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Posted: 3/25/2009 11:26:49 AM EDT

This has the potential to be epic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs

Watch that awesome transition to sidearm done by the....well thats saying too much LOL

It's SFW so long as no-one minds a little blood spray.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:28:52 AM EDT

[#1]

3rd thread so far...

I (rightfully so) think we will be seeing this trailer quite a bit in the coming weeks...

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:31:18 AM EDT

[#2]

Book that!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:32:24 AM EDT

[#3]

Cat Shit One has always been awesomeness.

ETA: The original series was set in Vietnam, with the VC being cats.

-Mark

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:33:04 AM EDT

[#4]

That's fucking awesome.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:33:12 AM EDT

[#5]

wow thats awesome!!!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:33:56 AM EDT

[#6]

JRS tag

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:33:57 AM EDT

[#7]

Radiation really messed those people up.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:34:30 AM EDT

[#8]

Did I just watch a camel buttstroke a rabbit with an AK?

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:36:56 AM EDT

[#9]

"Apocalypse Meow"

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:37:29 AM EDT

[#10]

SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:38:18 AM EDT

[#11]

Tell me more about this Cat Shit One.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:40:54 AM EDT

[#12]

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:43:51 AM EDT

[#13]

O

M

G

This is priceless. And really sad that Japanese anime movies have better & more realistic action than hollywood movies.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:45:05 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Tell me more about this Cat Shit One.

this

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:45:06 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

Seconded!!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:46:34 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

No shit I watched that one about 6 times.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:46:44 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
O

M

G

[rolf]

This is priceless. And really sad that Japanese anime movies have better & more realistic action than hollywood movies.

The funny thing is that they have a whole sub-sub-culture of Otaku (rough translation: Obsessed geek) who are gun nuts. Masamune Shirow (my favorite artist, be careful googling him, he does some racy stuff) is a well known example of that trend.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:47:08 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Tell me more about this Cat Shit One.

The original Cat Shit One was a series of 'manga' (basically, graphic novels) from the late-'90s. It told the story of an American recon unit called "Cat Shit One" during the Vietnam War, with a twist - the characters were represented by anthropomorphic animals that indicated their nationality. Americans were rabbits, the Vietnamese were cats, etc. Apart from being animals, the weapons, equipment and violence were portrayed VERY realistically. The story itself is very dark.

It's a great series, and was translated for an English-speaking audience as "Apocalypse Meow" - silly, but the series is still good and worth a read.

-Mark

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:48:21 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Tell me more about this Cat Shit One.

The original Cat Shit One was a series of 'manga' (basically, graphic novels) from the late-'90s. It told the story of an American recon unit called "Cat Shit One" during the Vietnam War, with a twist - the characters were represented by anthropomorphic animals that indicated their nationality. Americans were rabbits, the Vietnamese were cats, etc. Apart from being animals, the weapons, equipment and violence were portrayed VERY realistically. The story itself is very dark.

It's a great series, and was translated for an English-speaking audience as "Apocalypse Meow" - silly, but the series is still good and worth a read.

-Mark

Nice Avatar! I love VOTOMS

Any idea where one could score the original manga?

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:49:58 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:
SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

Seconded!!

I have someone working on it now.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:50:46 AM EDT

[#21]

Awesome!

Do they have it in English?

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:52:00 AM EDT

[#22]

That was awesome!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:53:04 AM EDT

[#23]

MOAR!!!!!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:54:15 AM EDT

[#24]

I want to see that!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:56:07 AM EDT

[#25]

I must tag this, old school style.

The transition scene was EPIC!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:58:09 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Nice Avatar! I love VOTOMS

Any idea where one could score the original manga?

Volumes 2 and 3 can generally be found pretty easily for close to their original retail price. Volume 1 for some reason is rather rare - and tends to fetch high prices when you can find it.

-Mark

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:58:25 AM EDT

[#27]

Damn, thought that was going to be very very lame.... NOPE! I'm down!

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:58:56 AM EDT

[#28]

Holy cow. I need to see more of this.

Posted: 3/25/2009 11:59:51 AM EDT

[#29]

Want

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:00:44 PM EDT

[#30]

awesome

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:01:18 PM EDT

[#31]

wow...simply wow

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:01:31 PM EDT

[#32]

When furries go to war....

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:02:09 PM EDT

[#33]

Avatar test...

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:03:32 PM EDT

[#34]

So much for the anime is ghey crowd...

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:03:58 PM EDT

[#35]

Oh that would be fun to see in the theater!

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:05:38 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

+1

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:07:20 PM EDT

[#37]

Too funny

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:07:46 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Tell me more about this Cat Shit One.

The original Cat Shit One was a series of 'manga' (basically, graphic novels) from the late-'90s. It told the story of an American recon unit called "Cat Shit One" during the Vietnam War, with a twist - the characters were represented by anthropomorphic animals that indicated their nationality. Americans were rabbits, the Vietnamese were cats, etc. Apart from being animals, the weapons, equipment and violence were portrayed VERY realistically. The story itself is very dark.

It's a great series, and was translated for an English-speaking audience as "Apocalypse Meow" - silly, but the series is still good and worth a read.

-Mark

Interesting...

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:07:49 PM EDT

[#39]

Arab bad guys represented by CAMELS? Can you imagine the shit-storm of offended PC indignation if that was a US production?

Like a guy above me said, I expected lameness... and I still don't get the whole "furry" scene.... but DAMN that was uber-cool!!!

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:09:45 PM EDT

[#40]

That is the gayest shit ever.

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:09:49 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
So much for the anime is ghey crowd...

but see, its in 3D and TACTICAL

why are we represented by bunnies?

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:11:17 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
That is the gayest shit ever.

But you are the definition of AWESOME, right?

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:12:57 PM EDT

[#43]

TAG for home

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:14:46 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
SOME BODY PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT RABBIT SWITCHING FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY WEAPON TRANSITION AN ANIMATED GIF

we need more short animated gifs here. that one would be fun for a alot of things

+1

+2

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:15:16 PM EDT

[#45]

Simply Fooking awesome. I want to change my sreen name to Packy!

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:15:36 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:

So much for the anime is ghey crowd...

but see, its in 3D and TACTICAL

why are we represented by bunnies?

Cause we are cute and cuddly until you fuck with our carrots...

Posted: 3/25/2009 12:15:57 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
So much for the anime is ghey crowd...

but see, its in 3D and TACTICAL

why are we represented by bunnies?

Did you ever see the movie "The Edge" (Grizzly chasing Anthony Hopkins & Co. through the Alaskan wilderness)? Don't know if this is what the Japanese had in mind, and I don't know how true this is, but there's a scene in "The Edge" involving an Indian canoe paddle that has a painting of a panther on one side and a rabbit smoking a pipe on the other side. Supposedly it's based on an old Indian legend (forget which tribe). Basically, the rabbit is smoking a pipe because he's unafraid. He's unafraid because he's smarter than the panther. I was a little "WTF?" when I saw the US represented by bunnies, but then I thought of that legend and was cool with it. Like I said, might not be what the Japanese had in mind, but it's what came to my mind when I watched the trailer.