The Executive's Dog (専務の犬, Senmu no inu) is a one-shot story by Rumiko Takahashi, published in 1994. It was adapted in anime as the 13th and final episode of the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology.
Summary[]
A timid salaryman's family is asked to pet-sit an expensive dog that belongs to his boss' mistress, which leads to a series of situations that increasingly fuels his wife's exasperation as well as his own stress.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
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| Character Name | Japanese Voice | English Voice |
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| Matsuko Kogure | Ai Orikasa | Kirsty Pape |
| Yūji Kogure | Takehito Koyasu | Chris Kent |
| Matsurida | Ryo Kamon | Stephen Martello |
| Kanna | Fumi Hirano | Erica Shaffer |
| Gorgeous | Wataru Takagi | Liam O'Brien |
| Yūko Kogure | Machiko Toyoshima | Jennifer Sekiguchi |
| Kōsuke Kogure | Mari Maruta | Jessica Stone |
| Housewife | Roko Takisawa | Barbara Goodson |
| Mrs. Matsurida | Mari Mashiba | Sonja S. Fox |
| Mover 1 | Isshin Chiba | Liam O'Brien |
| Mover 2 | Kozo Mito | Sam Regal |
| Mover 3 | Yusuke Numata | Simon Isaacson |
Trivia[]
- Matsuko was originally not named in the manga version.
- The kanjis in the Kogure family name 小暮 stand for “small” and “living”, which may refer to the Kogure’s household being narrow.
- The console Kanna offers to Kosuke is a Neo-Geo in the manga. In the anime, it’s a console called Poxpack.
- Various characters are voiced by seiyus who voiced other characters from other works by Rumiko Takahashi:
- Matsuko Kogure's seiyu voiced Shinonome's wife from One Day Dream, Jakotsu from Inuyasha and Isago from Mermaid Saga.
- Yūji Kogure's seiyu voiced Daisuke from Ranma 1/2 and Gatenmaru from Inuyasha.
- Kanna's seiyu voiced Lum from Urusei Yatsura (1981), Lum's Mother in Urusei Yatsura (2022) and Sakura's Mother from Kyōkai no Rinne.
- The housewife's seiyu also voiced Ukai from In Lieu of Thanks and the Nanny from Mermaid Saga.
- Various cameos of other episodes of the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology are featured:
- Kōsuke watches Abaranger on TV and wears a sweater with Kaki no Tane from Aberrant Family F.
- The Bento shop with Mr. Dōmoto in rabbit disguise from As Long As You Are Here appear when Matsuko buys 500 grams of pork with Gorgeous.
- Hitomi Momoi from Living Room Lovesong appears working in the same company as Yūji and Matsurida.
- Matsuko and Gorgeous make a cameo in another episode of the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, Middle-Aged Teen.
- Its title is used for the book in which various stories including this one were collected.
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