Simon's Cat
Simon's Cat is Simon Tofield's animated world of a hungry, mischievous cat, his patient owner and their animal neighbours, told through short films, comics, books and games.
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Canongate
YouTubeOverview
- Created by
- Simon Tofield, English animator and illustrator
- Breakout
- Cat Man Do, uploaded to YouTube in 2008
- First book
- Simon's Cat, published by Canongate in 2009
- The inspiration
- Tofield's own cats, especially Hugh's early morning demands for breakfast
Mini bio
How it started.
Simon Tofield grew up drawing animals and making flipbooks. While learning Adobe Flash, he turned his cat Hugh's insistent wake-up calls into Cat Man Do. The short went viral on YouTube in 2008, and Simon's Cat Ltd was formed after the follow-up, Let Me In.
A world beyond the cat flap.
The first book arrived in 2009, giving Tofield room to expand the characters and their world. A growing production team followed. Fans helped fund Off to the Vet in 2014, taking the familiar cat-and-owner struggle into a longer colour film. The project also moved into mobile games, collaborating with Tactile Games on Crunch Time in 2017.
The people behind the paws.
Tofield continues to direct the films. The 2026 Kitten Quest special credits him and Rachel Thorn as directors and writers, with animation by Thorn and Emma Wakley. Tofield also supplies its character voices.
Creditschronological, newest first
Animation
- 2026Kitten QuestSimon Tofield: co-director, co-writer and voice actor; Rachel Thorn: co-director and co-writer
- 2017Off to the Vet, full colour YouTube releaseSimon Tofield: director, co-writer and character voices
- 2008Cat Man DoSimon Tofield: director and screenwriter
Books
- 2009Simon's CatSimon Tofield: author and illustrator
Awards
Quotes
I'd always been a traditional animator working on paper, but I knew I had to move to computers.Simon Tofield, United Agents
In a November 2009 account of how learning computer animation led to Cat Man Do.
Trivia
- The breakfast demands that inspired Cat Man Do came from Tofield's real cat Hugh.
- Tofield learned to animate as a boy by making flipbooks.
- British wildlife and the outdoors are among Tofield's interests beyond cats and animation.
- Off to the Vet lists Tofield as its character voices as well as its director.
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