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Ghost Cat Anzu Film Opens in Hong Kong on November 7
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Edko Films began streaming an English- and Chinese-subtitled trailer for Shinei Animation and France's Miyu Productions' Ghost Cat Anzu 2D-animated film on Tuesday. The trailer reveals that Edko Films will open the film in Hong Kong on November 7.
The Ghost Cat Anzu film opened in Japan on July 19.
The film stars:
Mirai Moriyama as titular Anzu
Noa Gotō voices Karin
Munetaka Aoki as Tetsuya, Karin's father
Miwako Ichikawa as Yuzuki, Karin's mother
Moonriders' member Keiichi Suzuki as Oshō, Anzu's foster parent
Shingo Mizusawa as the god of poverty
Skirt (Sawabe Wataru) as Tanuki, another supernatural creature
Ikue Ōtani as Pi-Pi-chan, the forest fairies
Mutsuo Yoshioka and Shōhei Uno also contribute voices.
Cast members also acted as the characters in footage that served as a reference for animating the characters, with their spoken lines during the filming of their movements also being used in the film.
Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita are directing the film, and Shinji Imaoka is writing its script. The film is 90 minutes long and utilizes mixed animation techniques combining 2D digital animation with rotoscopy. Yōko Kuno is the character designer, Julien De Man is the art director and color key artist, Namiko Ishidate and Yukie Nakauchi are the animation directors, and Keiichi Suzuki is composing the music.
Chiaki Satō (A.S.A.B) performs the theme song "Matatabi."
The film screened as a work-in-progress at the Annecy Animation Festival in June 2023. The Paris-based CHARADES company will handle international sales.