCat

* ABoyAndHisX: This is a gentle story about a woman and her cat, told from the cat's perspective.

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* ABoyAndHisX: A Woman and Her Cat.

* KindheartedCatLover

''She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's first real independent work, a five minute short that was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

''She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's first work, a five minute short that was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

''She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's first work. It is a 5-minute short and was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

* CatsAreMean: Averted or downplayed, depending on how you look at it. Daru doesn't show much affection to anybody other than his owner (whom he loves tremendously), but he's never aggressive, simply turning his head away when he's no longer interested in a person.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Heavily on the mundane side, but the prequel series has Miyu's mother receive a silent phone call from the former while she is apparently sleeping. The two women joke that perhaps Daru jumped up and dialed the mother by accident. This possibility is laughed off, and while Daru is shown trying to jump up to where the phone is before the scene cuts to Miyu's mother receiving the call, we never see what actually happens.

** It's also implied that [[spoiler: after he dies, Daru reincarnates as Chobi]], but it's equally possible that the two are completely different cats. Implications aside, no solid evidence is given either way.

* ShoutOut: Chobi and Mimi, the two cats in this short, appear briefly in ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''.

* AnachronismStew: Despite the 2016 OVA series being a prequel, the cellphones in the 2016 OVA are smart phones, in contrast to the boxier mobile phones seen in the 1999 short.

* AnachronismStew: Despite the TV series being a prequel, the cellphones in the 2016 OVA are smart phones, in contrast to the boxier mobile phones seen in the 1999 short.

* AnachronismStew: Despite the TV series being a prequel, the cellphones in the 2016 OVA are smart phones, in contrast to the more boxier mobile phones seen in the 1999 short.

Short TV-series entitled '''She And Her Cat: Everything Flows''' (''Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko ~Everything Flows~'') made by different people but with Shinkai's approval aired as part of Winter2016Anime season.

* AnachronismStew: A minor case. Despite the TV series being a prequel, the cellphones are smart phones, in contrast to the more remote control-shape of the phones in the short.

* {{Prequel}}: The TV series is strongly implied to be a prequel to the short film.

* ShoutOut: Chobi and Mimi, the two cats in this short, will appear briefly in ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''.

* Prequel: The TV series is strongly implied to be a prequel to the short film.

!!Tropes:

* SimpleScoreOfSadness: A single piano piece quietly accompanies the calm, melancholic events.

''She And Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's first work. It is a 5-minute short and was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

!''She And Her Cat'' provides examples of:

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Woman And Her Cat]]

* ShoutOut: Chobi and Mimi, the two cats in this short, will appear briefly in ''FiveCentimetersPerSecond''.

''She And Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is {{Makoto Shinkai}}'s first work. It is a 5-minute short and was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

It is animated entirely in black and white, reflecting on the minimalist nature of the cat's perspective. Through the use of detailed still images and careful incorporation of sound, the end result is a highly concise and sweet tale of love and innocence, elements that MakotoShinkai will integrate into all of his [[SignatureStyle subsequent works]].

!This work provides examples of:

!!Tropes present in this work include:

->''This world...I think we both like it.''

->''This world...I think we both like it.'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''This world...I think we both like it.'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''This world...I think we like it.'']]

''She And Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is {{Makoto Shinkai}}'s first work. It is a 5-minute short and was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat; the latter provides the narration, recounting the events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.

''SheAndHerCat'' is animated entirely in black and white, reflecting on the minimalist nature of the cat's perspective. Through the use of detailed still images and careful incorporation of sound, the end result is a highly concise and sweet tale of love and innocence, elements that MakotoShinkai will integrate into all of his [[SignatureStyle subsequent works]].

SheAndHerCat is animated entirely in black and white, reflecting on the minimalist nature of the cat's perspective. Through the use of detailed still images and careful incorporation of sound, the end result is a highly concise and sweet tale of love and innocence, elements that MakotoShinkai will integrate into all of his [[SignatureStyle subsequent works]].

* ShoutOut: Chobi and Mimi, the two cats in this short, will appear briefly in FiveCentimetersPerSecond.

''She And Her Cat: Their Standing Points'' is {{Makoto Shinkai}}'s first work. It is a 5-minute short and was released in 1999. The focus of the story is the relationship between a woman and her cat. The cat provides the narration, recounting the events in the girl's life about heartbreak and loneliness.