A new trailer, visual, theme song artist, and more cast members have been revealed for the upcoming Nyaight of the Living Cat TV anime series, which will begin broadcasting in Japan and streaming on Crunchyroll on July 6, 2025.
Japanese glam rock band THE YELLOW MONKEY will perform the anime’s main opening theme song “CAT CITY,” which is previewed in the new trailer. Three-piece Japanese rock band WANIMA will perform the ending theme song “Matatabi.”
Meanwhile, the additional cast members joining the series include:
- • Tomoko Miyadera as Grandma
- • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Keisuke
- • Atsumi Tanezaki as Suoh
- • Satoshi Tsuruoka as Mitsuru
- • Hiroshi Naka as Kouji
- • Toshiyuki Morikawa as Gunslinger
- • Tessho Genda as Cat Language Translating Machine
- • Shigeru Chiba as Narrator
They join a main voice cast that stars:
- • Masaaki Mizunaka as Kunagi
- • Reina Ueda as Kaoru
- • Reiji Kawashima as Arata
- • Yu Serizawa as Tsutsumi
- • Subaru Kimura as Ren
- • Yoshiki Nakajima as Masaki
- • Hiroki Yasumoto as Tanishi
- • Ryota Takeuchi as Gaku
Additionally, a character described as “Last Samurai” was also revealed, but their voice actor has yet to be announced.
Nyaight of the Living Cat has also been announced as an official selection of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, which runs from July 16, 2025 through August 3, 2025. The third and fourth episodes of the series will make their world premiere at the event, before streaming later on Crunchyroll and broadcasting in Japan.
The anime series will also have a special early screening of its first episode at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 3, 2025 on the Crunchyroll Stage in the JW Marriott.
Japanese film director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer; Audition; 13 Assassins) is credited as executive director for the series, with Tomohiro Kamitani (Sing a Bit of Harmony key animator) as series director, Shingo Irie (Afterlost) as screenwriter, Takao Maki (Laughing Under the Clouds) as character designer, and Koji Endo (Onimusha) as music composer. OLM is handling the animation production.
Endo also composed the anime’s titular theme song, while American guitarist Marty Friedman is contributing to the musical score on guitars. Heidi Shepherd of Butcher Babies is credited with contributing the “Death Voice.”
The anime adaptation is based on the manga series, written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots. It was first published in Mag Garden’s Monthly Comic Garden magazine on October 5, 2020. Six tankobon volumes have been released as of February 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English under the title Night of the Living Cat.
Crunchyroll will begin streaming new episodes every Sunday in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau. Sony Pictures Entertainment will be distributing the series in Asia and Japan.
The company describes the main premise of Nyaight of the Living Cat as:
Run! The adorable cats are here. In 20XX, the world is dominated by cats. A virus which 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?
Sources: Nyaight of the Living Cat Official Twitter, Anime News Network, press release
