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Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru (グーグーだって猫である) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was adapted into a live action film in 2008. It was further adapted into a Japanese television drama broadcast by WOWOW. Season 1 of the drama aired in the fall of 2014 and Season 2 aired in the summer of 2016.

Characters

• Asako Oshima (played by Kyōko Koizumi in the film and by Rie Miyazawa in the TV series)
• Naomi (played by Juri Ueno)
• Seiji Sawamura (played by Ryo Kase)
• Mamoru (played by Naojiro Hayashi)
• Tatsuya (played by Tatsuya Isaka)
• Ça Va (played by Suzuka Ohgo)
• Taisuke Yamamoto (played by Asei Kobayashi)
• Asako's mother (played by Chieko Matsubara)
• Kyoko (played by Ai Takabe)
• Erika (played by Elisa Yanagi)
• Michiko (played by Kazuko Kurosawa)
• Sakie (played by Tomoko Murakami)
• Kanako (played by Miyuki Oshima)
• Umezu (played by Kazuo Umezu)
• Paul Weinberg (played by Marty Friedman)
• Karin Uno, Koichi Masuno, and additional actors

Reception

Gou-Gou Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou…mon petit chat, mon petit ami) won the Short Award Prize at the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2008.

References

1. グーグーだって猫である(2008). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru Manga About an Artist and Her Cat Gets Drama". Anime News Network. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
3. "12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

External links

• Official website(in Japanese)
• Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru at IMDb 

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