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French-Japanese Film Ghost Cat Anzu's Trailer Unveils More Cast & Staff, Theme Song, July 19 Debut
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film, on Wednesday. The trailer announces more cast and staff , the theme song, and the July 19 opening for the film.
The newly revealed cast are:
- Munetaka Aoki as Tetsuya, Karin's father
- Miwako Ichikawa as Yuzuki, Karin's mother
- Keiichi Suzuki as Oshō, Anzu's foster parent
- Shingo Mizusawa as the god of poverty
- Skirt (Sawabe Wataru) as Tanuki, another supernatural creature
Shōhei Uno also contribute voices.
A.S.A.B) performs the theme song "Matatabi," as heard in the trailer.
The newly announced staff include:
- Character Design: Yōko Kuno
- Music Composer: Keiichi Suzuki
- Animation Directors: Yukie Nakauchi
- Editing: Toshihiko Kojima
- Art Director, Color Key Artist: Julien De Man
- Composite Development: Guillaume Cassuto
- Director of Photography: Masato Makino
- CG Director: Chika Iizuka
- Sound Director: Masumi Takino
- Live-Action Filming Assistance: Match Point
- Filming: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
- Sound Recording: Yūki Iyasaka
- Stylist: Daisuke Iga
- Producers: Hiroyuki Negishi
Noa Gotō voices Karin.
Cast also acted as the characters in footage that served as a reference for animating the characters, with their spoken lines during the filming of their movements also being used in the film.
The film screened as a work-in-progress at the Annecy Animation Festival in June 2023. The Paris-based acquired the North American rights to the film.
Yōko Kuno and Shinji Imaoka is writing its script. The film will be 90 minutes long and will utilize mixed animation techniques combining 2D digital animation with rotoscopy.
Miyu Productions describes the film's story:
Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong characters causes sparks, at least at the beginning…
Bakeneko Anzu-chan manga in 2007.
Shinei Animation is best known for producing Daikichirō Kusube founded the studio in 1976.
Sources: TOHO animation's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
