History Manga / CatShitOne

* ColdWar: The original series is set during the Vietnam Nam; '''80'' covers proxy conflicts of the Cold War from the end of the 1970s to the 1980s.

The Animated version seems to take in an AlternateTimeline, with the events occurring shortly after the 1991 GulfWar, and taking place in the Middle East [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOAPKxqutv8]].

* TheEighties:

* {{Qurac}}: The animated series takes place in a generic, unnamed middle-eastern country that appears to be largely inhabited by AK-toting terrorists.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While it was expected of Chico not to appear in the animated series since the conflict happens in the middle east and he's Vietnamese, it took several fans of the series by surprise that Rats was nowhere to be seen in the new series.

* MarketBasedTitle: ''ApocalypseMeow''.

''CatShitOne'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in Japan in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the U.S., it was renamed ''ApocalypseMeow'' to parody the title of the film ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during TheVietnamWar.

In ''CatShitOne '80'', the story continues to follow the three protagonists as they became involved in various low intensity conflicts in the [[TheEighties 1980s]]. Perky, now a member of Delta Force, is attached to the Special Air Service and is involved in various SAS operations while Rats and Bota are now involved with the U.S. operation in Afghanistan against the [[SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan Soviets]].

!!Provides Examples Of:

* ExecutiveMeddling: It was the editors idea to spice things up when Kobayashi's previous series Dog Shit One with normal style wasn't going anywhere.

* NoKoreansInJapan: pointedly averted. When Japanese-American soldiers visit a bar, they were confronted by angry ROK soldiers who are upset in merely seeing Japanese.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Perkins' nickname tends to switch between Packy or Perky depending on the translation.

* XMeetsY: ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. Others have likened it to ''WatershipDown'' meets ''Franchise/MetalGear''.
** As of late, people have been describing the animated version as ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare''... [[AC:[[AnthropomorphicPersonification With Furries]]!]]

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''CatShitOne'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in Japan in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the US, it was renamed ''ApocalypseMeow'' to parody the title of the film ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during TheVietnamWar.

* KaijuDefenseForce: The JSDF joines the CSO Recon Unit for training purposes. Things don't go well.

* SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan

* TheVietnamWar

In ''CatShitOne '80'', the story continue to follow the three main protagonists as they became involved in various Low intensity conflicts in the [[TheEighties 1980s]]. Perky, now a member of the elite Delta Force, was attached to the Special Air Service and was involved in various SAS operations while Rats and Bota were invovled with the US operation in Afghanistan against the [[SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan Soviet invasion]].

** Rabbits represent the US ('''U.S.A. G.I.'''="Usagi", "Rabbit" in Japanese)

* ColdWar

* ShownTheirWork: From the weapons to the political forces behind the Vietnam conflict -and- the sentiment of the US Civilian population towards the conflict, this series is eerily accurate.

* NoKoreansInJapan: pointedly averted. When the JSDF soldiers visit a bar, they were confronted by angry ROK soldiers who are upset in having Japanese running around.

* SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures: CSO's CIA contact spends most of his time at french resort as a tourist.

*** Also, like the rabbits, their casting is a very fitting analogy if you think about it. Monkeys are known for their intelligence, but also for being [[NaughtyTentacles disgustingly horny]] and generally [[WidgetSeries amusing and silly]] and despite all this, they can occasionally be [[ImperialJapan terrifyingly violent]].

* NobleBigot: Well, this is the late '60s/early '70s...still, Bota makes it a habit to tell us that he hates Asians. Same time, he seems to not know that [[DidNotDoTheResearch Sony and Honda are Japanese products]].

* XMeetsY: ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. Others have likened it to ''WatershipDown'' meets ''MetalGear''.

''CatShitOne'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in Japan in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the US, it was renamed ''ApocalypseMeow'' to parody the title of the film ''ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during TheVietnamWar.

* ShoutOut: To ''MetalGearSolid'' in the opening scenes of the animated version.

* XMeetsY: ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' meets ''ApocalypseNow''. Others have likened it to ''WatershipDown'' meets ''MetalGear''.
** As of late, people have been describing the animated version as ''CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare''... [[AC:[[AnthropomorphicPersonification With Furries]]!]]

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!!''CatShitOne'' / ''ApocalypseMeow'' provides examples of:

* DeusExNukina: Played with and then Subverted, hard.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Cute rabbits that are killing machines.

''CatShitOne'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in Japan in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the US, it was renamed ''ApocalypseMeow'' to parody the title of the film ''ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during TheVietnamWar.

And in case you haven't noticed by now, they're rabbits.

* ButtMonkey: Sgt. Nakamura. Not played for laughs.
* ChekhovsGunman: The CIA spook.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While it was expected of Chico not to appear in the animated series since the conflict happens in the middle east and he's Vietnamese, it took several fans of the series by surprise that Rats was nowhere to be seen in the new series.

* CompositeCharacter: Arguably, Botaski in the animated version, who is basically 95% Botaski and 5% Rats.

* KaijuDefenseForce: The JSDF joines the CSO Recon Unit for training purposes. Things don't go well.

* SixthRanger: Chico, who becomes vital to the team as the series progresses.

** Noteworthy for its footnotes for extra depth.

* SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures: CSO's CIA contact spends most of his time at french resort as a tourist.

** Which serves as a one more ShownTheirWork moments, because tribal groups and their influence on the conflict is still almost universally overlooked. Most works featuring Vietnam War won't even ''mention'' tribals.

* XMeetsY: ''{{Maus}}'' meets ''ApocalypseNow''. Others have likened it to ''WatershipDown'' meets ''MetalGear''.

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*** It's also appropriate in that rabbits, while they may appear amusing at first glance are, as any Aussie can tell you, viciously destructive when introduced into a foreign country's environment.

The Animated version seems to take in an AlternateTimeline, with the events occurring shortly after the 1991 Gulf War, and taking place in the Middle East [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOAPKxqutv8]].

''CatShitOne'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in Japan in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the US, it was renamed ''ApocalypseMeow'' to parody the title of the film ''ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during the Vietnam War.

In ''CatShitOne '80'', the story continue to follow the three main protagonists as they became involved in various Low intensity conflicts in the 1980s. Perky, now a member of the elite Delta Force, was attached to the Special Air Service and was involved in various SAS operations while Rats and Bota were invovled with the US operation in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion.

''ApocalypseMeow'' is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. It was originally published in Japan as ''CatShitOne'' in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, but was renamed for the US release to parody the title of the film ''ApocalypseNow'', which also took place during the Vietnam War.

* AllCGICartoon: The Animated version.