“It’s sushi time today, meow.”
The mischievous cats who blew up Mr. Meong's bakery in the previous film, "The Bread Factory," while making bread the size of a house, and buried Mr. Meong's train in popcorn after filling the boiler with all the corn in "The Train Rumbles" are now peeking at Mr. Meong's sushi restaurant.
If I could taste all the fresh sushi that was spinning around, I would feel like I owned the world.
The cats decide to come up with a trick and sneak the sushi away without Mr. Puppy knowing.
It's called 'Operation Sushi Slide!' The idea is to use the fact that Mr. Mongmong's Sushi Restaurant is located on a hill and the principle of the turntable spinning to make the sushi slide down.
We connected the planks to the turntable through the window and stretched the planks all the way down the hill into the forest.

The next morning, the cats waited anxiously for their sushi, chopsticks and soy sauce in hand.
But what's going on? There's no sushi, just empty plates. Apparently, my friends on a picnic in the woods ate the entire sushi halfway through.
After all that hard work all night, I can't just give up sushi.
The cats make a more elaborate plan.
They decide to dig a hole in the ground and build a 'sushi roller coaster' that only they can eat.
Late at night, the cats begin to dig in the front yard of the sushi restaurant.
I was hitting the pickaxe hard and accidentally hit a water pipe.
But… …with a cracking sound, the water pipe cracked and then burst with a bang!
The glass windows were all broken by the strong jets of water, and the aquarium tilted over when hit by the strong jets of water, spilling all the fish into the sea.

"The bigger the trouble, the harder you have to reflect! Meow meow!"
Cats are just like children: they have to do what they want to do, can't stand being curious, and have to eat what they want to eat.
You know that you shouldn't sneak into someone else's store in the middle of the night and tamper with it or take food without the owner's permission.
But, in his desire to eat as much sushi as he wants without worrying about what other people think, he ends up having an accident.
Even though they know they'll get in trouble if they get caught, they still do it anyway because of the thrill of getting into trouble.
The cats, who have become even bolder than in the previous work, use tricks to create devices and even use tools.
Even if you fail, don't be discouraged and try again.
As the trouble grew, Mr. Mongmong became very angry.

They are troublemakers who act as they please, but they know what they did wrong and reflect on it diligently.
The cats huddle together and kneel down in front of Mr. Mongmong.
Every time I get into a terrible accident and get really angry, I see him admit his mistakes, take responsibility for his actions, and diligently do whatever I tell him to do, and my heart softens again.
Wouldn't the feelings of parents who scold their mischievous children be similar to Mr. Mongmong's?
It's something I should hate, but I can't hate it.

The cats work hard to take responsibility for what we do.
We help Mr. Mongmong, who opened a temporary sushi restaurant by the sea, catch fish himself and procure sushi ingredients such as shrimp, octopus, and sea urchin.
We also help build a new store for Mr. Mongmong's shop.
No matter how exciting something may be, if something goes wrong, you should reflect and take responsibility for your actions. Remember this.


This is my first time seeing a cat character like this!
A picture book that is fun to read over and over again, enjoyed by both children and adults.
Noriko Kudo's "Crazy Cat" series is a picture book that is loved by everyone from children to adults, with text and illustrations that exquisitely combine the characteristics of cats and children.
These eight kittens, with their yellow fur, protruding bellies, short limbs, and mysterious expressions that seem to harbor a hidden agenda, are very cute, but their behavior is so bizarre that you won't be able to take your eyes off them for even a moment.
The author's unique drawings, which seem to have been scribbled with a pencil, and the rich onomatopoeia and mimetic words that do not miss even the smallest movements of the cats, captivate children's hearts.
The way he speaks, concisely and bluntly, and the way he adds 'meow' at the end of his sentences, like a mother, has a strangely addictive quality.

It was serialized continuously in the Japanese magazine [MOE] and was greatly loved, and recently it was made into a short animation and serialized.
(http://www.kodomoe.net/serial_types/noraneko_movie/) The first story of 'Woodangtangtang Meow', 'The Bread Factory is Bustling', won 4th place in the '2013 MOE Picture Book Awards', and the second story, 'The Train Rattles', won 2nd place in the '2014 MOE Picture Book Awards'.
It is said that the three volumes, including the third story, “Sushi Goes Round and Round,” have sold over 250,000 copies in Japan.
The fourth story, “Shooting to the Sky (tentative title)” is also scheduled to be published soon.
The 'Woodangtangtang Meow' series is also very popular in Korea.
Children and adults alike have fallen in love with these mischievous cats, who possess all the unique antics, recklessness, shamelessness, and cuteness of cats.

Picture book critic Tadashi Matsui said, "The primary value of picture books is pleasure and joy."
I think the 'Woodangtangtang Meow' series is the most picture book-like series that you can watch over and over again, not for any other reason or purpose, but because it's so much fun.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of big trouble these cats, with their sleepy eyes wide open, will cause next.