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French-Japanese Film Ghost Cat Anzu Streams English-Subtitled Trailer

screen in North American theaters on November 15.

The film opened in Japan on July 19.

The film stars:

• Mirai Moriyama as titular Anzu
• Noa Gotō voices Karin
• Munetaka Aoki as Tetsuya, Karin's father
• Miwako Ichikawa as Yuzuki, Karin's mother
• Keiichi Suzuki as Oshō, Anzu's foster parent
• Shingo Mizusawa as the god of poverty
• Skirt (Sawabe Wataru) as Tanuki, another supernatural creature
• Ikue Ōtani as Pi-Pi-chan, the forest fairies

Shōhei Uno also contribute voices.

Cast also acted as the characters in footage that served as a reference for animating the characters, with their spoken lines during the filming of their movements also being used in the film.

Yukie Nakauchi were the animation directors, and Keiichi Suzuki composed the music.

A.S.A.B) performs the theme song "Matatabi."

The film screened as a work-in-progress at the Annecy Animation Festival in June 2023. The Paris-based acquired the North American rights to the film.

Miyu Productions describes the film's story:

Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong characters causes sparks, at least at the beginning…

Bakeneko Anzu-chan manga in 2007.

Source: GKIDS' YouTube channel