Video games In 1991,
Tecmo (now known as
Koei Tecmo) published a video game based on the anime for the
Nintendo Famicom. It was officially released in Japan only but was bootlegged outside Japan as
Ninja Cat. Although the game was never officially released in the West, an English fan-translation (with characters' names and places adapted to those from the
Samurai Pizza Cats dub) is available via a
fan-made ROM patch. Two standalone handheld LSI games (similar to Nintendo's
Game & Watch) were also made by Bandai ("Launch! Yattaro" and "Yattaro appears"). Players take the role of the three main cats and
Otasuke members, who can be switched to at any time and have special abilities to progress through the game. The game features most of the characters in the series as well as an additional villain, a mysterious scientist named Dr. Purple (Dr. パープ) who shows up later on in the game and appears to ally with Koon-no-Kami. The main characters were considered at one point to appear in the
Wii fighting game
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. The game's producer, Ryota Niitsuma, was quoted in an interview as saying: "One of the main anime we got more requests for than any others was
Samurai Pizza Cats... I wanted to see that, but we couldn't reach an agreement." Speedy is also playable with Guido and Polly as supports in the arcade version of the game
Jitsu Squad that was unveiled in Amusement Expo 2024 in Las Vegas. An action-platformer role-playing video game, known as
Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!, is currently under development. Developed by Blast Zero and published by Red Dunes Games, the game is slated for a 2026 release on
Windows and all major home consoles. Almost all of the show's English and Japanese cast is set to reprise their roles, with the known exception of Guido Anchovy (Sukashi), who will be voiced by
Seiichiro Yamashita in Japanese.
Home video releases Some episodes were released on video in Japan, but a complete release of the show was held up for many years owing to poor sales. It was rumored that the lack of a DVD release was due to the original masters of some episodes being lost, but this proved not to be the case.
Starchild Records released the complete series on DVD in Japan on August 8, 2012, as part of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Tatsunoko. The limited edition set sold well, placing second in the national animation DVD sales charts the week of its release. In North America,
Discotek Media announced on March 12, 2012, that they had licensed the home video rights to the series with plans to release both the original Japanese version with English subtitles and Saban's English dub in separate box sets for each version. The Japanese language box set was released on April 30, 2013, while the English dubbed version was released on July 30, 2013. On May 16, 2016, anime streaming service Crunchyroll began streaming the show under license from Discotek with improved quality subtitles for at least six episodes while the rest used the DVD footage. As of May 23, 2016, all 54 episodes are available for free users.
Toys Toys and model kits were released in Japan and Europe by
Bandai, the latter usually being reboxed versions of the prior. Action figures were made for the Nyanki and the Otasuke (the Japanese originals came as model kits while the European figures came pre-assembled). There were large and small (
Gachapon-sized), rubber-like figures, as well as playsets for the smaller figures, including the Nyago King and the pizza parlor.
Manga A tie-in manga by Yoshimi Hamada was serialized in
Comic BomBom in 1990. A sequel manga that took place after the end of the television series was released in 1994. The manga was made by Tatsuya Souma.
Comic books Samurai Pizza Cats comics were released as back-up stories in
Saban Powerhouse (published by
Valiant/Acclaim) which ran for two issues in 1997. In August 2025, it was announced a graphic novel series is currently in the works from Nakama Press and Mad Cave Studios. The first volume was set to be published on April 7, 2026 but was delayed to August 25, 2026. == Other appearances ==