The official website for the television anime of Amara’s Neko to Ryū (The Cat and the Dragon) novels celebrated “Cat Day” on Sunday by presenting its first “pick-up” promotional video and visual. The video announces six more cast members. (February 22 or 2/22 is unofficially Cat Day in Japan since “2” can be read as a wordplay on nyan, the Japanese word for “meow.”)
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The newly announced cast members are:
Kikuko Inoue as Mama-nyan, a feline mother raising both kittens and a dragon
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Fūka Izumi as Shirotae, a cat who dreams of claiming its own territory
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Show Hayami as Kurobane, a strong black cat living in the middle of a deep forest
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Noriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi, a nosy cat living in a town protected by a castle
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Maki Kawase as Chiikuro, Kurobane’s sibling who also lives in the middle of a deep forest
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Shinnosuke Tokudome as Kurotama, another sibling
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Most of these cats’ names incorporate the Japanese words for “white” (shiro), “black” (kuro). and “gray” (haiiro).
The cast will appear in panels at the d Anime Store and ytv animation booths at AnimeJapan on March 28.
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The series stars Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryū, a dragon raised by a cat.
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Jin-Koo Oh (Tonbo!) is directing the anime at OLM. Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero) is handling the series scripts. Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu are designing the characters. Takahiro Obata (The Promised Neverland) is composing the music. Noriyoshi Konuma (The Dangers in My Heart) is the sound director.
The anime will premiere in July.
Amara debuted the web novel in Shōsetsuka ni Narō in September 2013. Takarajimasha published the first light novel volume in hardcover with illustrations by Mai Ōkuma in April 2016. The eighth light novel volume launched on April 12. The number of copies sold exceed 1 million.
Izumi Sasaki launched a manga adaptation in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! web in September 2017, and it also began serialization in Manga Box in April 2020. The 11th compiled book volume shipped in Japan on May 31.
Sources: Neko to Ryū anime’s website, Comic Natalie