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A Whisker Away Anime Film Streams on Netflix India Alongside Global Debut
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Netflix has listed A Whisker Away to premiere in India alongside its global debut. The feature-length anime film's website announced on April 30 that the film will debut exclusively worldwide on Netflix on June 18.
Colorido's A Whisker Away was slated to release in Japan on June 5, but was delayed due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. While Studio Colorido has stated the film will debut globally on June 18, Netflix India has not yet confirmed this release date.
The original story about finding one's true self is set in Tokoname, Aichi and centers on Miyo "Muge" Sasaki. She is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Hinode every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Hinode. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Hinode, but eventually it may also make her unable to transform back to a human.
The "Neko o Kaburu" in the film's Japanese title of Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu literally means "put on a cat," but it typically functions as a figure of speech related to deception or pretending. The Japanese title roughly translates to "Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat."
Junichi Satō (Sailor Moon, Aria the Animation, Princess Tutu) and Tomotaka Shibayama (animation director for Blue Exorcist, Le Chevalier D'Eon) are co-directing the film at Studio Colorido (Typhoon Noruda, Penguin Highway, Fastening Days). Mari Okada (Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) is writing the script. yorushika will perform the anime's theme song "Hana ni Bōrei" (A Ghost for a Flower).
Sources: Netflix India, A Whisker Away's website
