The Royal Cat

The Royal Cat (金陵御猫, Jīnlíng Yù Māo) is a 2024 animated film directed by Liang Cao.

It was released in Chinese theaters on August 24, 2024.

Well Go USA Entertainment licensed the film, while Studio Nano p[roduced an English Dub, which was released digitally on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and AppleTV on October 14, 2025. It was also released on Blu-ray & DVD.

Synopsis

The movie "The Royal Cat" tells the story of young Bao Zheng, who first enters Jiangning Prefecture and encounters the number one strange case in Jinling, the "Human Animal Metamorphosis". During the investigation of the case, Bao Zheng accidentally encountered a stray cat with a severed tail named Zhan Ao, and was forced to team up with one cat to embark on a journey of investigation. The mysterious "tanuki for crown prince" controversy has made Zhan Ao a wanted criminal, and Bao Zheng is imprisoned. As they get closer to the truth, a conspiracy for a Mid Autumn Festival banquet is brewing, and Zhan Ao's unknown past is gradually coming to light……

Cast[]

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
Bao Zheng	Ma Zhengyang	Darrel Delfin
Zhan Ao	Tutehameng	Ryan Negrón
Chai Xishang	Zhang Jie	Mauricio Ortiz-Segura
Queen	Ai Zhang	Maganda Marie
Prince	Liu Xiaoyu	¿?
Emperor	Linhao Qing	¿?
Jin Ling	Sheng Feng	¿?
Jinmao Mouse	Zhang Lu	Brianna Roberts
Kou Zhou	Zhu Shengyi	Macy Anne Johnson
Sun Erniang	¿?	Maria Amelia Park
Qian Lang	¿?	Shawn Gann
General Kou	¿?	Nicholas Markgraf
Narrator	Cong Liu	¿?