Ghost Cat Anzu

2024 [JAPANESE]

Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 74% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1132 1.1K

cat based on comic based on manga ghost anime

Director

Nobuhiro Yamashita Photo
Nobuhiro Yamashita

Top cast

Ben Diskin Photo
Ben Diskin as Frog
Kyle McCarley Photo
Kyle McCarley as Additional Voices
Munetaka Aoki Photo
Munetaka Aoki as Tetsuya
Kari Wahlgren Photo
Kari Wahlgren as Hag / Mrs. Tsurumaki
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834.34 MB
1280*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 4
1.51 GB
1920*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by owen-watts 7 / 10

Way of the Sa-Meow-ri

This strange atmospheric little fable really captured something (apart from the rotoscoped original performances that is). There's a nice subdued laconic tone, there's a deep irreverence beneath it all that makes the core plot almost a shame when it kicks in. That being said, there's definitely something very real beneath it all. I really dug this.
Reviewed by linda_s_park 8 / 10

A Silly and Sweet Story of Loss and Grief

I watched the movie in theater because it is distributed by GKIDS, which also distribute Ghibli Studio films in the United States. In the trailer, the graphics did not compare to ones from Ghibli, but I was intrigued by the theme of loss and grief.Indeed, I appreciated that aspect the most in the film. The protagonist Karin, a 5th grader, struggles with her mother's death 3 years prior. The ghost cat Anzu and other creatures in the forest help Karin on a journey of finding her mother and exploring her complex emotions from grief.People who are experiencing grief may steer away from contents about grief, but this film might be okay. I would even recommend it to children who are experiencing grief (It is rated PG+13 in the US while it is PG in many other countries. There is only mild violence and frightening scenes.) Because the story is filled with silly characters including awkward village boys and hideous looking forest creatures, the film felt sufficiently removed from the real world, where I am grieving. It didn't feel too close to home that I ended up wailing in the theater. The story also takes a lighthearted tone to Karin's experience of living without her mother. It was truly healing to see how Karin gradually open up to her new friends and find comfort in their care.
Reviewed by peter0969 4 / 10

Great animation, but uneven story that fails to fully establishes it's charm

I must say, I am quite disappointed with this movie.Ghost Cats, Monsters, Adventures, and Themes of Grief are a creative concept and for an anime, this is the perfect spice to an interesting story. Unfortunately, when you are provided with characters that aren't likely and a story that goes all over the place, it fails to do justice. What a shame really. The animation and character designs are wonderful and many of the voice performances and action thrilling sequences are done well. But the narrative really struggles to understand what it really wants to be and ends up being a mix match of many ideas, and trying to smash things together in the most uneven way.Many of the characters are undeveloped and I found myself finding the main lead characters to be annoying and quite unlikable. I appreciate the concept and some of the interesting direction choices, but I expected more with a cute concept like this.
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