| Nekogami Yaoyorozu | |
Cover of the first manga volume |
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| 猫神やおよろず | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | FLIPFLOPs |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Champion Red Ichigo |
| Original run | July 2007 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 4 |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Hiroaki Sakurai |
| Written by | Touko Machida |
| Studio | AIC PLUS+ |
| Network | AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Saitama |
| Original run | July 9, 2011 – September 24, 2011 |
Nekogami Yaoyorozu (猫神やおよろず), also known as Cat God, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by FLIPFLOPs about a cat goddess that lives in an antique shop. In 2011, it was adapted into an anime television series by AIC PLUS+.
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Nekogami Yaoyorozu is a story about a Cat God named Mayu who has been stripped of her rank and powers and banished from Takamagahara to live on Earth for illegal gambling. She ends up living in an antique shop called Yaoyorozudou with a girl called Yuzu. The story revolves around the various antics the two get up to as they meet with various other gods and creatures from Japanese Mythology.
Nekogami Yaoyorozu began its serial run in July 2007 issue of Champion RED Ichigo. As of March 19, 2011[update], the series has been republished in four compilation volumes.[1]
In December 2010, an anime television series based on the manga was announced in Champion RED Ichigo.[2] Produced by AIC PLUS+ under the direction of Hiroaki Sakurai, the anime series began its broadcast run on July 9, 2011 on the Japanese network AT-X. The North American media website Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series under the title Cat God to audiences worldwide via internet streaming except for Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Taiwan, Andorra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, and Switzerland.[3]
| No. | Title | Original airdate[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The God of Poverty's Inspect+"[5] "Binbōgami Insupekuto+" (貧乏神インスペクト＋) |
July 9, 2011 |
| Shamo a God of Poverty is predicted to arrive in the town Mayu and her friends live in prompting them to form a coalition of otherwise rival gods in order to track down and stop the poverty god before disaster strikes. | ||
| 02 | "Sakura Front Overture"[5] "Sakura Furonto Ōbāchua" (桜フロントオーバーチュア) |
July 16, 2011 |
| Yoshino a minor goddess of cherry blossoms accidentally mails the jar of magical ash needed for the cherry blossoms to bloom to Mayu who throws it away not knowing what it is prompting a frantic search before the cherry blossom deadline passes. | ||
| 03 | "Desperate Deadline"[5] "Sute Hachi Deddorain" (捨て鉢デッドライン) |
July 23, 2011 |
| Yukina Kamo a powerful onmyoji and popular manga artist runs into a bind when her manga assistants who are also her shikigami go on strike and run away prompting Mayu to render assistance in getting them back before Yukina's deadline. | ||
| 04 | "Memory Halation Summer"[5] "Omoide Harēshon Samā" (思い出ハレーションサマー) |
July 30, 2011 |
| Urara, a Nightmare Eater enters Yaoyorozudou to find it's old owner, Makitarou, but she finds Yuzu his daughter instead. She enters into Mayu's dreams, but find's them so boring that she enters into Yuzu's dreams, causing her to see a nightmare about her tragic past. | ||
| 05 | "Typhoon God Overrun"[5] "Gufū-shin Ōbāran" (颶風神オーバーラン) |
August 6, 2011 |
| After winning tickets and hoping to see Yuzu in a bikini Gonta ends up inviting everyone to a beach-side resort just as a typhoon rolls in. Undaunted Gonta attempts to battle the typhoon god controlling it. | ||
| 06 | "Recollection of the Antiquity"[6] "Tsuioku Antikiti" (追憶アンティキティ) |
August 13, 2011 |
| While visiting Yuzu's old antiques teacher with Mayu the three end up reminiscing about the one time a sleazy antique dealer tried to swindle Yuzu allowing her to show of her natural talent for the first time by outwitting him. | ||
| 07 | "September Thriller Night"[6] "Nezameduki Surirānaito" (寝覚月スリラーナイト) |
August 20, 2011 |
| While staying over a Gonta's shrine to help with a festival the girls end up telling lousy ghost stories to each other before bed. | ||
| 08 | "Mukoubuchi Dice Roll"[6] "Mukou Buchi Daisurōru" (むこうぶちダイスロール) |
August 27, 2011 |
| After losing her precious video game to Gonta's mother Shizuha in a game of dice Mayu sneaks into Gonta's shrine with Yuzu's help and tries to steal it back and ends up challenging Shizuha again after discovering that she regularly cheats. | ||
| 09 | "Rainy Rainy"[6] "Reinī Reinī" (レイニーレイニー) |
September 3, 2011 |
| Mayu recounts the story of how she got exiled from Takamagahara to Yoshino over dinner and ends up telling her how she met Yuzu by helping the ghost of Yuzu's cat Kotetsu. | ||
| 10 | "Stray Cat On The Earth"[7] "Mayoineko Onjiāsu" (迷い猫オンジアース) |
September 10, 2011 |
| Due to a misunderstanding Amane the apprentice Guardian Cat of the Moon's magical memory storehouses travels to Earth to confront her successor Mayu. | ||
| 11 | "Doraneko Ran-afutā"[7] (どら猫ランアフター) | September 17, 2011 |
| After spending a day with Mayu Amane learns a few valuable lessons about compassion and temperance from the wayward Cat God. | ||
| 12 | "Kien Shukuen Kontenshon"[7] (奇縁宿縁コンテンション) | September 24, 2011 |
| Mayu is captured by her mother in order to attend an arranged marriage between Mayu and the second most important god Tsukiyomi the Moon God. Everyone mounts a rescue. | ||