Japan Synopsis
泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
“The Magic That Brought Us Closer”
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Kento. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Kento, but eventually it may also make her unable to transform back to a human.
Audience Engagement
1,241 audience reviews — more than 97% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Whisker Away. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedKONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Legend of Crimson
★ 8.1 · Japan
5 sharedNiNoKuni
★ 6.5 · Japan
4 sharedHer Blue Sky
★ 7.1 · Japan
4 sharedOverlord: The Undead King
★ 7.0 · Japan
4 sharedanohana: The Flower We Saw That Day – The Movie
★ 7.5 · Japan
4 sharedThe Wonderland
★ 6.5 · Japan
Other Titles From Studio Colorido
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Whisker Away itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
A Whisker Away holds position #121 of 500 Japan films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Whisker Away premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4112th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Whisker Away, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cartoon cat · 4
- personal growth · 3
- mask · 2
- cat girl · 2
- animal · 21
- anthropomorphism · 20
- parallel world · 20
- unrequited love · 19
- transformation · 16
- isekai · 10
- secret love · 8
- anime · 711
- supernatural · 89
- magic · 84
- school · 82
- slice of life · 58
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #636 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #534 of 2,532 (top 21%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Colorido |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | June 18, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11958344 |
| Official Site | nakineko-movie.com |