“Jealous cat sibling runs away; new adopted kitten searches to bring her home and gain acceptance.”
Suteneko Tora-chan
すて猫トラちゃん
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Synopsis
Jealous cat sibling runs away; new adopted kitten searches to bring her home and gain acceptance.
A family of cats find a homeless kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her. Can he bring her back home safely and get her to accept him as part of the family?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.67
Running avg · May 2017 → Feb 2021
- 8 “Little Tora, The Abandoned Cat is the first in the trio of Tora-chan shorts and perhaps the one with the deepest and most memorable story. I think this particular short works as a great...”
- 6 “Rate a 6 English subtitled art piece Story -Growing up has it's ups and downs for sure. From not getting what you want to getting a good grade. However, as you to grow up if you are fortunate...”
- 6 “Little Tora is an interesting little animated series, by director, Kenzō Masaoka. Mr. Masaoka is cited as one of the earliest Japanese animation directors to use cell animation and sound. Because...”
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A Movie Production
The National Film Center Japan
- Format 1 × 20′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 20m all episodes
- Aired Sep 1947 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-4252 catalog
Produced by
- The National Film Center Japan Producer