Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!#Development
{{Short description|Upcoming video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Samurai Pizza Cats:
Blast from the Past!
| image = Samurai Pizza Cats - Blast from the Past!.jpg
| developer = Blast Zero
| publisher = Red Dunes Games
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| platforms = Microsoft Windows
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|2026}}
| genre = Action role-playing
| modes = Single-player
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Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Blast Zero, and published by Red Dunes Games. Based on the 1990 animated series Samurai Pizza Cats, the game is scheduled for a 2026 release on Windows and home consoles.
Development
Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! is developed by Blast Zero, an independent game development studio from the Netherlands.
The Rotterdam-based studio previously made the 2022 beat 'em up game, Jitsu Squad, under its former name, Tanuki Creative Studio.{{cite web|url=https://jitsusquad.com/|title=Tanuki Creative Studio's website for Jitsu Squad game|website=Jitsu Squad |access-date=February 22, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003072531/https://jitsusquad.com/|archivedate=October 3, 2023|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Dutch Game Industry Directory's entry for Tanuki Creative Studio |url=https://dutchgameindustry.directory/?company=tcs |website=DGID |publisher=Dutch Games Association |access-date=February 22, 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/samurai-pizza-cats-blast-from-the-past-video-game-announced/|title=A game based on cult anime Samurai Pizza Cats is in development|last=Scullion|first=Chris|website=Video Games Chronicle|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 22, 2025}}
On the 35-year anniversary commemoration of Samurai Pizza Cats in February 2025, it was announced that the game is set for a 2026 launch for Windows and all major home consoles.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-20/samurai-pizza-cats-series-gets-new-action-rpg/.221458|title=Samurai Pizza Cats Series Gets New Action RPG|last=Mateo|first=Alex|website=Anime News Network|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 20, 2025}} Nearly all of the English and Japanese actors will return to reprise their roles, with the exception of the character "Guido Anchovy", who will be voiced by Seiichiro Yamashita in Japanese instead of the original actor Jūrōta Kosugi, whom the latter voiced in the animated series.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/90s-anime-samurai-pizza-cats-is-getting-the-action-rpg-treatment-next-year|title='90s Anime 'Samurai Pizza Cats' Is Getting The Action RPG Treatment Next Year|last=Norman|first=Jim|work=Nintendo Life|publisher=Gamer Network|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 20, 2025}} Original scriptwriter, Satoru Akahori, will also return for the game as script supervisor.{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/2/20/samurai-pizza-cats-action-rpg-announcement|title=Samurai Pizza Cats Action-RPG Coming to Consoles and PC with Original Cast|last=Luster|first=Joseph|website=Crunchyroll|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 20, 2025|quote=Original writer Satoru Akahori is supervising the script for the new game, which sees the cast returning once again.}}
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