The official website for the Neko to Ryuu (The Cat and the Dragon/ 猫と竜 ) TV anime has released a new promotional video and visual, and it confirmed the names of further cast members. The information was released in celebration of Cat Day in Japan, which is held on the 22nd day of February each year. The anime is scheduled to premiere in July 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axl1XuMFmTk]
Oh Jin-Koo is directing the anime at OLM studios, and the anime will star Koyasu Takehito as Nekoryuu, the dragon raised by a cat. The newly confirmed cast members are listed below:
- Inoue Kikuko as Mama-nyan
- Izumi Fuuka as Shirotae
- Hayami Show as Kurobane
- Sugiyama Noriaki as Haibuchi
- Kawase Maki as Chiikuro
- Tokudome Shinnosuke as Kurotama
The anime is based on Amara’s Neko to Ryuu light novel series. The story follows a cat who takes in an orphaned baby dragon as one of her own.
Author Amara started the story in September 2013 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Takaraijimasha published the first light novel with illustrations by Oukuma Mai in April 2016. The series’s ninth novel was released in November 2025.
Sasaki Izumi adapted the light novels into manga in September 2017 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! website, and since April 2020, the manga has also been serialised on the Manga Box website. Takaraijimasha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in January 2018 and the 12th volume in November 2025.
We’ve previously covered Neko to Ryuu on NamiComi News. Check it out here.
