The Cat Returns (2002)
- Original title
- 猫の恩返し
- Directed by
- Hiroyuki Morita
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, children's film, adventure anime and manga, drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 2,479 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenage girl saves a cat from being hit by a truck. The cat turns out to be a prince from a cat kingdom. She gets pulled into that kingdom's world and must find her way back home.
whimsicallightheartedplayfulcharminggentledreamyfancifulmildly adventurous
What happens
The Cat Returns is a 2002 Japanese anime fantasy film directed by Hiroyuki Morita from a screenplay by Reiko Yoshida, based on the 2002 manga Baron the Cat by Aoi Hiiragi. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi and Toho, and distributed by the latter company. It stars Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Tetsu Watanabe, Yosuke Saito, Aki Maeda and Tetsurō Tamba. This is Hiroyuki Morita's first and only film as director for Studio Ghibli. It is a spin-off of Whisper of the Heart. It was theatrically released in Japan on July 20, 2002, through Toho and in 2005 in the United States through Walt Disney Home Entertainment. It received generally favourable reviews, and won the Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on January 16, 2018, under a new deal with Studio Ghibli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Star of Cottonland- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.