The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Amara’s The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryū) novel series confirmed the anime’s July 2026 debut. A new trailer and key visual for The Cat and the Dragon was also revealed alongside the main cast member and staff members.
The anime stars Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryū, a dragon raised by a cat.
Jin-Koo Oh is directing the anime adaptation of The Cat and the Dragon at OLM. Mitsutaka Hirota is handling the series composition, and Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu are designing the characters. Takahiro Obata is composing the music, and Noriyoshi Konuma is the sound director.
Amara launched the web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in September 2013, and the series is still ongoing. Takarajimasha published the first volume of the light novel series in hardcover with illustrations by Mai Ōkuma in April 2016. The eighth light novel volume launched on April 12, 2025, and more than one million copies have been sold to date for the series.
Izumi Sasaki launched the manga adaptation on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! web platform in September 2017. The manga would be serialized on Manga Box in April 2020 as wel. The 11th compiled book volume shipped in Japan on May 31, 2025
Here’s an overview of the series, via MangaDex:
Deep in the forest where ferocious beasts and magical creatures dwell, a cat takes in an orphaned baby dragon as one of her own.
