Neko Rahmen
Neko Rahmen, also known as Neko Ramen, is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga created by Kenji Sonishi. The comedy centers around a cat and his encounters while running a ramen shop.
The yonkoma series has been adapted into a TV flash anime produced by Think Corporation, with 26 episodes to date. The original yonkoma is still being published in the monthly Japanese manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade.
Neko Rahmen was the most watched short animation series on Yahoo! Japan in August 2007.
The series is also noted for being the first anime series to be licensed exclusively by a US IPTV company, Vuze, and made available as a free download without digital restrictions. Vuze also subtitled the first 13-episode season of the series into English. There was a live-action adaptation for Tornado Film titled "Neko Ramen Taishō," that utilizes both real cats and plush puppets.
Principal characters
;Taishō;Kōichi Tanaka
;Mii-chan
;Mimi-chan
;Second-Shop Guy
;Shige-chan
;Taisho's father
;Taisho's mother
;Taisho's brothers
;Mariko
;Miki
;Goro
;Tetsu
;Toku
;Taku
;Taiichi Amaiya
;Akkun
;Soup
;Washio
;Patricia