A new anime adaptation is on track with the manga series Night of the Living Cat by Hawkman and Mecha-Roots getting the nod. The project has Crunchyroll bringing it out, where it will stream it to subscribers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the CIS. The series has Takashi Miike as the chief director, with Tomohiro Kamitani directing it from the series composition by Shingo Irie. Takao Maki is on the character designs with OLM on the animation production.
With a July 6th, 2025, premiere date set previously, the latest update is the release of the first two minutes of the show via IGN:
The Japanese cast includes:
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Kunagi
- Reina Ueda as Kaoru
- Reiji Kawashima as Arata
- Yū Serizawa as Tsutsumi
- Subaru Kimura as Ren
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Masaki
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Tanishi
- Ryōta Takeuchi as Gaku
THE YELLOW MONKEY has been confirmed to perform the opening theme song “CAT CITY” and the three-piece rock band WANIMA will be performing the ending theme song “Matatabi.”
Known originally as Nyaight of the Living Cat, it began in 2020 as serialized in Comic Garden with three volumes out so far and is an ongoing work. The first volume was released for the first time in North America in September 2022 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in single-volume editions.
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Plot Concept: A virus spreads across the world, transforming all humankind into wild, slavering, furry beasts: cats, to be precise. Those few survivors who remain human take refuge in the dark corners of the earth 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 and a will to survive. Yet the virus transmits merely through cuddles, and Kunagi finds kitties so hard to resist! Is his willpower strong enough to withstand this hair-raising cat-tastrophe?
Previous promos and visuals:
