When the family gets a new cat named Cerisier and begins doting on it, Maru gets jealous.
The anime’s story centers on a cat named Maru, adopted by a girl named Anna from a shelter in Matsuyama city.
The NHK Matsuyama Broadcasting Station announced on March 8 that NHK is producing a television anime based on Ehime prefecture’s “local tale” Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan (The Sad and Fat Cat) that will premiere on NHK General in December.
Michiya Katō (Okko’s Inn compositing director of photography, Odenkun, Nandaka Velonica) is directing the anime at Cyclone Graphics inc.