Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, or simply Sagwa, is a children's animated television series based on the children's book The Chinese Siamese Cat, created by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, co-produced by Canada-based animation studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Workshop.
Sagwa resides in a palace of a magistrate in China in what is assumed to be modern-day Fujian province (possibly during the late Qing dynasty, as shown by the characters' clothes), as part of a royal family of cats who have the ability to write with their tails.
She and her siblings, along with various other cats and Fu-Fu the bat, have adventures that are usually accompanied by moral lessons, as is typical with most children's shows.
A Cat Burglar has stolen numerous things, including a ruby belonging to the Magistrate's ancestors.
The Magistrate's family spot the Miao's mouse friends and the alley cats think their games with the mice is a joke to catkind.
Sagwa and Dongwa accompany the Reader to find a crested porcupine quill to complete a remedy for the Magistrate's toothache.
The Magistrate hires the British archaeologist Sir Richard who sets off to find a treasure of poetry scrolls.
Sheegwa gets scared in the attic and downstairs overhears Yeh-Yeh telling a story about the ghost cat Gui-Miao.
After they settle their quarrel, Wu Sheng, the visiting opera monkey dancer, is lacking in helpers for his performance, so the kittens volunteer.
The kittens are restricted from the palace rooms due to an important event, but they accidentally chase a baby panda named Ling-Ling inside.
She buries it, but upon hearing it is an ancient family heirloom, Sagwa gets it back from the Sleeve Dogs who found it.
The Magistrate, the Reader and Dongwa sail in a boat to Kowloon (Hong Kong) to get some pineapple cakes.
Dongwa befriends a seawise mouse named Wong-Lo who teaches him how to sail a boat.
While trying to maintain his reputation with the alley cats, Dongwa helps a downed bird named Haiyo, but he accidentally hurts his feelings.
After much searching for Fu-Fu, Tai-Tai decides bats are meant to live free and welcomes their presence in the palace.
As Sagwa has time to herself away from bossy Dongwa, she loses her collar and is adopted by a girl who lives on a boat.
A stray cat named Lee-Wan rescues Sagwa and takes her place in the boat.
The princesses enjoy the Lantern Festival, but Ba-Do gets dirty, mistaken for a commoner and lost with Sagwa.
When they meet a nice old woman, Ba-Do decides to give her lucky money to herand enjoy the last of the festival fireworks instead of seeking for herself.
Sagwa and Sheegwa find themselves flying in a hot-air balloon with the explorer Sir Richard to a fossil dig site, with Dongwa and Fu-Fu in pursuit.
He gets all twelve animals to race to determine who is the fastest, resulting in the rat reaching first place.
Sagwa makes the rat put it back and then he becomes part of their Zodiac Game/Animal Scavenger Hunt.
The Sleeve Dogs torment Cha-Siu for catlike behaviour but Dongwa helps him to fit in.
Every disc comprises episodes based on themes and were divided in half for those select sections of segments.