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  • Published: 1 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781945054402
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 180
  • RRP: $24.99

She and her Cat

for fans of Travelling Cat Chronicles and Convenience Store Woman




Award-winning director and author Makoto Shinkai returns with an adaptation of his very first work. Recently adapted into a tv series She and Her Cat is a slice of life story of loneliness, sadness and eventually preserverance expressed by a young woman many people can relate with.

“It was the start of spring. It was raining. That was the day that she brought me home.”

This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness that come with living independently, and Chobi learns of the outside world through her actions. Time drifts slowly for Miyu and her cat, but the harsh realities of the world soon catch up...

  • Published: 1 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781945054402
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 180
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

MAKOTO SHINKAI

MAKOTO SHINKAI is the hugely popular anime filmmaker of YOUR NAME. His debut novel SHE AND HER CAT was a bestseller in Japan. It is inspired by his highly praised five-minute anime and will be published in thirteen languages around the world.

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Praise for She and her Cat

"[Makoto] Shinkai has been hailed as the next Hayao Miyazaki, and his dreamy mindscapes often equal or surpass the anime maestro in breadth of detail and depth of emotion." - Ronnie Scheib, Variety

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