Ghost Cat Anzu is a serialized manga series about an immortal cat written and illustrated by Takashi Imashiro. From 2006 to 2007, the series was serialized in Kodansha’s Comic BomBom magazine. It was about an adult cat living its own life.

With a duel production with Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions, Ghost Cat Anzu was filmed as live-action and then rotoscoped into an animation film by directors Nobujiro Yamashita and Yōko Kuno.

Here is the official synopsis:

Karin, 11, finds herself abandoned at the steps of her grandfather’s house. Her down-on-his-luck father introduces the two of them and then flees to settle some imposing debts. Karin’s grandfather, a small-town monk, tasks Anzu, his capricious ghost-cat, to look after her. While their own spirited personalities often clash, Anzu agrees to accompany Karin into the city to get answers on her missing father and to pay respects at her mother’s grave. The trip quickly takes unexpected turns that leads them to alternative worlds and imposing characters but ultimately to answers they never anticipated finding.

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LRM Online’s Gig Patta spoke with director Yōko Kuno and producer Keiichi Kondo about the film’s premiere at the Animation Is Film 2024 and details of the film.

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Source: LRM Online Exclusive, Animation Is Film 2024