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A Whisker Away

Official Japanese release poster

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Japanese name
Kanji泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
Literal meaningWanting to tát Cry, I Pretend to tát Be a Cat
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnNakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu
Directed by
  • Junichi Sato
  • Tomotaka Shibayama
Written byMari Okada
Starring
  • Mirai Shida
  • Natsuki Hanae
  • Hiroaki Ogi
CinematographyShinya Matsui
Music byMina Kubota

Production
companies

  • Studio Colorido
  • Toho Animation
  • Twin Engine
Distributed byNetflix

Release date

  • June 18, 2020

Running time

104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

A Whisker Away (Japanese: 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる, Hepburn: Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu, lit. "Wanting to tát Cry, I Pretend to tát Be a Cat") is a 2020 anime romantic fantasy film produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation and Twin Engine. Directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, the film was released on June 18, 2020, on Netflix in Japanese.

Originally slated to tát premiere alongside the Japanese release of the film, the English dub's release was delayed until June 28, 2020, when it was officially released on Netflix.[1][2][3]

Plot[edit]

Miyo Sasaki is an unhappy 8th grader living in the town of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture. She does not get along with her stepmother Kaoru. She always flirts with her crush, the handsome Kento Hinode, even though he has no romantic feelings for her at all, and often tends to tát stay away from her. One day, she receives a magical Noh mask from a mysterious mask seller, which lets her become a cát. As "Tarō", she spends time with Hinode, keeps him company while he studies Japanese pottery, and listens to tát his problems. She longs to tát confess that the cát he loves and the girl he doesn't lượt thích are the same person.

One day, Miyo overhears two boys at school talking trash about Hinode and loudly intervenes by jumping off the school building to tát defend his honor. She hurts herself during the jump, and for the first time, Hinode shows warmth as he takes her to tát the nurse and shares his lunch with her. Later that evening, as Tarō, Miyo learns that Hinode's family is closing their pottery cửa hàng, as the family can no longer afford it. The need to tát cheer him up inspires Miyo to tát confess her love in a letter. In class, a boy snatches the note before she can deliver it and reads it aloud, embarrassing Miyo and Hinode. Hinode selfishly saves face by publicly telling Miyo that he hates her, and for her to tát stay far away from him.

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Devastated, Miyo decides that life with Hinode as a cát is better kêu ca life without him as a human, and her human face falls off in the size of a porcelain mask. The mask seller claims her face and tells her that he will give it to tát a cát who wants to tát become human. Miyo's friends and family begin searching for her, including Hinode, who confesses to tát Tarō that he doesn't actually hate her, and wants to tát apologize for breaking her heart. Trapped in her cát toàn thân, Miyo begins losing her ability to tát understand humans and regrets her choice. Kinako, Kaoru's cát, obtains Miyo's human face and takes over her human life. She refuses to tát return Miyo's face, explaining that she is approaching the over of her natural lifespan but wishes to tát continue living and bring happiness to tát her owner.

Miyo follows the mask seller to tát the secret Island of Cats to tát convince him to tát turn her back into a human. Kinako comes to tát understand just how much Miyo's stepmom loved her cát and has a change of heart. She reveals the secret of the masks to tát Hinode and takes him to tát the island to tát save Miyo. Kinako gives Hinode a cát mask, which turns him into a half-cat: only his arms turn into those of a cát. Kinako and Hinode are trapped by the mask seller but are rescued by Miyo and another cát who used to tát be a human.

The mask seller takes Miyo and Hinode to tát the "promised place" and attempts to tát finalize their transformations by extracting their lifespan, but is foiled by all of the resentful humans that he had previously turned into cats. As they travel back to tát the human world, Hinode apologizes to tát Miyo for berating her and returns her feelings, finally agreeing to tát become her boyfriend, while Kinako returns Miyo's face, returning her to tát normal.

The credits show Miyo telling her friend about how Hinode loves her, Hinode telling his mother that he wants to tát vì thế pottery, and Hinode doing Miyo's signature "Hinode sunrise attack" to tát her.

