Miike’s ‘Nyaight of the Living Cat’ Anime Gets Mew English Sub Trailer

Is a world full of cats heaven?
Or is it hell where you can’t touch cats?

Crunchyroll today shared a second trailer for Japanese horror film master Takashi Miike’s (Ichi the Killer, Audition, 13 Assassins) purrfectly terrifying new anime project, Nyaight of the Living Cat! — an apocalyptic comedy set in a world where contact with cats causes an adorable, devastating mutation.

The show is set to debut worldwide on the streamer (excluding Asia) in July of 2025. Sony Pictures Entertainment is handling distribution in Japan and Asia.

Synopsis: 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?

Details of the Japanese voice cast were also coughed up today!

• Masaaki Mizunaka (Ryuen Kakeru in Classroom of the Elite) as Kunagi, a cat cafe employee with amnesia whose identity is shrouded in mystery. He loves cats and has superhuman physical abilities.
• Reina Ueda (Cha Hae-in in Solo Leveling) as Kaoru, a high school student attending Sabion High School. She loves cats. She works as a shop assistant at the cat cafe “Megokoro Nekome” run by her brother.
• Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity) as Arata, a former track and field athlete, and ninja-obsessed university student. He loves cats. He was saved by Kunagi just before turning into a cat, and he came to adore him and call him “Aniki” (“older brother”)
• Yu Serizawa (Mini Yaemori in Rent-A-Girlfriend) as Tsutsumi, she attends the same Sabioto High School as Kaoru. She loves cats, but is allergic to them, although this sometimes opens up unexpected paths for her.
• Subaru Kimura (Aoi Todo in Jujutsu Kaisen) as Len Ward, the eldest son of the Ward family. He loves cats. This legendary family is said to have defended their base from cats for three days and three nights without sleep. He is a physically strong man with a bold personality.
• Yoshiki Nakajima (Yo Uei in Dr. STONE) as Masaki Ward, the second son of the Ward family. He loves cats. He is part of a legendary family that once defended their base from cats without sleep for three days and three nights. He is smart and popular.
• Hiroki Yasumoto (Elfman Strauss in Fairy Tail) as Tanishi, a regular at the cat cafe where Kunagi works. He loves cats. He works with Kunagi and Kaoru in a world ruled by cats, but…
• Ryota Takeuchi (Elias Ainsworth in The Ancient Magus’ Bride) as Gaku, the owner of the cat cafe “Megokoro Nekome” and Kaoru’s older brother. He loves cats. He hires Kunagi, who has lost his memory.

The anime series is based on the manga Night of the Living Cat, written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots. Miike is the show’s executive director, with Tomohiro Kamitani (Mix Mesisei Story S2) as series director and screenplay  by Shingo Irie (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth; Golden Kamuy S1), character design by Takao Maki (Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls) and music by Koji Endo (13 Assassins, Audition, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable).

The animation studio is OLM (Pokémon; The Apothecary Diaries).