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The Acorns and the Wildcat

198825mMovieAnimationFantasy

The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out…

DirectorToshio Hirata
WriterKenji Miyazawa

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Cast · Directed by Toshio Hirata

KK
Kuni Kawachi
Narrator

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The Acorns and the Wildcat hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 18, 1988. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.