Voice cast[edit]

Character Japanese voice English voice
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki / Tarō Mirai Shida[4] Cherami Leigh
Kento Hinode Natsuki Hanae[4] Johnny Yong Bosch
Kusugi-sensei Hiroaki Ogi Robert Buchholz
Hajime Fukushi Ochiai[5]
Mask Seller Kōichi Yamadera Keith Silverstein
Kaoru Mizutani Ayako Kawasumi Laura Post
Masamichi Isami Kensho Ono Griffin Burns
Yoriko Fukase Minako Kotobuki Erika Harlacher
Miki Saitō Sayaka Ohara Reba Buhr[6]
Tamaki Rei Sakuma[5]
Yōji Sasaki Susumu Chiba Todd Haberkorn
Sugita Oolongta Yoshida[5]
Kenzo Hinode Motomu Kiyokawa Kirk Thornton
Shōta Bannai Wataru Komada Bryce Papenbrook
Kakinuma Shin-ichiro Miki[5]
Ayumu Niibori Yūsuke Nagano Griffin Puatu
Tomoya Sakaguchi Daisuke Namikawa
Kinako Eri Kitamura[5] Cristina Vee
Yumi Hinode Rina Kitagawa
Shiori Mizoguchi Rie Hikisaka Kira Buckland
Sachiko Hinode Emi Shinohara

Production[edit]

Alley in Tokoname with reinforced pottery walls as seen in the film

The film was animated by Studio Colorido,[7] and was based on an original story created by Mari Okada. The film takes place in Tokoname, nhật bản, since director Shibayama Tomotaka grew up there. Many scenes in the film are directly taken from actual places in the town.[8][9][10]

The theme tuy nhiên, "Hana ni Bōrei" (A Ghost in a Flower), and its ending theme, "Usotsuki" (The Lying Moon), are both performed by Japanese rock duo Yorushika.[11]

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Manga[edit]

In May 2020, a manga adaptation was announced. Its first volume was released on June 10, 2020.[12]

No. Release date ISBN
01 June 18, 2020978-4041096192
  • Chapters 1–3
02 December 10, 2020978-4041108093
  • Chapters 4–

Release[edit]

The film was originally scheduled for release in Japanese theaters on June 5, 2020, but it was pulled from the schedule due to tát the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The film was then sold to tát Netflix who released it digitally on June 18, 2020.[14] On September 18, 2020, it was announced the film would have a limited theatrical run rẩy in nhật bản throughout October 2020.[15] In nhật bản, the film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 23, 2021.[16]

Reception[edit]

On the review aggregation trang web Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[17] Lawrence Bennie of UK Film Review awarded it four out of five stars, calling it "Sweet, xinh đẹp and charming", and "a great piece of anime escapism".[18] Jamie Morris of LeftLion also awarded it a positive review, saying it will "give plenty of people a reason to tát smile."[19]

Awards[edit]

  • Asian Academy Creative Awards "Best Animation Work Award"[20] (in Japanese)
  • The 24th Japanese Media Arts Festival Animation Division "Excellent Work Award"[21] (in Japanese)

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Llewellyn, Tom (June 29, 2020). "A Whisker Away: English dubbing finally released on Netflix". HITC. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
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  8. ^ Montoya, Alfonso (May 1, 2020). "A Whisker Away: Netflix release date and trailer". Summary.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "You can now visit the setting of "A Whisker Away" in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture". Grape Japan. July đôi mươi, 2020. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "You Can Now Visit Real-Life Locations of 'A Whisker Away' in Japan". 9GAG. July đôi mươi, 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  11. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 12, 2020). "A Whisker Away Anime Film's Video Reveals Yorushika Ending Song". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  12. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 17, 2020). "Studio Colorido's A Whisker Away Anime Film Gets Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 26, 2020). "Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu Film Delayed Due to tát COVID-19". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 29, 2020). "Colorido's A Whisker Away Anime Film Streams Globally on Netflix on June 18". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 21, 2020). "A Whisker Away Film Gets Limited Theatrical Run After COVID-19 Delay". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu DVD/Blu-ray". Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu Website. March 19, 2021. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "A Whisker Away". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  18. ^ Bennie, Lawrence (June 19, 2020). "A Whisker Away Netflix film review". UK Film Review. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  19. ^ Morris, James (June 18, 2020). "Film Review: A Whisker Away". LeftLion. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  20. ^ "Japan's first! Winner of the Best Animation Work Award "I want to tát cry I wear a cat"". Sanspo. December 4, 2020. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  21. ^ "The 24th Animation Category Excellence Award". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

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