A dragon raised by cats is finally making its anime debut this Summer.
The official website for “The Cat and the Dragon” has released the anime's first promotional video, while also revealing additional cast members and confirming a 4 July, 2026 premiere date.
The Cat and the Dragon
Premiere window: 4 July, 2026
Studio: OLM
Streaming service: yet to be announced
The trailer:
Who are the new cast members in “The Cat and the Dragon”?
Three additional voice actors have joined the anime's cast:
- Yū Serizawa as Haneko
- Makoto Koichi as Prince
- Kazuya Ichijō as King
While the rest of the cast members are:
- Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryū
- Kikuko Inoue as Mama-nyan
- Fūka Izumi as Shirotae
- Show Hayami as Kurobane
- Noriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Gally
- Chika Anzai as Anne Rossa
- Junya Enoki as Stan
Who is behind “The Cat and the Dragon”?
Jin Gu-Oh directs the fantasy anime at studio OLM. Mitsutaka Hirota handles series composition, while Chiaki Kurakazu and Rie Nishino design the characters. Takahiro Obata is composing the music, with Noriyoshi Konuma as the sound director.
What is The Cat and the Dragon about?
The anime is based on a fantasy light novel series written by Amara and illustrated by Mai Ōkuma. It was first posted by the author as a series of stories on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from 2013 to 2014, before being published as a novel by Takarajimasha in 2016. A manga adaptation by Izumi Sasaki began in 2017.
The story takes place in a fantasy world, where a dragon has been raised by a cat mother among cat siblings. Despite being a dragon, he often behaves like a cat, and thus his weirdly wonderful adventures in this magical land begins.