Samurai Pizza Cats, known as Kyattō Ninden Teyandee ( ) in Japan, is an anime series produced in 1990 by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The anime was introduced to western audiences in 1991 by Saban. The stars of the show are three anthropomorphic cats who protect the city of Little Tokyo from crime while making a living running a pizzeria.

The series combines action and humor and is noteworthy for its tendency to poke fun at itself and others. Throughout the series, the fourth wall is often broken. A very loose translation of the Japanese title is Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee or Surprising Group Ninja Legend Teyandee.

The word pronounced kyatto is a transliteration of the English word cat, but the title uses the kanji (tō—group) with the katakana (kya—an onomatopoeia indicating surprise), so the title contains a pun. The slang word teyandee can be considered roughly equivalent to the phrase, “What the hell are you talking about?”

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