Nyaight of the Living Cat Anime's New Video Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, July 6 Debut
THE YELLOW MONKEY, WANIMA contribute opening, ending songs
On Friday, the team responsible for creating the TV series adaptation of the manga "Hawkman and Mecha-Roots" released their main promotional video and visual on their official social media accounts. This video included information about additional cast members, premiere dates, and theme songs.
The newly announced cast members
- Tomoko Miyadera as Grandma
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Keisuke
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Suō
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Mitsuru
- Hiroshi Naka as Kōji
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Gunslinger
- Tesshō Genda as the Cat Language Translating Machine (as seen at the end of the video above)
- Shigeru Chiba as Narrator
The staff has not yet revealed the cast member for the Last Samurai.
The Yellow Monkey band has released "Cat City" as their opening theme for their upcoming album. Meanwhile, Wanima has contributed "Matatabi" as their closing theme. Heidi Shepherd from Butcher Babies has provided vocals for the "Night of the Living Cat Theme Song," which was written by Ayuko Saito and composed by Kōji Endō with guitar work by Marty Friedman.
The new anime series will be available for streaming on Abema Premium starting at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m.) on July 6th. It will also be broadcasted on TV Tokyo at 26:00 (July 8 at 2:00 a.m.) on July 7th (which translates to "Nyanya-gatsu Nya no Nichi" in Japanese). Additionally, it will air on BS TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, Animax, as well as other streaming platforms.
On July 6th, Crunchyroll will start streaming anime in various regions including North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, CIS, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Japan. Sony Pictures Entertainment is responsible for distribution in Asia.
On July 3rd at the JW Marriott Stage in Los Angeles, California, Anime Expo will showcase the initial episode of the anime series. Meanwhile, in Montreal, Canada, Fantasia International Film Festival is set to host the world debut of episodes three and four as part of its official selection.
The anime episodes will conclude with unique segments on cat care, which can be found on the Japanese website dedicated to this topic. This page will be updated frequently as new episodes are released.
The anime stars (pictured above from left to right, starting with top row):
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Kunagi
- Reina Ueda as Kaoru
- Reiji Kawashima as Arata
- Yū Serizawa as Tsutsumi
- Subaru Kimura as Ren
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Masaki
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Tanishi
- Ryōta Takeuchi as Gaku
Famed film director Takashi Miike (live-action Blade of the Immortal , As the Gods Will , Ichi the Killer , Crows Zero ) is the chief director for the anime. Tomohiro Kamitani ( Katana Maidens – Tomoshibi , MIX Season 2 ) is directing the anime at OLM . Shingo Irie ( Log Horizon , Golden Kamuy ) is overseeing the series scripts, Takao Maki ( Blue Period , Laughing Under the Clouds ) is designing the characters, and Kōji Endō (live-action Ace Attorney , As the Gods Will , Blade of the Immortal ) is composing the music. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Slow Curve are credited with planning and production.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the manga:
A virus spreads across the world, transforming all humankind into wild, slavering, furry beasts: cats, to be precise. Those few survivors who remain human take refuge in the dark corners of the earth as they fight back against the feline horde. Kunagi, a man with no memory of his past yet a deep knowledge of cats, struggles to hold on with only his wits and a will to survive. Yet the virus transmits merely through cuddles, and Kunagi finds kitties so hard to resist! Is his willpower strong enough to withstand this hair-raising cat-tastrophe?
The manga debuted ( link ) In October 2020, the sixth compiled book volume of "Mag Garden" was released in Japan on February 21st. Meanwhile, Seven Seas Entertainment released the fifth volume of "Mag Garden" on October 22nd.
Sources: Press release, Night of the Living Cat anime's website ( link ) , Comic Natalie ( link )
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