Misteraser Critics,are you kidding us

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

chribren "Lily C.A.T." is a Science Fiction/Horror anime OVA from 1987, directed by Hisayuki Toriumi.Basic plot: The year is 2264, and captain Mike Hamilton and his crew (including a cat) are sent on a mission to explore a newfound planet, 20 years away from home. And so they find out something is wrong, two of the members are impostors in the spaceship. And suddenly members of the crew begin to die, one by one, by a deadly virus.This anime has to be one of the classic Science Fiction anime I've seen. The animation itself is pretty typical, but great for an Sci-Fi-Anime being made in the late 80s. The character development was a little bit unoriginal but passable. Like some of the users here on IMDb said before me, several of the elements put into this anime somehow reminded me about "Alien", and even "The Thing" (1982). Also, several of the killings taken place throughout this OVA are bloody as well. By the way, I have to admit that the blonde Nancy Stroustrup is the most attractive character in this anime, just my opinion.However, the scene in which Nancy's cat is getting killed might disturb any animal lovers. For this, as well as the bloody violence in general, this anime is not to be watched by children, just to have that said.Also just to have it said, the cat scream which appears after the end credits was kinda creepy.Do you like any mature oriented anime being set in outer space, I suggest you to try to look for this one at least once. My overall rating: 8/10.Several other notable anime set in space include: "Cosmo Police Justy" (1985), "They Were Eleven" (1986) and "Hell Target" (1987).

Aaron1375 Yes, I saw this movie long ago in a time when the Science Fiction channel was one of my favorite channels. The showed lots of violent anime, classic horror movies, Godzilla movies, and my favorite show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Now I virtually do not watch the channel at all, sometimes pausing to roll my eyes at their newest giant computer generated monster movie. When movies are compared to the film "Alien", most are unfairly criticized for copying that film. In fact other than it is a horror in space a lot of these films have very little else in common with that film. This one, however, is very comparable to that film and to that of the underwater film "Leviathan" which itself does a bit of copying of the film "Alien". This one even more so as it has a kind of android in it that turns against the crew. In fact, the title of the movie refers not to the creature, but rather the android which is in the shape of a cat. Basically, a creature is going on the attack fusing itself a bit with those it kills and then you have your characters that are your normal rag tag group including a couple with hidden agendas. Unlike a lot of animes I have seen this one is more like an American cartoon in that it has a rather short run time which hinders the plot a bit, but all in all it is a fast pace sort of horror in space anime.

bard-32 I, too, loved this movie. Like the other reviewers, I first saw it on the Sci-Fi Channel's Anime Week's ROBOT CARNIVAL. Lily C.A.T., whose plot is directly lifted from James Cameron's Alien, is about the crew of an STL, (Slower-than-light,) starship, who age one year for every 20 years they're in space. The crew is told that there's a prisoner on board by Detective Dick Berry, who's come aboard to return an escaped criminal to Earth to face justice. Then there's a mysterious virus that's killing the crew. The ships captain asks Dick Berry if he's sure he wants to return the criminal to Earth for trial since it will be 20 years before they return to Earth, and all the witnesses will be either old or dead. H E R E B E S P O I L E R S The captain tells Dick Berry that they're all over a hundred years old though they look like they're much younger. Finally, Berry agrees with the captain that it's not worth it. Lily, one of the crewmembers' pet cat, is actually the source of the virus. It's Lily C.A.T., the ultimate biological weapon. Lily C.A.T. starts killing the rest of the crew. Finally, Captain Hamilton, tells Berry to save himself and his prisoner and says that there's a planet nearby and that they should leave before Lily C.A.T. finds them. He provides them with a means of escape, (an obsolete space shuttle that he'd kept as a souvenir.) and orders them off the ship. Lily C.A.T. senses that they're trying to escape, and goes after them. They finally and escape, and presumably land on the planet. That's where it ended.

AloysiusWeasley I really enjoyed this movie, when I originally saw it on Sci-Fi's Anime week on Robot Carnival. I was upset to NEVER see this movie again, outside of the fact I taped it. It's very difficult to find, and a definite Anime classic. The animation was good, the story was fun (a rip-off of Aliens? What? Not sure where anyone got that idea). I'll say that, yes, most of the characters get killed off, but the alien in this film is inspired and truly horrifying. The way the faces morph out of the side of the thing, implying the alien has eaten the crewmembers' souls - wow. You never know where it's going to come out of next, and the plot twist with the crewmembers' cat and LILY cat (the Companies' spy) is inspired. The ending is left with only two characters left - hopefully they're compatible (though I will admit the Blond was very annoying), because it seemed very much as though they were headed towards an uninhabited planet to start a new life as the only survivors. I jump every time I see this movie, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys anime.