The Japanese-French co-production will open in Japan on July 19
Kodoani.com – Ghost Cat Anzubetter known in Japan as Bakeneko Anzu-chan, is an upcoming Japanese-French theatrical anime film. Today, the film released a new trailer along with information about the new cast, official poster, and key song performers.
The film will open in theaters in Japan on July 19, 2024. GKIDS, which produced the film, will also distribute the film in North America this year. Besides, the film will also be premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival this month.
The new cast of Ghost Cat Anzu includes:
Munetaka Aoki voices Tetsuya, Karin's father. Miwako Ichikawa voices Yuzuki, Karin's mother. Keiichi Suzuki provided the voice and motion capture of Osho-san, Anzu's adoptive parents. Shingo Mizusawa provided the voice and motion capture for God of Poverty. Wataru Sawabe voices and motion captures Tanuki.
Actors Mutsuo Yoshioka and Shohei Uno will also appear in the film. Actor and musician Chiaki Sato will perform the film's official theme song titled “Matatabi”, which appears in the new trailer.
As previously announced, Mirai Moriyama will play the ghost cat Anzu and Noa Goto will play the young girl Karin.
The main Ghost Cat Anzu manga was written by Takashi Imashiro and was serialized in Kodansha's children's comic magazine Comic BomBom from August 2006 to November 2007, then compiled into one volume.
Plot: During a pouring rain, a monk at a temple finds a meowing kitten in a cardboard box. The kitten was named Anzu and was raised carefully. However, the strange thing is that it still hasn't died after 10 or 20 years. After 30 years, it somehow became a 'ghost cat' that spoke human language and lived like a human. His means of transportation is a motorbike. He works part-time as a masseuse. Now he is 37 years old. After a quarrel between father and son, the monk's son, who had been missing for a long time, returned with his 11-year-old daughter Karin. However, he had another fight with the monk and left her behind. Karin is always a very “good” girl in front of adults. Anzu is asked to take care of her and reluctantly does so, but there are signs that things won't be simple…