Nekozaki - (猫崎) literally means "cat cape" or "crouching cat" in Japanese (neko means cat, and sa...Nekozaki - (猫崎) literally means "cat cape" or "crouching cat" in Japanese (neko means cat, and sa...
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Didem Dönmez
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• Sep 23
Nekozaki - (猫崎) literally means "cat cape" or "crouching cat" in Japanese (neko means cat, and saki/zaki means cape or point)
NEKOZAKI is a short-form anime comedy built around Tamaki, a fictionalized version of myself — essentially the version of me that exists in my head. She is dry, observant, sarcastic, and determined to treat even the strangest situations like minor inconveniences.
At the center of the story is a magatama, an ancient Japanese curved bead with a distinctive comma-like silhouette that also resembles the number 9. Tamaki’s pendant was passed down through her family, but she has no idea that it carries a supernatural ability. Without it, cats sound exactly as they always have: meows. Once she wears it, those same sounds become completely understandable speech — even from cats surprisingly far away.
What sounds useful quickly becomes a problem. Maru, Tora, and Mikan have opinions about everything. A casual coffee walk becomes the discovery of Tamaki’s new ability; an ordinary exam turns into chaos when an extremely unreliable “local cat network” starts feeding her answers, arguing among themselves, and getting distracted by tuna.
NEKOZAKI was designed as an ongoing anime world rather than a single standalone clip, with recurring characters, visual continuity, running jokes, and a simple supernatural rule that can keep turning everyday situations into increasingly absurd stories.
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