Ghost Cat Anzu (化け猫あんずちゃん) is a 2024 animated film directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita and produced by Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions. Based on the manga of the same name by Takashi Imashiro, the film stars Mirai Moriyama as Anzu, the titular ghost cat, and Noa Gotō as a young girl named Karin.[5] The film opened in Japan in July 2024.[2]
Plot
The 11-year-old Karin accompanies her father Tetsuya to the Sousei-Ji temple, where her grandfather lives. Tetsuya has come to the temple to ask his father for money to repay his debts to loan sharks and leaves Karin at the temple when he is refused the money, promising to return on the anniversary of her mother's death.[5]
At the temple, Karin encounters Anzu, a bakeneko (a supernatural cat who walks and talks like a human), uses a cell phone and moped, and works as a masseur. Anzu befriends two local boys Karin's age, who treat him like a gang boss. Anzu also notices that a local man, Yotchan, is being stalked by the God of Poverty, and tricks him into leaving Yotchan alone.