New Trailer for ‘Nyaight of the Living Cat’ Has Us Welcoming the Cutest Apocalypse This Summer

If you, like me, missed the celebration of Cat Day in Japan this past Caturday Saturday, February 22–then you probably also missed the news about the newest trailer for Nyaight of the Living Cat. I vaguely remember reading the first volume of the manga series that this anime adaptation is based off–a series created during the (real life) pandemic and thinking that an anime series would bring this unique and hilarious premise to the audiences that deserve it, in an animated form. Stories about apocalypses–zombie apocalypses–are always in style, truly. Here in this anime adapataion of the manga based on the manga of the same name by Hawkman and Mecha-Roots, cats are the key factor in the cat-tastrophe of the end of the world!

What Do We Know So Far?

Title: Nyaight of the Living Cat When: July 2025 (exact date TBA) Where: Streaming only on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia; with Sony Pictures Entertainment distributing in Asia and Japan Synopsis: Run! The adorable cats are here. In 20XX, the world is dominated by cats. A virus which turns anyone who touches a cat into a cat has spread into a worldwide nyandemic. Cats rub against people, turning them into cats. Can humanity fight their urge to pet cats to survive in this cat-ridden world?

–PRODUCTION STAFF Original Work: Based on the manga Night of the Living Cat written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots Executive Director: Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer; Audition;…