Neko Mania

Neko (猫) is the Japanese word for cat. It can refer to an actual cat or to a character in anime or manga that has catlike features. The word is derived from an earlier, Old Japanese, nekoma (猫魔), an onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes; which is to say, neither mew nor meow, but 猫魔. A catgirl (nekomimi: 猫耳, literally cat ears), or neko for short, is a female character with catlike traits, such a…