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A Whisker Away
Synopsis
The story
Miyo Sasaki is an energetic high school girl who comes from a broken family consisting of her unconfident father and an overly invested stepmother, whose attempts at connecting with Miyo come across as bothersome. Seeing Kento Hinode as a refuge from all her personal issues, she can't help herself from forcing her unorthodox demonstrations of love onto her crush. While Miyo is unable to get Kento's attention as herself, she manages to succeed by interacting with him in the form of a white cat, affectionately nicknamed ""Tarou"" by Kento. But Miyo soon realizes that she can't help Kento with the various problems she overhears in her cat form and is now caught between two tough choices. Will she continue her relationship with him as a cat, or will she reveal her identity and risk what they have, in order to help him as her human self? [Written by MAL Rewrite] Note: The film was slated to open in theaters in Japan on June 5, but was postponed due to COVID-19 and received an exclusive streaming on Netflix beginning on June 18.
DramaFantasyRomance
Episode guide
1 episodes
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01Episode 1Unwatched · AiredAired Jun 17, 2020Characters & voices
500 credited
Miyo Sasaki
Main
Kento Hinode
Main
Nekoten Shuyaku
Supporting
Kusugi
Supporting
Masamichi Isami
Supporting
Yoriko Fukase
Supporting
Tomoya Sakaguchi
Supporting
Youji Sasaki
Supporting
Kaoru Mizutani
Supporting
Miki Saitou
Supporting
Kinako
Background
Tamaki
Background
Kakinuma
Background
Hajime
Background
Sugita
Background
Ayumu Niibori
Supporting
Sachiko Hinode
Supporting
Shouta Bannai
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Robert BuchholzAdapter (English)
Junichi SatouDirectorJunichi SatouUnit DirectorJunichi SatouStoryboard
Mari OkadaScript
Mina KubotaMusicMina KubotaMusic Piano PerformanceMina KubotaProgramming
Yuusuke TakedaArt DirectorYuusuke TakedaColor Script
Akiko OobaFinishingTakeshi OokoshiIn-Between Animation
Kyouko KotaniKey Animation
Hiroyasu IshidaKey Animation
Ushio TazawaAnimation DirectorUshio TazawaKey AnimationShinichi UeharaBackground Art
Andrea SolterScript (German)
Tomoyuki AsakawaMusic Harp PerformanceYuuichirou NakajimaBackground ArtThemes & motifs
AniList community tags
ShapeshiftingTheme-Fantasy93%
AnimalsTheme-Other91%
Female ProtagonistCast-Main Cast88%
HenshinTheme-Fantasy83%
KemonomimiCast-Traits80%
Family LifeTheme-Slice of Life79%
Urban FantasySetting-Universe79%
HeterosexualTheme-Romance72%
SchoolSetting-Scene67%
AnthropomorphismCast-Traits66%
YoukaiTheme-Fantasy60%
BullyingTheme-Drama53%
NekomimiCast-Traits46%
CGITechnical41%
Coming of AgeTheme-Drama40%
RuralSetting-Scene38%
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Current3,383
Planning43,958
Completed144,706
Dropped967
Paused835
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
A Whisker Away is a bizarre movie, shifting rapidly from hilarious to adorable to eccentric in mere seconds.
@CaninnTurtle20/27 helpful
An intriguing concept that ultimately turned into wasted potential
@frankwang0098128/160 helpful
A cute and simple film expressing young love and what it means to treasure what you already have...
@Vollerei86/105 helpful
A film that dodged its potential by relying too much on its other-worldly element. Beautiful, nonetheless.
@Toby2B12/21 helpful