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; 13 Assassins)
Director: Tomohiro Kamitani (MIX MEISEI STORY Season 2)
Screenplay: Shingo Irie (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth; Golden Kamuy Season 1)
Character Designer: Takao Maki (Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls)
Music: Koji Endo (13 Assassins; Audition; the live-action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
Animation Studio: OLM (Pokémon; The Apothecary Diaries)
–JAPANESE VOICE CAST
Masaaki Mizunaka (Ryuen Kakeru in Classroom of the Elite) as Kunagi, a cat cafe employee with amnesia whose identity is shrouded in mystery. He loves cats and has superhuman physical abilities.
Reina Ueda (Cha Hae-in in Solo Leveling) as Kaoru, a high school student attending Sabion High School. She loves cats. She works as a shop assistant at the cat cafe “Megokoro Nekome” run by her brother.
Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity) as Arata, a former track and field athlete, and ninja-obsessed university student. He loves cats. He was saved by Kunagi just before turning into a cat, and he came to adore him and call him “Aniki” (“older brother”)
Yu Serizawa (Mini Yaemori in Rent-A-Girlfriend) as Tsutsumi, she attends the same Sabioto High School as Kaoru. She loves cats, but is allergic to them, although this sometimes opens up unexpected paths for her.
Subaru Kimura (Aoi Todo in JUJUTSU KAISEN) as Len Ward, the eldest son of the Ward family. He loves cats. This legendary family is said to have defended their base from cats for three days and three nights without sleep. He is a physically strong man with a bold personality.
Yoshiki Nakajima (Yo Uei in Dr. STONE) as Masaki Ward, the second son of the Ward family. He loves cats. He is part of a legendary family that once defended their base from cats without sleep for three days and three nights. He is smart and popular.
Hiroki Yasumoto (Elfman Strauss in Fairy Tail) as Tanishi, a regular at the cat cafe where Kunagi works. He loves cats. He works with Kunagi and Kaoru in a world ruled by cats, but…
Ryota Takeuchi (Elias Ainsworth in The Ancient Magus’ Bride) as Gaku, the owner of the cat cafe “Megokoro Nekome” and Kaoru’s older brother. He loves cats. He hires Kunagi who has lost his memory.
What to Expect This Summer?
A new horror/comedy anime series about adorable threats in a post-apocalyptic world!
Look, we’re already living in actual apocalypse™️, here’s an actual fictional one that won’t do me any more harm and will be entertaining off jump.
A virus spreads across the world, transforming all of humankind into cats. Those few survivors who remain human take refuge as they fight back against the feline horde. Kunagi, a man with no memory of his past yet a deep knowledge of cats, struggles to hold on with only his wits (barely) and a will to survive. Yet, the virus transmits merely through cuddles, and Kunagi finds all the newfound kitties so very hard to resist!
Beloved, I’m not going to lie: Nyaight of the Living Cat sounds silly as hell. Like Silly turned up to one hundred, and everyone knows that I am a silly person. I am looking forward to some silliness, some true comedy, and this upcoming anime that just might unite all the horror and cats fans across fandoms! I LOVE that OLM, the animation studio behind bringing the anime adaptation of my favorite The Apothecary Diaries is handling this project! The End is Nyaigh!
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