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WATCH: Trailer for 'Sailor Moon' director's new anime movie 'A Whisker Away'

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<p>MANILA -- It&#x27;s a story about Muge, a girl who turns into a cat to visit the boy she loves. It&#x27;s a strange one, she, herself, admits, as seen in the trailer for the upcoming new animated movie, &quot;A Whisker Away.&quot; </p><p>Netflix Philippines uploaded the trailer this Thursday, revealing that it&#x27;s set to premiere for Filipinos on June 18. You can check it out below: </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hdcLdv3smOk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;A Whisker Away&quot; is from Junichi Satoh, best known for directing the first season of the original &quot;Sailor Moon&quot; anime. It&#x27;s animated by Studio Colorido (2018&#x27;s &quot;Penguin Highway&quot;), and stars voice actors Mirai Shida (Arrietty, from &quot;The Secret World of Arrietty&quot;) and Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro, from &quot;Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba&quot;). </p><p>The official synopsis can be read below: </p><p>Miyo Sasaki, nicknamed &quot;Muge&quot; meaning &quot;infinitely mysterious,&quot; has a bright personality and is full of energy at school and at home. She is also secretly in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Miyo tries repeatedly to get Kento&#x27;s attention, but he takes no notice of her. </p><p>She realizes that the only way to get close to him is to transform into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous, and she is forced to give up her life as a human. </p>

<p>It's a story about Muge, a girl who turns into a cat to visit the boy she loves.</p>

It's a story about Muge, a girl who turns into a cat to visit the boy she loves.