Lily C.A.T.
| Lily C.A.T. | |
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| Directed by | Hisayuki Toriumi |
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| Produced by | Isamu Senda |
| Written by | Hisayuki Toriumi |
| Music by | Akira Inoue |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
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| Runtime | 67 minutes |
Lily C.A.T. is a science fiction/horror anime film released in 1987.
Famous Japanese artist and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano is co-credited for character design and monster design as he created the gruesome forms of the alien. Main character designs were created by character designer Yasuomi Umetsu. Carl Macek, best known for producing and story editing Robotech, produced the English version of the film. Initially released in the 90s on VHS by Macek's now defunct Streamline Pictures, the DVD rights were obtained by Discotek Media in 2013.
Visually and thematically, the film has many aspects in common with the American science-fiction/horror film Alien, as well as The Thing and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The film is set in the 23rd century, when companies are now surveying distant planets for mining rights. The Sincam corporation is investing a relatively new planet and has hired the Saldes (a deep-space cruiser), to shuttle company surveyors to check it out. The employees consist of Hiro Takagi of the Japanese division, Dick Berry of the Australian division, the president's daughter Nancy, Dorothy Van Fallah, Morgan W. Scott, Jimmy, and Dr. Harris Mead while the crew consists of Captain Mike Hamilton, his subordinates Dular, Walt, and Carolyn, as well as the mechanics Guy and Watts. In addition, Nancy has brought her cat Lily on board. The ship allows its passengers to go into hypersleep for 20 years and only biologically age one year.
On the way, the ship's computer detects debris flying through space and collects a sample, but the extraterrestrial matter gets loose in the ship while the crew and the surveyors are in cryogenic sleep. The ship crew learns that two of the surveyors are imposters, but the real trouble starts when Morgan is found dead from a mysterious infection. Dr. Mead, Lily, Guy, and Watts soon follow from what appears to be a bacterial infection, which dissolves the body, but leaves the clothes intact. During this, Berry attempts to discover who the imposters are by checking their backgrounds.
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