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Jun 28, 8:23 PM

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Kodomo anime probably.
I don't know, it was strange to watch.
Felt good. Like comfy happy.
Everything is better with cats.
Jun 29, 5:51 AM
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Pretty basic beginning episode. I do like the dragon's loyalty to the cats though.
Jun 29, 7:12 AM
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Did i stumbled across an unexpected 8/10 anime?
I love medieval fantasy and this one look really promising
Jun 29, 8:59 AM

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Aside from the HORRIBLE dialogue, everything flows pretty smoothly. The whole narrative has an interesting build-up despite being absurdly childish. I seriously can't imagine this being made for an audience that already knows how to walk or use the bathroom by themselves, but that's not an issue as long as the story has context. The dragon animation looks great and the soundtrack is amazing. Honestly, the potential of these adaptations would be so much better if the animals communicated through telepathy or something similar. Due to physical limitations, these creatures wouldn't talk the same way a human does.
Jun 29, 4:51 PM

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Sep 2013
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Well! That was unexpected! And a welcome new way to tell a standard story.
Lots of promise here for sure. A solid 8/10 so far.
Aside from Nekoryuu, everyone else is short lived. Next episode will have a whole new cast it seems. Oh right, there's a demon too!
Jun 29, 7:05 PM

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Liked that way more than I thought I would, though now it seems like that was all set up for a completely different show. So I hope it stays as good.
Jun 30, 4:10 AM
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wow. WOW.
This first episode somehow managed to fit an entire movies worth of plot and feeling into one episode.
Extremely impressive.
Jun 30, 4:33 AM

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Decent premiere, but I fear I end up disliking this a lot since that type of blonde-haired boy was the reason I ended up hating the Champignon Witch anime.
Jun 30, 4:35 AM
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May 2022
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Yeah, this isn't for me. Found some scenes funny especially when that dragon got shot by arrow but this isn't the type of series that is worth continuing.
@E-Satie Finally, someone understood that the storytelling is disgusting, especially using the same frames. Anyway, there is something to look forward to: it's the cat that lived a full life and got summoned into the same world. That's something new I want to see. I want to see if it's reborn in the same world to give 1 star for the anime or if it got summoned to be better, and only accepted the summoning because it felt the summoner's soul or something then see that will be something new deserves full stars as long as there's no more disgusting storytelling, so it deserves a chance to be watched in the right way, not just because the cats are cute πŸ˜‚πŸ€£
Jun 30, 4:46 AM

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@KiliianSleipnir It don't bother me much honestly it's a little annoying but im just happy I could watch my faviorite manga's anime adaptations first episode a couple weeks early above all else.

I'll just properly change it once it airs in a week
@Phantom_373 a different problem are the 'sequel announcements' we've been getting for the past 10 or so years after the end credits of the finale episode. Witch Hat Atelier for example, didn't put its S2 announcement in the 'early release' finale episode. they let folks know a week later when the normal broadcast version came out.

folks get grumpy, but... shrug... the MAL Database 'rules' can't be entirely re-re-re- (however many times they've 'fixed em') paired every time a new format is introduced or something... innnnteresting... happens that gets the MAL users grumpy. ;> that is how stuffs gets broken... too MUCH 'fixing'. :D

you've got the best idea i've read yet. just wait a week-ish etc. and fix the ep count then. :D
just an ol school American otaku enjoyin the life. don't sass me kiddies, i've been otaku probably since before you were born. leave me in peace and i won't bother you either.
Jun 30, 6:22 AM
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Sep 2023
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i like cat, and the story was great,
Jun 30, 9:06 AM
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Feb 2026
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Very different from what you usually see in fantasy-themed anime, feels like a breath of fresh air
Jun 30, 1:25 PM

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Honestly if I saw someone doing that to cats I'd also turn him into garden food

Minus losing 2 mom's in literally the first 5 minutes, this was genuinely a wholesome episode.

How to Train Your Cat Dragon fr
Jun 30, 3:43 PM

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Yeah, this isn't for me. Found some scenes funny especially when that dragon got shot by arrow but this isn't the type of series that is worth continuing.
@E-Satie how was that funny? Are you some troll who just likes senseless violence. Eww.
Jun 30, 9:04 PM

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It was a nice story. But it feels like the prologue was complete in of itself. So I really have no idea where the story will go from here.
Jun 30, 10:57 PM

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The animation is really good! I like how the story of dragon become cat XD
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Jul 1, 4:40 AM
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Sep 2020
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I am not accepting score lower than 10
Jul 1, 6:09 AM
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wholesome family & good training. animals nicely animated.
wonder where mom cat summoned to.
Good what the prince started to raise his nation. didn't know what to expect, quite a distinguished show.
feel some fun MH vibes.
Jul 1, 12:55 PM
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Mar 2021
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It got cute cats.
PEAK.
Jul 1, 10:27 PM
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Jan 2017
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And they lived in harmony ever after. That was a wonderful story. And all in 20 minutes.
Jul 2, 1:09 AM
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I absolutely love this first episode with all my heart. I really want to keep watching anime like this, such as *Mofumofu*, *Ascendance of a Bookworm*, or *The Cat and the Dragon*. These are the kind of anime that deserve to be called "heart-healing anime."
Jul 2, 4:23 AM
πŸ… Tomato πŸ…

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Feb 2020
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Nya! =^_^=

Cute and wholesome start.
Jul 2, 8:09 AM
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SOBBING OUT OF CUTENESS THE FUCKING ENTIRE EPISODE!!! THIS WAS MAGICAL 😭😭😭😭 WE GOT THE NEXT IYASHIKEI THIS SEASON!
Jul 2, 9:07 AM
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Nov 2019
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Cats' brainwashing propaganda in reeducating stoopid and incompentent hooman into capable servants to the much more noble and supreme race such as Felis catus (I've seen it somewhere around 1933,) to which I'm a devotee, honestly. Heil Katzen! Eintausendjähriges Katzenland!

Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!

Jul 2, 5:33 PM

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Apr 2022
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its cute and not that bad animated as i thought
Jul 2, 11:07 PM

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cute and wholesome
Jul 3, 8:44 AM

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Jan 2021
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It feels like I don't even need to watch the rest of it. The first episode has basically an ending that is better than 99% of anime endings nowadays.
Jul 3, 9:29 PM

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Jul 2017
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This was fine. Another show where I found the first episode to be decent but the story for a good amount felt like it would have been a stronger one-off episode, similar to what To Your Eternity could have been in my opinion (first episode was great and felt complete, rest of it was much weaker). Hopefully there is more to it narratively that can make this series standout beyond the comfy and wholesome vibes that are obviously going to be there the rest of the season, since this kind of series could get a bit old for me quickly. The ideas from this episode as a one-off though were decent enough, and the Yorushika song at the end fit the series tone well in my opinion. Series could be good, but could get very boring quick, and I hope it is the former. Want to see more of the mother Cait Sith and what happened to her with the summoning.
Jul 4, 1:14 AM

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Nov 2023
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Strong start!

Adorable characters, what more can one ask for?
Jul 4, 7:37 AM

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Tsunematsu Ayumi's narration was fabulous.
Jul 4, 9:01 PM
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Jan 2021
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Lovely and charming. I want a Neko dragon too.

4/5. Another contender for anime of the season.
Jul 5, 3:26 PM

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Yep, I'm sold. Nice to have a sweet cat anime alongside Yani Neko.

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Jul 6, 9:29 AM
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It's really sweet how a cat mother took in a dragon hatchling as her own!πŸ₯°

I randomly thought of Dinosaur Train, when the pterodactyl mom took in a t-rex baby!πŸ˜‚
Jul 6, 12:31 PM
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Apr 2024
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i felt like a child listening to a fairy tale the whole episode, the animation could be better but the artstyle is simple yet perfect in my opinion
Jul 6, 11:22 PM

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Feb 2023
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Cute but boring, and like others have said already it feels like a complete story already where everything wrapped up. I'm guessing this could end up as an episodic series about different princes and princesses with their feline companions over many generations? The vibes are definitely basic...

Jul 7, 12:10 AM

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Peakkkkkkkkkkkk I cried. Nya nya nya PEAKKKKKKKKK
Jul 7, 7:58 AM

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good first ep, I enjoyed more than expected
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Jul 7, 8:02 AM
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good, but so boring for me...
hehe :p
Jul 10, 9:19 AM

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Hearing such a maternal voice from such a big floof of a kitty feels so surreal.

Dragonbro's cat form is more or less what I'd imagine a Dragon-type a to look like.
Jul 12, 11:06 AM
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it's been a long time since I've seen that much story told in 23 minutes
@TrashWaifuHater Interesting. I had the exact opposite impression. The humans are just not that interesting and I feel the story meanders a lot. I couldn't even finish this episode. I must not be the targeted demographic.
Jul 19, 9:34 AM

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I am just love this anime
Jul 21, 5:04 AM
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This was unexpectedly sweet and wholesome 😭😭😭😭 I mean, I expected it somewhat from the synopsis, but I really liked how the "Uncle" cat dragon cares for all the other cats and has taken them under his wing(s).

This episode kind of finished up the story already if you just stopped here πŸ˜… as like a nice short story, so I'm interested to see how things will go.

I'm not sure if there will then be 'bad' humans from other nations who envy the magic taught by the cats for example.
Jul 21, 12:02 PM
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So apparently a Dragon can be one-shot by a lance, but then the offspring can lay waste to a country without any problem.
And that's just one of the multiple problems of the script.
I imagine it's for children so they don't put much effort in the writing.
Jul 25, 11:59 AM

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Damn. Glad I didn't skip on this. Looks like cute and wholesome fairytale (if we exclude the incineration part at the start, lol).

Wonder where this goes? Is it gonna be time-skip separate stories of different character encounters every epsiode?

Intriguing.
Aug 9, 4:05 PM
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"And so the cats were no longer hunted and lived happily ever after with humans"

meanwhile the rats in the back at the lord's mercy πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€
Sep 11, 6:49 AM
πŸ₯Š CHAMPION πŸ₯Š

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This first episode reminded me of an old fable...
...but I want to imagine that everything will change, since it's an episodic anime!
Sep 11, 5:31 PM

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Re-reviewing this...

Yep, just as I remembered. The cat dragon will go well with his Cait Sith mom and her offsprings. Such a wholesome start.
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