Ghost Cat Anzu Movie Details:
| Kanji | 化け猫あんずちゃん |
| Revised Hepburn | Bakeneko Anzu-chan |
| Based on | Ghost Cat Anzu by Takashi Imashiro |
| Country | France Japan |
| Language | French Japanese |
| Genre | Animation, Drama, Family |
| Release date | May 21, 2024 (Cannes) July 19, 2024 (Japan) |
| Running time | 1hr 37min |
| Starring | Mirai Moriyama Noa Gotō Music by Keiichi Suzuki |
| Directed by | Yōko Kuno Nobuhiro Yamashita |
| Screenplay by | Shinji Imaoka |
| Produced by | Pierre Baussaron Keiichi Kondô Hiroyuki Negishi Emmanuel-Alain Raynal |
| Cinematography by | Masato Makino |
| Edited by | Toshihiko Kojima |
| Music by | Keiichi Suzuki |
| Production Company | Shin-Ei Animation Miyu Productions |
| Distributor | GKIDS (North America) |
Ghost Cat Anzu Movie Cast & Characters:
- Noa Gotō as Karin, an 11-year-old girl
- Mirai Moriyama as Anzu, a seemingly immortal cat who exhibits humanlike behavior
- Munetaka Aoki as Tetsuya, Karin’s father
- Miwako Ichikawa as Yuzuki, Karin’s mother
- Keiichi Suzuki as Osho-san, Anzu’s foster parent
- Shingo Mizusawa as the God of Poverty
- Wataru Sawabe as Tanuki
- Mutsuo Yoshioka
- Shohei Uno
Storyline:
Friendship is shared between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside and Anzu, the even more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.
About Ghost Cat Anzu Movie:
Ghost Cat Anzu (Japanese: 化け猫あんずちゃん, Hepburn: Bakeneko Anzu-chan) is an animated film directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita and produced by Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions. Based on the manga of the same name by Takashi Imashiro, the film stars Mirai Moriyama as Anzu, the titular ghost cat, and Noa Gotō as a young girl named Karin.
Ghost Cat Anzu screened as a work in progress at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. That same month, it was acquired by GKIDS for a North American release the following year. The finished film premiered on May 21, 2024, in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.
The film was released in Japan on July 19, 2024, followed by a North American premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 21, 2024.
