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Apocalypse Meow is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. It was originally published in Japan as Cat Shit One in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, but was renamed for the US release. It was published in the UK in 2004 by ADV Manga. It was also released in Poland as Komando Kocia Kupa (also in 2004). It has been released in Spain too, as Cat Shit One, by Glénat in 2006. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...
ADV Manga is the manga publishing division of A.D. Vision, Inc. ...
Glénat is a French publisher. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Story
The manga follows three American soldiers in the Vietnam War, Bota, Perky and Rats. All three are all in the recon group called Cat Shit One. Each mission (or chapter) shows the daily activities of the recon group in Vietnam. There are sections of the manga which give brief history and truths behind the war, such as the types of weapons used by different countries and the activities of forces in the war. At the end of volume 1 there is a chapter called Dog Shit One seperate from the main story, showing human characters. Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded...
Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
Charaters The manga depicts the characters as different animals according to their nationality as follows: In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ...
- American - Rabbit
- Vietnamese - Cat
- French - Pig
- Chinese - Panda
- Japanese - Monkey
- Russian - Bear
- Korean - Dog
Main characters - Sergent Perkins (aka Perky) - An American soldier and leader of the Cat Shit One recon group.
- Sergent White (aka Rats) - American soldier who translates between Americans and Vietnamese.
- Botaski (aka Bota) - American soldier. In the story his character shows a strong dislike of Asian people.
- Chico - A Montagnard (or yard) trained by the Americans. His character features in the story a lot, especially near the end of volume 3.
The term Montagnard can refer to a mountain-dwelling people of central Vietnam: Degar a factional partisan of the party of The Mountain during the French Revolution This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
External links - Anime News Network Review
- Anime News Network Details
- Polish site for Cat Shit One
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