A computer-generated anime adaptation of Cat Shit One by Studio Anima is set to come to the US in early 2010. The original manga is about three American soldiers in operation during the Vietnamese war. In the series the battleground has shifted into Middle East where the bunnies are trying to rescue hostages held by some guerrillas.

Bota, Perky and Rats are the names of the three US bunny recon group. The use of bunnies as Americans are based on a Japanese pun, as bunnies are “usagi”, aka U.S.A. G.I.’s.  I think the name reflects against the original enemies in the manga, aka the vietnamese Cats, but now that they’ve moved the setting to the middle east, they’re actually up against Camels.

The concept of “Apocalypse Meow” is simply that since these days people are too used to seeing people dying in movies, the producers hoped that the use of cute and fluffy animals as characters could give viewers a stronger feeling of the misery of the wars [via Patrickmacias]

Watch the trailer and see for yourself,