Yoko KUNO 久野遥子
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
Ghost Cat Anzu
化け猫あんずちゃん
Nippon Animation ³
Karin has lost her mother, and her good-for-nothing father takes off, leaving her with her grandfather, a monk. His small temple also happens to be the hangout of a ghost cat named Anzu, in whom Karin finds a companion for a summer full of adventures. Yoko KUNO and Nobuhiro YAMASHITA’s manga adaptation blends slacker humor with coming-of-age themes.
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Ghost Cat Anzu (NC 2025)
Animation Comedy Coming of age
化け猫あんずちゃん
Bakeneko Anzu-chan
France, Japan 2024
96 minutes
Director
Yoko KUNO, Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Script
Shinji IMAOKA based on a manga by Takashi IMASHIRO
Music
Keiichi SUZUKI
World sales
Charades
Voice acting
Mirai MORIYAMA, Noa GOTO, Munetaka AOKI, Miwako ICHIKAWA, Keiichi SUZUKI
About Yoko KUNO
久野遥子
Yoko KUNO, born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1990, created her first animated short films, which received multiple awards, while studying at Tama Art University. After her graduation, she worked as a rotoscope animation director for Shunji IWAI’s THE CASE OF HANA AND ALICE (2015 / NC ‘16). She also worked on the animation for several films of the CRAYON-SHIN-CHAN series and in 2020 co-directed the animated short LUCKY OWL WITH SHIMAKO (NC ‘21) alongside Nobuhiro YAMASHITA. GHOST CAT ANZU (2024 / NC ‘25) is her first feature-length animated film as director.
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry. His comedy LET’S GO KARAOKE! (2024) received the 2024 NIPPON CINEMA AWARD.