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Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu

Also known as A Whisker Away.

Studio: Studio Colorido , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , BS Fuji , KDDI , KADOKAWA , Twin Engine , Dentsu Meitetsu Communications , Fuji Creative Corporation , Fuji TV , Toho , Universal Music Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Miyo Sasaki is an energetic high school girl who comes from a broken family consisting of her unconfident father and an overly invested stepmother, whose attempts at connecting with Miyo come across as bothersome. Seeing Kento Hinode as a refuge from all her personal issues, she can't help herself from forcing her unorthodox demonstrations of love onto her crush.

While Miyo is unable to get Kento's attention as herself, she manages to succeed by interacting with him in the form of a white cat, affectionately nicknamed ""Tarou"" by Kento. But Miyo soon realizes that she can't help Kento with the various problems she overhears in her cat form and is now caught between two tough choices. Will she continue her relationship with him as a cat, or will she reveal her identity and risk what they have, in order to help him as her human self?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Note: The film was slated to open in theaters in Japan on June 5, but was postponed due to COVID-19 and received an exclusive streaming on Netflix beginning on June 18.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Animals , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Family Life , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , School , Anthropomorphism , Youkai , Bullying , Tragedy , Nekomimi , CGI , Coming of Age , Rural , Feet

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.

Also known as My Roommate is a Cat.

Studio: Zero-G , AT-X , TOKYO MX , Avex Pictures , ABC Animation , Q-Tec , BS11 , GYAO! , BookLive , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Mystery writer Mikazuki Subaru, who isn't good at dealing with people, finds them to be a disturbance when it comes to building his imaginary world. One day, he chances upon a stray cat and feels inspiration strike, so he brings the cat home as his muse.

Can watching the inexplicable behaviors of a cat form material for a novel?

Tags: Animals , Iyashikei , Hikikomori , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Writing , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family

Dareka no Manazashi

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Short anime film by Makoto Shinkai screened at the Nomura Real Estate Group's "Proud Box Kanshasai" home living exposition, which ran February 10–11, 2013, at the Tokyo International Forum.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Family Life , Animals , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tragedy

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Also known as Wolf Children.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Dentsu , Yomiuri TV , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Toho , Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The theme of the film is the love between parents and children. The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children—an older sister named Yuki who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame who was born on a rainy day. The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the existence of the "wolf children," but when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.



Tags: Family Life , Werewolf , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Rural , Snowscape , Parenthood , Animals , Kemonomimi , Mythology , Tragedy , Urban , Agriculture , Male Protagonist , School , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual

Yoru no Kuni

Also known as Night World.

Studio: studio daisy
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

An animation project directed by Ryouchimo (Ryo-timo), made as a companion piece to Aimer's album "Walpurgis".

The list of released videos included in this entry are as follows:

Night 1: The 22 O'clock Guide (第1夜 -22時の案内人-), Apr 16, 2021.
Night 2: The 26 O'clock Search (第2夜 -26時の探し物-), Jun 4, 2021.
Night 3: The 4 O'clock Letter (第3夜 -4時の手紙-), Sept 12, 2021.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Fairy Tale , Iyashikei , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age

Ame to Kimi to

Also known as With You and the Rain.

Studio: Lesprit , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , BS Asahi , TV Asahi
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

On a rainy day, Fuji meets a cute critter posing as a dog and offering an umbrella and a cue card that says, “Please take me home” and she can’t resist. With this dog-poster’s quirky charm and mysterious ways, life together becomes a heartwarming adventure of friendship and shared seasons.



Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Animals , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Pregnancy , Episodic

Mirai no Mirai

Also known as Mirai.

Studio: Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

One day, Kun’s mother brings home a new family member. For the four-year-old boy, joy quickly turns to disappointment when the little sister replaces her brother as the center of attention. The boy can’t bring himself to accept her as his sister. But things turn magical when, with a mysterious garden as his gateway, the boy encounters his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man, and has a series of surprising adventures with his older sister from the future. These experiences change how he sees the world and help him grow into the big brother he was meant to be.



Tags: Family Life , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Trains , CGI , Urban , Animals , Parenthood , Pregnancy

Tabimachi Late Show

Also known as Tabimachi Lateshow.

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Four episodes with the theme of “goodbyes and journeys."

Tags: Coming of Age , Episodic , Anthology , Teacher , Food , Ghost , School

Yoru wa Neko to Issho Season 2

Also known as Nights with a Cat Season 2.

Studio: Studio PuYUKAI , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second season of Yoru wa Neko to Issho.

Tags: Animals , Episodic , Family Life , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist

Neko no Ongaeshi

Also known as The Cat Returns.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

The Cat Returns is something of a loose spin-off of "Whisper of the Heart" as it features two characters from that film: Muta (the cat from "Whisper") and the Baron (the cat statue from "Whisper"). There is no other connection between the two movies and this is not a sequel. The story is based on Neko no Danshaku (Baron of Cat) by Hiiragi Aoi.

The main character of the story, Haru, is a clueless, ordinary 17-year-old girl. She has no special abilities and neither is she an extraordinary beauty. When faced with reality, she is unable to make decisions for herself, thus often sways to others' opinions to avoid challenge. One day, Haru saves the life of a cat without considering her own safety. The cat turns out to be the Cat Prince from the Kingdom of Cats, however as a result, Haru is trapped in the world of cats. Can Baron and Muta rescue Haru who has wandered into the world of cats?



Tags: Animals , Anthropomorphism , Nekomimi , Fairy Tale , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Isekai , Primarily Animal Cast , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Arranged Marriage , Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Crossover , Body Horror , School