The official website for the Neko to Ryuu (The Cat and the Dragon/ 猫と竜 ) TV anime has revealed the second promotional video and a new key visual. The video confirms that the anime will have its streaming debut on June 27th, 2026. The anime will stream in Japan on the d Anime Store and ABEMA services at 9:30 p.m.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi4rGcyeYr8]
The anime is scheduled to premiere on Japanese TV on July 4th, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. on the Tokyo MX channel. It will air on the BS NTV channel on July 6th, the Yomiuri TV channel on July 7th, on the Nagasaki Culture Broadcasting channel on July 8th, and on the AT-X channel on July 9th.
Oh Jin-Koo is directing the anime at OLM studios, and the anime will star:
- Koyasu Takehito as Nekoryuu
- 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
- Tanezaki Atsumi as Gally
- Anzai Chika as Anne Rossa
- Enoki Junya as Stan
- Serizawa Yuu as Haneko
- Koichi Makoto as Prince
- Ichigou Kazuya as King
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 a 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. The 13th volume is scheduled for release on July 24th, 2026.
We’ve previously covered Neko to Ryuu on NamiComi News. Check it out here.
