this sounds like such a naive poll to make, but this has awaken almost a debate in my anime club...because it happens that almost all members love cats...
Is it because cats are very accepted to japanese and therefore, accepted in anime? Is it because it has becomed an anime symbol (cat girls are an anime symbol, I guess)?
I was told not to generalize this, but; isn't weird that even most Manga-Ka's have a cat? (it´s true! in most official pages and books/magazines, manga-ka´s appear proudly with their cat)
Why? Why why why why have cats becomed so popular in anime? Most of all...is it true? Most Otaku's love cats?