Ghost Cat Anzu: anime film arrives in Italian cinemas for 3 days only

The animated film Ghost Cat Anzu will be released in Italian cinemas as a special event on March 9, 10, and 11, 2026, following screenings at the Cannes Film Festival and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film is part of the Animagine series, a collaboration between Dynit and Adler Entertainment. Directed by Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, which also produced early works by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Ghost Cat Anzu employs a mixed technique: initially shot in live-action, then meticulously redrawn frame by frame. The story follows 11-year-old Karin, left by her father at a shrine in a small Japanese town where her grandfather lives as a monk. She meets Anzu, a jovial and capricious ghost cat, and their forced coexistence turns into an adventure. The film has been praised by Le Parisien as having 'two magical heroes who enchanted Annecy,' by Deadline as 'one of the most eccentric animation works,' and by Variety as 'deliciously nonconformist.' The article was written by Margherita Bordino for Artribune.