GKIDS’ latest animation import, Ghost Cat Anzu, brings collectively a grumpy 11-year-old coping with her mother’s dying and a jovial ghost cat who likes beer and sake. When Karin’s father leaves her at her grandfather’s home, her grandfather instructs his ghost cat, Anzu, to handle her. Whereas the 2 initially conflict, they ultimately bond, and embark on a quest to convey Karin’s mom again.
In an unique clip offered by GKIDS, we get a glimpse into the combination of mundane and magic on this film. After Anzu tracks just a few forest sprites (which he calls “cheepies”) into the wilderness, he meets an enormous speaking frog and invitations him again to the temple Anzu calls dwelling. The frog takes the freedom of inviting different legendary creatures, and the gang sits round ingesting beer, leafing by means of magazines, and enjoying a Nintendo Swap, till Karin stumbles dwelling and asks him what’s happening.
There’s an echo of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in all this, a way of detached and otherworldly spirits colliding in a social house the place they will pursue their very own pursuits with out absolutely interacting. However within the comedy of Ghost Cat Anzu, the interplay is far more awkward. The film is co-directed by artist Yoko Kuno, in her characteristic directorial debut, and Nobuhiro Yamashita (Linda Linda Linda). It’s primarily based on Takashi Imashiro’s manga sequence of the identical title. The music comes from EarthBound composer Keiichi Suzuki.
Ghost Cat Anzu will arrive in U.S. theaters on Nov. 15. The total trailer is right here:
