Nekogami Yaoyorozu | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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猫神やおよろず | |
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Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
Manga | |
Written by | Flipflops |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Champion Red Ichigo |
Original run | July 2007 – October 2012 |
Volumes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Sakurai |
Written by | Touko Machida |
Studio | AIC PLUS+ |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Saitama |
Original run | July 9, 2011 – September 24, 2011 |
Episodes | 12+1 (OVA) |
Nekogami Yaoyorozu (猫神やおよろず?, lit. Cat God Myriads), also known as Cat God, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Flipflops about a cat goddess that lives in an antique shop. A television anime adaptation by AIC PLUS+ aired in Japan between July and September 2011 and has been licensed in North America by NIS America under the title The Everyday Tales of a Cat God.
Nekogami Yaoyorozu is a story about a Cat God named Mayu who has been stripped of her rank and powers and banished from Takama-ga-hara to live on Earth for illegal gambling. She ends up living in an antique shop called Yaoyorozudou with a girl called Yuzu. The story revolves around the various antics the two get up to as they meet with various other gods and creatures from Japanese Mythology.
Nekogami Yaoyorozu began its serial run in the July 2007 issue of Champion Red Ichigo. The series was then republished in four compilation volumes.
In December 2010, an anime television series based on the manga was announced in Champion Red Ichigo. Produced by AIC PLUS+ under the direction of Hiroaki Sakurai, the anime series aired on AT-X between July 9, 2011 and September 24, 2011 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.NIS America has licensed the series under the name The Everyday Tales of a Cat God and released it in North America on subtitled DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 4, 2013.
An OVA subtitled "Ohanami Ghostbusters" 27 minutes 19 seconds long was also released March 21, 2012.