She and Her Cat

She and Her Cat (1999) — watch online on iFILM, Makoto Shinkai's five-minute black-and-white anime short narrated entirely from a cat's point of view. The cat watches his owner — a young woman who leaves in the morning, comes home at night, and sometimes cries alone.

Shinkai made this film as a student, years before Your Name and 5 Centimeters per Second. The cat doesn't understand her troubles. He just loves her. Stream She and Her Cat (1999) on iFILM.