Upcoming TV anime The Cat and the Dragon has received a second “pickup” trailer and key visual. There were accompanied by yet another wave of cast announcements.
Atsumi Tanezaki, Chika Anzai, and Junya Enoki are the new additions to the cast, with their characters — Gali, Annerossa, and Stan, respectively — featuring in the new promotional material.
The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryu) is set to premiere in July 2026. It is based on the light novel series written by Amara and illustrated by Mai Okuma, with the premise featuring a dragon raised by a cat.
The light novel series began publication under the Takarajimasha Bunko label in 2017 and has nine volumes as of November 2025. There is a manga adaptation and a spin-off manga.
The Cat and the Dragon started as a Shosetsuka ni Naro short story published in 2013.
Production credits
• Director: Jin-Koo Oh (Oi! Tonbo)
• Series composer: Mitsutaka Hirota (Rent-A-Girlfriend, This Monster Wants to Eat Me)
• Character designer: Rie Nishino
• Character designer: Chiaki Kurakazu
• Animation production: OLM
Cast
• Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryu
• Kikuko Inoue as Mamanyan
• Fuka Izumi as Shirotae
• Sho Hayami as Kurobane
• Noriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi
• Maki Kawase as Chikuro
• Shinnosuke Tokudome as Kurotama
