Kitty's Studio · review
Toei's short Koneko no Studio is a sequel to its earlier more rudimentary work. the craftwork has significantly improved in this short sequel, especially with the addition of color and some more detail put into the frames beyond just the main characters. The narrative is a relatively simple one speculating on the horrors of robots and futuristic technology. Asimov's anthology of stories on robots had just made a giant splash on the meta narrative scene when it came to speculative fiction of the time. The fear of automation replacing human labor is as old as the luddites themselves and those fears have only grown sincethe advent of literary science fiction. Overall, I'd say Koneko no Studio is worth a look for the production values, but it isn't particularly deep and its attempts at slapstick humor fall flat.