{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T21:28:42.892Z","story":{"id":"r_c90b234b17474f83b38753be","slug":"cat-and-the-dragon-anime-adds-three-cast-members-and-a-new-trailer","url":"https://yomimono.id/cat-and-the-dragon-anime-adds-three-cast-members-and-a-new-trailer","headline":"The Cat and the Dragon Anime Adds Three Cast Members and a New Trailer","summary":"The television adaptation of Amara and Mai Okuma's light novel series The Cat and the Dragon revealed a second promotional video, a key visual, and three additional voice actors on May 14. Atsumi Tanezaki will play Gali, Chika Anzai will play Annerossa, and Junya Enoki will play Stan. The characters appear in the new trailer alongside the previously announced cast, which includes Takehito Koyasu as the cat-raised dragon Nekoryu and Kikuko Inoue as Mamanyan. The series is scheduled to premiere in July 2026. Studio OLM is handling animation production, with Jin-Koo Oh directing and Mitsutaka Hirota writing the series composition. Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu are the character designers, and Takahiro Obata is composing the music. The story began as a short story on the web platform Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2013. Takarajimasha later picked it up for a print release under its Bunko label. The light novels have sold over one million copies across nine volumes. A manga adaptation by Izumi Sasaki runs on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web platform.","why_it_matters":"The second trailer arrives roughly two months before the July premiere and fills out the supporting cast with three actors who have led major fantasy series, signaling a production scale that matches the source material's million-copy sales figure.","published_at":"2026-05-16T14:00:44.000Z","source_count":4,"sources":["Anime News Network","Anime Trending","Anime Corner","Niche Gamer"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"The Cat and the Dragon Anime Reveals New Promo Video, More Cast Members","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-14/the-cat-and-the-dragon-anime-reveals-new-promo-video-more-cast-members/.237355"},{"source":"Anime Trending","title":"the cat and the dragon reveals new trailer and visual","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/14/the-cat-and-the-dragon-reveals-new-trailer-and-visual"},{"source":"Anime Corner","title":"The Cat and the Dragon Anime Reveals New Trailer, Additional Cast","url":"https://animecorner.me/the-cat-and-the-dragon-anime-reveals-new-trailer-additional-cast/"},{"source":"Niche Gamer","title":"The Cat and the Dragon anime reveals more cast and new trailer","url":"https://nichegamer.com/the-cat-and-the-dragon-anime-reveals-more-cast-and-new-trailer/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["The Cat and the Dragon"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Atsumi Tanezaki","Chika Anzai","Junya Enoki"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}