Watch the New Subtitled Trailer

Title: Nyaight of the Living Cat

When: July 2025 (exact date TBA)

Where: Streaming only on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia; with Sony Pictures Entertainment distributing in Asia and Japan.

Synopsis

Run! The adorable cats are here. In 20XX, the world is dominated by cats. A virus that turns anyone who touches a cat into a cat has spread into a worldwide nyandemic. Cats rub against people, turning them into cats. Can humanity fight their urge to pet cats to survive in this cat-ridden world?

Production Staff

Original Work: Based on the manga Night of the Living Cat written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots

Executive Director: Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition, 13 Assassins)

Director: Tomohiro Kamitani (MIX MEISEI STORY Season 2)

Screenplay: Shingo Irie (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Golden Kamuy Season 1)

Character Designer: Takao Maki (Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls)

Music: Koji Endo (13 Assassins, Audition, the live-action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable)

Animation Studio: OLM (Pokémon, The Apothecary Diaries)

Japanese Voice Cast

Masaaki Mizunaka (Ryuen Kakeru in Classroom of the Elite) as Kunagi, a cat café employee with amnesia whose identity is shrouded in mystery. He loves cats and has superhuman physical abilities.

Reina Ueda (Cha Hae-in in Solo Leveling) as Kaoru, a high school student attending Sabion High School. She loves cats and works as a shop assistant at the cat café “Megokoro Nekome” run by her brother.

Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity) as Arata, a former track and field athlete and ninja-obsessed university student. He loves cats. He was saved by Kunagi just before turning into a cat and came to adore him, calling him “Aniki” (“older brother”).

Yu Serizawa (Mini Yaemori in Rent-A-Girlfriend) as Tsutsumi, who attends the same Sabioto High School as Kaoru. She loves cats but is allergic to them, which sometimes opens up unexpected paths for her.

Subaru Kimura (Aoi Todo in JUJUTSU KAISEN) as Len Ward, the eldest son of the Ward family. He loves cats. This legendary family is said to have defended their base from cats for three days and three nights without sleep. He is a physically strong man with a bold personality.

Yoshiki Nakajima (Yo Uei in Dr. STONE) as Masaki Ward, the second son of the Ward family. He loves cats. He is part of a legendary family that once defended their base from cats without sleep for three days and three nights. He is smart and popular.

Hiroki Yasumoto (Elfman Strauss in Fairy Tail) as Tanishi, a regular at the cat café where Kunagi works. He loves cats. He works with Kunagi and Kaoru in a world ruled by cats, but…

Ryota Takeuchi (Elias Ainsworth in The Ancient Magus’ Bride) as Gaku, the owner of the cat café “Megokoro Nekome” and Kaoru’s older brother. He loves cats. He hires Kunagi, who has lost his memory.

—Official Press Release