Earlier today, the official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Amara’s The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryū) novels revealed its second promotional video, new key visual, and three new cast members.
Newly announced cast members include:
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Gally
- Chika Anzai as Anne Rossa
- Junya Enoki as Stan
Previously announced cast members include:
- Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryū
- Kikuko Inoue as Mama-nyan
- Fūka Izumi as Shirotae
- Show Hayami as Kurobane
- Noriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi
- Maki Kawase as Chiikuro
- Shinnosuke Tokudome as Kurotama
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 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.
