Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru

Japanese manga series

グーグーだって猫である
Gū-Gū Datte Neko de Aru
Manga
Written by	Yumiko Ōshima
Live-action film
Directed by	Isshin Inudou
Released	September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06)
Runtime	116
Television drama
Directed by	Isshin Inudou
Written by	Ryū Takada
Music by	Ren Takada
Original network	WOWOW
Original run	fall 2014 – present

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.^[1] It was further adapted into a Japanese television drama broadcast by WOWOW. Season 1 of the drama aired in the fall of 2014 ^[2] 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.^[3]

References

^ グーグーだって猫である(2008). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "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.
^ "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

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize

1990s	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997) Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998) Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)
2000s	Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000) Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001) Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002) Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003) Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004) Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005) Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006) Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007) Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008) Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013) Chica Umino for March Comes In like a Lion (2014) Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku (2015) Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&! (2016) Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu (2017) Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy (2018) Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties (2019)
2020s	Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern (2020) Kazumi Yamashita for Land (2021) Uoto for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2022) Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito (2023) Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS (2024)

Special
Award

1990s	Toshio Naiki (1997) Shotaro Ishinomori (1998) Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)
2000s	Frederik L. Schodt (2000) Akira Maruyuma (2001) Shigeru Mizuki (2003) Tarō Minamoto (2004) Kawasaki City Museum (2005) Kousei Ono (2006) International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010) Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012) Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014) Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2015) Kyoto International Manga Museum (2016) Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2017) Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe (2018) Takao Saito for Golgo 13 (2019)
2020s	Machiko Hasegawa for Sazae-san (2020) Koyoharu Gotouge for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021) Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan (2023) COMITIA (2024)

Award for
Excellence

Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)

Creative
Award

Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)

New Artist
Prize

Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2014)
Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice (2015)
Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai (2016)
Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)
Paru Itagaki for Beastars (2018)
Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu (2019)
Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru (2020)
Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2021)
Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo (2022)
Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō (2023)
Akihito Sakaue for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi (2024)

Short Story
Award

Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan!, Onna no Mado (2006)
Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)
Sensha Yoshida (2015)
Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen (2016)
Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko (2017)
Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku (2018)
Ken Koyama for Little Miss P (2019)
Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You (2020)
Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen (2021)
Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai (2022)
Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (2023)
Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (2024)