Makoto Oya | Cat Videos 2021

In 2021, Makoto Oya’s cat videos captivated viewers with their gentle humor, calming aesthetics, and clever editing. This post highlights the best clips, recurring themes, and why they resonated with audiences that year.

Given the extremely violent and illegal nature of the content he produced, any "posts" or "videos" under this name typically refer to:

Makoto Oya was a Japanese former tax accountant who gained international notoriety for a series of horrific cat abuse videos recorded between . While the videos themselves predate 2021, the legal fallout and public activism resulting from his case continued to significantly impact Japanese animal welfare discourse and legislation into the early 2020s. Overview of the Case

: Oya filmed these acts and uploaded the footage to an anonymous video-sharing site, claiming it was a form of "pest control". Legal Outcomes and Impact Sentencing : In December 2017, the Tokyo District Court handed Oya a suspended prison sentence

While previous years of cat videos relied on music, the 2021 Oya catalog leaned heavily into Pure Sound . The crackle of kibble in a ceramic bowl, the thump of a cat jumping off a fridge, the squeak of a mouse toy. Viewers reported using these videos to fall asleep or to fight panic attacks.