30/04/2020

The anime I Pretend to Be a Cat skip theatrical release to VOD

The second animated feature of the Japanese Studio Colorido (Penguin Highway) due to the global health emergency, skips the theaters release but arrives in VOD all over the world the same month.

The original title is Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu (Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat), with the story set in Tokoname and focuses on Miyo "Muge" Sasaki, a second year student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely chases Kento every day, while he doesn't notice. One day the girl discovers a magical mask that allows her to transform into a cat, the appearance with which she gets closer to Kento, getting stuck in a world populated only by cats.

Co-directors of the film are Junichi Sato (Sailor Moon, Aria the Animation) and Tomotaka Shibayama (animation director of Blue Exorcist, Le Chevalier D'Eon) while the story is written by the award-winning Mari Okada (Maquia, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day).

The release scheduled in Japanese theaters for next June had already been canceled a few days ago. Today, however, the news of the agreement between the studios and Netflix to bring the anime not only to Japanese audience but to those of all countries reached by the streaming service on June 18th.

Netflix has been revealed the title with which it will be distributed by the network: A Whisker Away, and a new trailer:

[ Fra - source AnimeNewsNetwork ]

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