TOHO animation debuted a new trailer and new poster image for Ghost Cat Anzu, Shinei Animation and France's Miyu Productions' 2D animation on Wednesday. The trailer further announced the cast, staff, theme song and opening date of the film on July 19.
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Image via Ghost Cat Anzu's Twitter
The newly revealed cast members are:
Mutsuo Yoshioka and Shōhei Uno also contributed vocals.
Chiaki Satō (ASAB) performed the theme song “Matatabi” as heard in the trailer.
The newly announced hires include:
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© いましろたかし・Mirai Moriyama voices the titular Anzu, while Noa Gotō voices Karin.
The cast also played the characters in shots that served as reference for animating the characters, with their dialogue during the filming of their movements also used in the film.
The film will be shown in progress at the Annecy Animation Festival in June 2023. Paris-based CHARADES will handle international sales. GKIDS has acquired North American rights to the film.
Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita are directing the film and Shinji Imaoka is writing the script. The film will be 90 minutes long and will use mixed animation techniques combining 2D digital animation with rotoscopy.
Miyu Productions describes the content of the feature film:
Karin, 11 years old, was abandoned by her father at the house of her grandfather, a monk in a small town in rural Japan. Her grandfather asks Anzu, a cheerful and helpful though erratic ghost cat, to take care of her. The meeting of their powerful characters causes sparks, at least at the beginning…
Kodansha published the one-volume Bakeneko Anzu-chan manga in 2007.
Shinei Animation is best known for producing Doremon and Crayon Shin-chan, two anime television series that have consistently ranked among the highest-rated weekly animation programs in Japan. Daikichirō Kusube founded the studio in 1976.
Source: TOHO animation's YouTube channel
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