A long-awaited addition to my Samurai Pizza Cats collection: an original Japanese production script for Episode 25, known to overseas fans as Gender Bender Butterflies.

In this episode, Francine/Otama’s responsibility as a Pizza Cat/Nyanki interfere with her date with Bucky/Heikichi.

For more information on the episode, please visit the Samurai Pizza Cats Wiki:
https://samuraipizzacats.fandom.com/wiki/Gender_Bender_Butterflies!

While I don’t currently plan on collecting every Teyandee script that surfaces, I absolutely make exceptions for personal favourites—and this has always been one of them. I’ve been waiting quite a while for the script from this particular episode to appear, so I’m thrilled to finally add it to the collection.

An interesting bonus discovery: the script’s cover uses an earlier working title,「可愛いおタマの怒り爆発!!」(“Cute Otama’s Explosive Anger!!”), rather than the final broadcast title, かわいい?ヤッ太郎女になる!」(Cute? Yattarou Becomes a Woman!”), offering a small glimpse into the show’s production process.

🤍💙 MAIL DAY! MISSION COMPLETE! 💙🤍

After completely sleeping through the end of the auction, the impossible happened…

I won the SAM SAM × Tatsunoko Production “Adventurer” Yattaro & Sukashii figures — and they’re finally here!

What’s even crazier is that I managed to get both figures together for a reasonable price, despite these being hard to track down individually.

A few highlights:

🚀 Removable helmets revealing stylized human faces underneath.

🚀 Tiny pig passengers riding in transparent fuel tanks.

🚀 Laser gun accessories.

🚀 Surprisingly clean paint and printing

🚀 Each figure comes with a small collectable card.

The more I look at them, the more they feel like a perfect example of what makes Kyatto Ninden Teyandee so charming. Someone, somewhere, decided that cat ninja heroes should also be astronauts carrying bombs while transporting pigs in rocket tanks… and nobody stopped them.

Not modifying Speedy’s companion to the potted pig from “Close Encounters of the Pig Kind” was a missed opportunity.

As a collector, these are exactly the kinds of pieces I love finding: officially licensed, wonderfully weird, and obscure enough that many fans have never even seen them before.

Needless to say, I’m thrilled to finally have both of them in the collection. 💚

Welp… bad news for Pizza Cat fans. 😿🍕

Nakama Press has officially delayed Samurai Pizza Cats Vol. 1 again — this time pushing the release window back by another two months.

At this point, the manga has gone from:
➡ April 2026
➡ August 2026
➡ now October 2026.

I’m trying to stay optimistic, because the franchise itself is more alive right now than it has been in decades:
🎮 upcoming game
🤖 new model kits & figures
📚 manga revival
🐱 growing overseas interest

…but I’d be lying if I said the repeated delays weren’t frustrating. 😅

Hopefully this means we’ll end up with a final product with extra polish, stronger coordination with Tatsunoko, better production quality, and long-term plans for the series…. rather than trouble behind the scenes.

For now, we wait. Again. 🫠

Okay, these are ADORABLE. 😭💖

Fan artists like DatPizzaCat continue to prove that the Samurai Pizza Cats fandom has some of the most creative people on the planet.

Francine and Polly as stylish gyaru girls was not on my 2026 bingo card… but honestly? The artist absolutely nailed this concept. ✨🐾

The colors, expressions, accessories, poses — this feels like the perfect mix of:

💅 retro anime energy

💅 fashion gremlin chaos

💅 and SPC personality

The artist is currently taking preorders for these acrylic standees, along with sticker orders as well!

Mine are now preordered, and I can’t wait to add them to my collection!

⚠ IMPORTANT WARNING ⚠

Out of respect for the artist, the preview image is watermarked.

Also: the artist’s shop/gallery contains NSFW/adult artwork that is NOT intended for children. Please browse responsibly.

🎨 Artist: @DatPizzaCat on X

🛒 Shop (18+ warning): https://yorunoecchi.com/collections/pizzacat

🖼 FurAffinity Gallery (18+ warning): https://www.furaffinity.net/user/pizzacat/

BellFine just confirmed that Karamaru’s finished prototype will be revealed at the Shizuoka Hobby Show… and yeah, I’m STOKED. 😭💚

They’re debuting it at one of the biggest model/figure events in Japan, Shizuoka Hobby Show 2026.

For anyone keeping score:
✔ Yattaro model kit — confirmed, preorders starting
✔ Toritsukkun — INCLUDED (already a massive win)
✔ Karamaru — fully completed prototype ready for public reveal

Let that sink in for a second…

We’re not getting one-off nostalgia bait.
We’re getting a LINEUP.

And honestly? This is HUGE.

Karamaru has been criminally underrepresented in modern merch for YEARS. Outside of older Bandai-era releases, he’s basically been sitting in villain jail… and now?

👉 He’s getting a proper, modern, articulated figure
👉 With BellFine’s level of detail
👉 And likely the same love they’re giving Yattaro

This is the kind of momentum that turns “hey, remember this show?” into
“oh… we’re doing a full comeback, aren’t we?”

Between the upcoming game, new figures, and companies actually investing in the brand again…

Yeah.
We’re not imagining it anymore.

Samurai Pizza Cats is waking up. 🐾🔥

And I am 1000% here for it