Ichigo Momomiya's first date with her crush Masaya Aoyama ends in a burst of mysterious light that leaves her with a stray cat's reflexes and ears. Recruited into the Mew Project, she learns her new abilities come from endangered-species DNA and that she must track down four other altered girls to fight the alien-controlled Chimera Anima before they overrun the city. This TV series reboots the 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew anime.