The middle part of the first episode of "Night of the Living Cat," an anime TV series based on a cat manga serialized in "Monthly Comic Garden" (Mag Garden) and other publications, titled "Everything Becomes a Cat," has been released on YouTube. The video shows a "Meowdemic" occurring all over the world due to a virus that turns humans who touch cats into cats, and a meeting being held at the Super Cute Cat Disaster Response Headquarters, where cat lovers including Prime Minister Shigetaka Glent have gathered.
The cast of guest characters appearing in the first half of the episodes was also announced, including Kazuhiko Inoue as Shigetaka Grent, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Chikahiro Kobayashi as Yoji Adaman, a freelance journalist, and Kenichirou Matsuda as Jin E. Marlowe, who travels alone in the world of Nyandemic. A cut from the first episode was also released.
The work is a cat manga written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mekarouts that has been serialized since 2020. In the year 20XX, a virus suddenly appears that turns humans who touch cats into cats, causing a "Nyandemic," and the story goes that humans must resist the temptation to touch cats and try to survive in a world full of cats.
The anime will be directed by Takashi Miike and Tomohiro Kamiya, and produced by OLM, the studio behind "Pokemon." It will be broadcast on TV Tokyo and other networks from July 7 (Meow Meow Day).
