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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

“Ghost Cat Anzu”


“Ghost Cat Anzu” is a wild new Japanese-produced animated feature, directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita for Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions, based on the manga comics by Takashi Imashiro, starring Mirai Moriyama and Noa Gotō, now playing internationally in theaters, with a Notth American release November 15, 2024:


“..young girl ‘Karin’ accompanies her father ‘Tetsuya’ to the ‘Sousei-Ji’ntemple, where her grandfather lives. Tetsuya has come to the temple to ask his father for money to repay his debts and leaves Karin at the temple when he is refused the money, promising to return on the anniversary of her mother's death.


“At the temple, Karin encounters ‘Anzu’, a cat who walks and talks like a human, uses a cell phone and moped, and works as a masseuse. 


“Karin and Anzu develop a bond and travel to Tokyo in search of her father, where they are met by the ‘God of Poverty’. Karin is offered a chance to be reunited with her late mother by the God of Poverty by traveling to hell…”


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