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  1. 1My Roommate is a Cat (2019)My Roommate is a Cat (2019) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 9, 2019Start here if you want to see how far apart a pet and its person can be while trying to solve the very same problem. A withdrawn novelist takes home a stray named Haru. You get scenes from both sides, which means one creature’s loving gesture can look like a household emergency to the other.0
  2. 2Chi's Sweet Home (2008)Chi's Sweet Home (2008) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired Mar 31, 2008A lost kitten moves in with the Yamada family, and you get the world at roughly the height of a food bowl. The short episodes make a new sound, a trip outside, or an unexpected box the size of an adventure. Try the hand-drawn series for a gentle place to start with a very young viewer.0
  3. 3The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (2023)The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (2023) 7.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jul 8, 2023The animal in this apartment is the one who knows how to cook and keep things tidy. Yukichi, an enormous black cat, has to look after Saku, who manages to hold down a job without much luck running her home. You get the familiar judgmental cat stare from someone who also has dinner in hand.0
  4. 4The Cat Returns (2002)The Cat Returns (2002) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased Jul 19, 2002Choose this film when you want the cats to have their own etiquette, hierarchy, and bad ideas. Haru rescues a cat and gets drawn into the Cat Kingdom, with the elegant Baron and the much less polished Muta coming to her aid. You get a full fantasy adventure with three very different attitudes…0
  5. 5Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)Ghost Cat Anzu (2024) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased Jul 19, 2024Anzu is a big, rough-mannered cat who has lived long enough to forget any obligation to act cute. When Karin comes to stay in the countryside, he’s given responsibility for her, with predictably uneven results. Pick this if you want a funny friendship with grief and an unruly spirit world in the…0
  6. 6Nights with a Cat (2022)Nights with a Cat (2022) 7.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Aug 3, 2022Come for Kyuruga if you want a cat drawn more like a cat than a small person. Futa starts living with him and suddenly has to account for what a cat can do to a sleeve, a resting place, or a careful plan. The small episodes make you notice the animal’s own way of moving through a room.0
  7. 7She and Her Cat: Everything Flows (2016)She and Her Cat: Everything Flows (2016) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired Mar 4, 2016Daru narrates the time he spends with Miyu, who’s trying to find her footing in adult life. His priorities are simple enough that you can feel how much he understands about companionship even when human worries don’t make sense to him. The story has more melancholy than the usual short pet comedy.0
  8. 8She and Her Cat (1999)She and Her Cat (1999) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased Oct 1, 1999Makoto Shinkai’s black-and-white short puts the cat Chobi in charge of telling the story of life with his owner. You hear ordinary changes in the household filtered through an animal who knows the rhythms better than the reasons. Choose it for a very compact, more spare companion to Everything…0
  9. 9Ramen Akaneko (2024)Ramen Akaneko (2024) 7.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jul 4, 2024A human named Tamako takes a job at a ramen shop run by cats. She spends time brushing the staff as well as seeing how the shop works, while the cooks and servers have distinct ideas about service. Choose it when you want a workplace comedy that takes its cat logic as seriously as its broth.0
  10. 10Tonari no Yokai-san (2024)Tonari no Yokai-san (2024)First aired Apr 7, 2024Buchio has been a family cat for twenty years when he becomes a two-tailed cat spirit. His family welcomes him back, and he has to figure out what his new life means in a town where humans and spirits get along. Watch it for a gentler kind of supernatural coming-of-age story.0