Night of the Living Cat

Night of the Living Cat (Japanese: ニャイト・オブ・ザ・リビングキャット, Hepburn: Nyaito obu za Ribingu Kyatto), also known as Nyaight of the Living Cat, is a Japanese manga series written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots. It has been serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden since October 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by OLM premiered in July 2025 on TV Tokyo.

Night of the Living Cat
First tankōbon volume cover
ニャイト・オブ・ザ・リビングキャット (Nyaito obu za Ribingu Kyatto)
Genre	Comedy horror[1] Post-apocalyptic[1]
Manga
Written by	Hawkman
Illustrated by	Mecha-Roots
Published by	Mag Garden
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Monthly Comic Garden
Original run	October 5, 2020 – present
Volumes	7
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Miike (chief) Tomohiro Kamitani
Written by	Shingo Irie [ja]
Music by	Kōji Endō [ja]
Studio	OLM Division 1
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	TV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo [ja], TVh, Animax
Original run	July 7, 2025 – present
Episodes	4

Premise

A mysterious virus has spread that causes people to transform into cats when they cuddle with the feline animals. The protagonist, Kunagi, must fight his urge to snuggle with cats in order to survive this bizarre and crazy world.

Characters

Kunagi (クナギ)

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka^[2] (Japanese); Jason Douglas^[3] (English)

Kaoru (カオル)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda^[2] (Japanese); Maria Delilah^[3] (English)

Arata (アラタ)

Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima^[2]

Tsutsumi (ツツミ)

Voiced by: Yū Serizawa^[2]

Ren (レン)

Voiced by: Subaru Kimura^[2]

Masaki (マサキ)

Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima^[2]

Tanishi (タニシ)

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto^[2] (Japanese); Lew Temple, Sara Ragsdale (cat)^[3] (English)

Gaku (ガク)

Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi^[2] (Japanese); Ben Bryant^[3] (English)

Grandma (グランマ, Guranma)

Voiced by: Tomoko Miyadera^[4]

Keisuke (ケイスケ)

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu^[4]

Suō (スオウ)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki^[4]

Mitsuru (ミツル)

Voiced by: Satoshi Tsuruoka^[4]

Kōji (コウジ)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka^[4]

Gunslinger (ガンスリンガー, Gansuringā)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa^[4]

Last Samurai (ラストサムライ, Rasuto Samurai)

Voiced by: TBA

Cat Language Translating Machine (翻訳機, Honyaku-ki)

Voiced by: Tesshō Genda^[4]

Media

Manga

Written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots, Night of the Living Cat started in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden on October 5, 2020.^[5] Its chapters have been collected into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on May 10, 2021.^[6] As of July 10, 2025, seven volumes have been released.^[7]

In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[8]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	May 10, 2021[9]	978-4-8000-1087-2	October 4, 2022[10]	978-1-63858-581-7
2	February 22, 2022[11]	978-4-8000-1181-7	January 3, 2023[12]	978-1-63858-754-5
3	November 10, 2022[13]	978-4-8000-1264-7	October 3, 2023[14]	978-1-63858-920-4
4	July 10, 2023[15]	978-4-8000-1351-4	June 11, 2024[16]	979-8-88843-122-1
5	February 22, 2024[17]	978-4-8000-1427-6	October 22, 2024[18]	979-8-89160-649-4
6	February 21, 2025[19]	978-4-8000-1557-0	September 30, 2025[20]	979-8-89373-265-8
7	July 10, 2025[7]	978-4-8000-1615-7	—	—

Anime

On February 22, 2024 (National Cat Day), an anime television series adaptation was announced.^[21] The series was produced by OLM with Slow Curve and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) handling planning and production.^[22] The series was directed by Tomohiro Kamitani, with Takashi Miike serving as chief director, Shingo Irie [ja] in charge of the series scripts, Takao Maki in charge of character designs, music composed by Kōji Endō [ja], and narration by Shigeru Chiba. The series premiered on July 7, 2025 on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo [ja].^[2] The opening theme song is "Cat City", performed by The Yellow Monkey, while the ending theme song is "Matatabi", performed by Wanima.^[4] The series also features an insert song titled "Nyaight of the Living Cat" (ニャイト・オブ・ザ・リビングキャット, Nyaito obu za Ribingu Kyatto), performed by Endō, featuring Marty Friedman and Heidi Shepherd.^[23]

The series is streamed by Crunchyroll in the Americas, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Oceania, and CIS, while SPT handles distribution in Asia-Pacific.^[23][24]

Episodes

No.	Title [25]	Directed by [25]	Written by [25]	Storyboarded by [25]	Chief animation directed by [25]	Original release date
1	"Everything Becomes Cat" Transliteration: "Subete ga Neko ni Naru" (Japanese: すべてが猫になる)	Takafumi Hino	Shingo Irie [ja]	Tomohiro Kamitani	Toshiya Yamada	July 7, 2025 (2025-07-07)
2	"Tonight the Cats Steal the Stars" Transliteration: "Koyoi Nekora Hoshi o Ubau" (Japanese: 今宵ねこら星を奪う)	Sōta Kawano & Masahito Otani	Shingo Irie	Norio Nitta	Akane Hirota, Yasukazu Shōji, Taka Satō & Mai Kuwabara	July 14, 2025 (2025-07-14)
3	"Cats in Prison" Transliteration: "Neko no Rōgoku" (Japanese: 猫の牢獄)	Nozomi Ishii	Shigeru Murakoshi	Akira Nishimori	Akane Hirota, Yuri Abe, Yasukazu Shōji, Taka Satō, Hitomi Kōno & Mai Kuwabara	July 21, 2025 (2025-07-21)
4	"The Cat Is a Harsh Master" Transliteration: "Neko wa Mujihina Sekai no Ō" (Japanese: 猫は無慈悲な世界の王)	Oota Akiko	Shigeru Murakoshi & Shingo Irie	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	Nagisa Takahashi	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)

Reception

The manga was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Printed Manga category in 2021.^[26]