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A Whisker Away

 A Whisker Away is a cute and innocent movie that is basically about everybody's three favourite subjects: Love, magic and cats (lots of cats)!

 

A Whisker Away, or Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu (which means "Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat"), is a Japanese animated movie that was released globally and digitally on Netflix June 18th 2020 and produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation and Twin Engine. 

The story follows the main protagonist Miyo "Muge" Sasaki, an unhappy middle school girl living in a city called Tokoname (Tokoname is a city in real life too, existing in Japan) that is head over heels in love with her classmate Kento Hinode (Fun fact: the voice actor for Kento is also the voice actor for Ken Kaneki from the world-famous Tokyo Ghoul!). Kento does not reciprocate Miyo's feelings though, so the thought of unrequited love yet still feeling the need to have him in her life, drives Miyo to make a deal with a not-so-friendly cat that sells magical masks which makes humans transform into cats whenever they put the mask on.
Miyo starts living life as a part-time human and part-time cat, a small, white & blue-eyed cat named Taro. Taro (who is Miyo in cat form) starts frequently visiting and hanging out with Kento at his house or around the town. Kento enjoys having Taro around him, but will he ever accept having Miyo around him if he learns the truth?
 
 
A Whisker Away is an adorable film with many of the elements that I'd like to see in an ideal movie. The fact that this is kind of like a Rom Com (Romantic Comedy) but still focuses on serious things like family troubles, failed love life, disliking yourself, etc... It makes it so much better because we all know that reality isn't as easy and magical as it often is in fictional stories. Realism with a mixture of love and magic (and cats) doesn't hurt though, because it gives people more hope and more optimistic thoughts or maybe even new perspectives. Studio Colorido did a great job with this film, and I would give it an overall rating of a strong 7/10!
Highly recommended for all ages, and especially for cat lovers!
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