From a thread at Steven's blog.

In the beginning, it -was- Dog Shit One, "dog shit" being the term used by veteran troops to refer to green lieutenants on their first deployment (presumably out of their hearing, though). It was not anthropomorphized, and drawn in realistic style; very Western really. It was reprinted at the end of Apocalypse Meow vol. 3. Nothing special, but it had good attention to detail.

At some point someone convinced the manga artist that it would be a good idea to do the same story with cats and bunnies. That's Cat Shit One (the manga). There is no rookie lieutenant, just two experienced deep-insertion-patrol types and their newbie radioman/gunner.

The tone is pretty dark... but it's a pretty fair portrayal of Vietnam. The protagonists get their hands (very) dirty, the VC are evil as hell, the Russians and Chinese are lurking in the background, the anti-war protestors are clueless, and it comes down to a couple of bunnies trying to make their way in a screwed-up situation.

Cat Shit One (the anime, in its current incarnation) is not the pilot episode - I had a tape of -that- sitting behind my desk for years at ADV.

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