A new key visual was revealed last week for the ongoing Neko Oji: The Guy that got Reincarnated as a Cat short TV anime series. The anime shorts began airing in Japan on October 7, 2024 as part of Fuji TV’s “POKAPOKA” variety show.
The cute new visual shows the titular Oji-san cat hanging around with several other feline friends.
Rio and Takahiro Kawakoshi (Golden Kamuy seasons 1-2 assistant director) are directing the short anime series, with EIGHT COLORS handling the animation production. Rio is also handling the character designs.
Other staff include itoken as music composer, Takahiro Kawakoshi as sound director, Ryotaro Nakano (Tawawa on Monday) as director of photography, and Mikako Chizaki (Backflip!! color setter) as color designer.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Takahiro Kameoka as Oji-san
- • Kana Hanazawa as Pun-chan
- • Tomokazu Seki as President
- • Ayaka Ohashi as Tepu-chan
- • Kenjiro Tsuda as Itoyanagi-sensei
The original web manga series by Yajima (known in Japanese as Neko ni Tensei Shita Oji-san) was first published on the creator’s Twitter/X account in February 2023. Kadokawa Shoten later serialized the manga on its KadoComi website on October 2, 2023. Four tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025.
The original manga was nominated at the Ninth Next Manga Awards in 2023, placing second overall in the web manga category. It can be read for free in English on the series’ official Twitter/X account, with the translations being handled by AI localization company Orange (not to be confused with the animation studio of the same name).
Neko Oji: The Guy that got Reincarnated as a Cat follows an ordinary salaryman who is suddenly reincarnated as a cute cat. He is then adopted by the president of the company he used to work at.
Source: Neko Oji Official Anime Twitter
