Akiba Research Institute Exclusive! Crying I want to cry, I wear a cat's head" distributed worldwide on Netflix, screenwriter Mari Okada's "story I want to write now" is condensed and its charms and scene cuts are revealed!

The animation film "Crying Like a Cat", whose theatrical release has been postponed, will be distributed exclusively worldwide on Netflix from June 18, 2020 (Thursday). In this article, we will introduce previously unreleased scene cuts and the charm of the film, which is said to be a condensed version of the "story I want to depict now" written by Mari Okada, who was in charge of the script.

Crying Like a Cat" is the second feature-length animated film by the animation studio Studio Coloride. The first was the animated film "Penguin Highway" (2018), which won the Best Animated Film Award at the 42nd Japan Academy Awards and the Imatoshi Award (Best Animated Film) at Fantasia International Film Festival.

The film is directed by Junichi Sato, a leading figure in the Japanese animation world, and Tomotaka Shibayama, who makes his feature directorial debut with this film. The screenplay is by Mari Okada, a screenwriter with a reputation for her solid descriptive skills.

In the voice cast, Mirai Shida and Natsuki Hanae play the double roles of Muge and Hinode, two impressionable and sensitive eighth graders. Koichi Yamadera plays the cat shopkeeper, a mysterious mask maker who leads Muge into the "cat" world, and Hiroaki Ogi, a homeroom teacher of Muge and Hinode, is played by Hiroaki Ogi of Ogi Yahagi.

This film is a condensed version of Mari Okada's "the story I want to draw now.

Mari Okada, a screenwriter, wrote the script for this film. The screenplay is written by Mari Okada, who also wrote the hit movie "We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day" that brought tears to the eyes of the whole country. and "My Heart is Screaming. She has received great acclaim for her sensitive portrayal of emotions in such films as "Sora no Aoisa wo Shiranai Hito" (Who Knows the Sky Is Blue?) and "Sayonara no Morno ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou" (Let's Put the Promised Flowers on the Morning of Goodbye), which she directed.

In "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai" (We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day), which made his name known to anime fans. which made his name known to anime fans, depicts the conflict and bond between the protagonist, who is not attending school, and his childhood friends. In "My Heart is Screaming. depicts the protagonist, who is unable to speak, coming out of his shell as he regains his ability to speak by putting his feelings into song.

In "Sayonara no Morno ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou (On the Morning of Goodbye, Let's Put a Promise of Flowers)," he carefully depicted the irreplaceable days between the protagonist, who has a life span of several hundred years, and a young boy, which moved many people. In "Fractal," "Wandering Son," and "Hanasaku Iroha," he has also gained much sympathy by expressing the delicate and wavering emotions of the main characters, many of whom are in various circumstances.

With director Junichi Sato, he created "Crying Like a Cat" with the idea of "making a film about a story that I want to depict now.

The main character is a young girl who loses her place in the world after her parents divorce. She is known by her classmates as "Muge (Infinity Mystery Man)," a nickname that comes from her inability to read the situation and her behavior, but in reality, she spends her days being considerate of others and suppressing her emotions.

Then Muge gets a mask that allows him to transform into a cat, and he gradually becomes comfortable with the freedom of not having to worry about his relationship with his surroundings as long as he is a cat. ......

The fantasy worldview of the film is realistic, set in Tokoname City, but with the world of cats coming into play. Director Junichi Sato also praised the sensitive emotional expressions of Muge and the other junior high school students, saying, "The film depicts the delicate 'pain' that only Ms. Okada can express.

This film is a condensed version of Ms. Mari Okada's "story she wants to draw now." It combines elements of her previous masterpieces with a boy-meets-girl story and a "cat," making it a full-length animated film suitable for 2020, the year that ushers in a new era. This is a full-length animated feature film befitting the year 2020, which ushers in a new era.

Although the film is set in Japan, the story depicting the sensitive emotions of boys and girls can be shared by everyone around the world, and is sure to attract worldwide attention to the name of Ms. Mari Okada.

[Animation film outline
■"Cry Me a Cat.

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Worldwide exclusive distribution on Netflix from June 18, 2020

Cast: Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Hiroaki Ogi, Koichi Yamadera
Director: Junichi Sato, Tomotaka Shibayama
Screenplay: Mari Okada
Theme Song: "Hana ni Ghost" by Yorshika (Universal J)
Planning: Twin Engine
Production: Studio Colorido
Production: "Cry Me a Cat

＜Story＞
I want to help you. I want to be told that I love you.
Sasaki Miyo is a cheerful eighth grade junior high school girl who is always upbeat. Her classmates call her "Muguet (Infinity Mystery Man)" because of her unpredictable behavior. In reality, however, she is very considerate of those around her and spends her days suppressing her emotions, contrary to her nickname "Mugen (Infinite Mystery Man).
Every day, Muguet boldly makes advances toward his classmate Kento Hinode, but his advances are met with no response at all. She is undeterred and continues to appeal to him, but she has a secret that she can't tell anyone.
She has a secret that she can't tell anyone: she takes the form of a cat and goes to see Hinode, whom she loves very much.
One night at a summer festival, the owner of a cat mask store gave Muge a mysterious mask that, when worn, transformed her into a cat, and ever since then she has been going to Hinode's house as Taro the cat.
Normally, Hinode acts coolly, but he is able to confide his honest feelings only to Taro, and Taro has gradually become Hinode's support.
≪When they are "humans," they are distant from each other, but when they are "cats," they are close to each other. Muge, too, finds the freedom of not having to worry about her relationship with others when she is a cat, and gradually becomes comfortable with it. The longer he spends as a cat, the more blurred the boundary between himself and cats becomes.
One day, the owner of the cat store reappears and asks Muge to exchange her "face" for a cat's "mask," forcing her to give up her "human" identity and live as a "cat.
I want to stay by your side forever. But I will never be able to return to "I" again.
Who is supporting me? When they realize what is important to them, their world begins to change.

(C) 2020 "Cry Me a Cat" Production Committee