![]() ![]() Later that day she chews out the king's servant for all the gifts because they only appealed to cats and she tells him they haven't made things better for her. The are gifts of Lacrosse sticks, cattails, catnip and mice. As thanks, the Cat King gives Haru a list of gifts she'll receive. As it turns out, the cat's name is Lune, and he is the Prince of the Cat Kingdom. ![]() That night, the king of the Cat Kingdoms comes to thank her for saving his only son. Later she tells her mother and her mother remembers how Haru once said she could talk to cats especially when she was younger, she gave a stray cat some fish crackers. After the cat leaves, Haru tells her friend that the cat spoke but she doesn't believe Haru. The cat stands up and thanks Haru for saving him Haru is too surprised to even respond. ![]() One day, she saves a Russian Blue odd-eyed cat from being hit by a truck on a busy road. Haru, a quiet and shy high school student who has a suppressed ability to talk with cats. Haru rescues Prince Lune from an accident. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on January 16, 2018, under a new deal with Studio Ghibli. The film earned a box office revenue of ¥6.46 billion, and was the top-grossing film of 2002, while it shipped an estimated 720,000 units on DVD and VHS as of May 2007. It received an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival. The poster's advertising slogan is "Isn't it okay to become a cat?" (猫になっても、いいんじゃないッ?). This is the only film so far to be directed by Hiroyuki Morita. The voice actor for the Baron was changed from Shigeru Tsuyuguchi to Yoshihiko Hakamada due to wanting to give the character a "youthful feeling" while Yoko Honna, who voiced Shizuku from Whisper of the Heart returns as Haru's classmate Chika. It was screened in theaters alongside Ghiblies Episode 2.īased on Baron: The Cat Returns, a manga spin-off of Whisper of the Heart written by Aoi Hiiragi that was originally planned as a 20-minute promotional animated short for a cat-themed theme park starring Moon. The DVD extras include a fulsome making-of documentary, Morita's voluminous storyboards, and mini-interviews with the vocal cast that includes Tim Curry, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, and Elliott Gould.¥6.46 billion (USD$54 million) The Cat Returns (猫の恩返し , Neko no Ongaeshi, literally The Cat's Repayment) is an animated film directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi and Toho and was released on July 19, 2002. The Cat Returns was directed by Hiroyuki Morita, who shows promise, but lacks Kondo's elegant sensibility. After preparing the script and storyboards for Whisper, he turned the film over to Yoshifumi Kondo, who died tragically shortly after the film's release. Hayao Miyazaki has been seeking young directors for Studio Ghibli for several years. The Cat Returns recalls Whisper of the Heart and Takashi Nakamura's Catnapped, but it offers neither the wistful charm of the former nor the bold visual imagination of the latter. Haru seeks help from the Cat Bureau, and eventually returns to relatively normal life, with the assistance of Muta and the Baron. He fills her locker with gift-wrapped mice and decides she should come to his kingdom and marry Lune. She's inadvertently saved the life of Lune, Prince of the Cat Kingdom, and his royal father decides to thank her. On her way home from school, Haru, a confused 17-year-old, prevents an elegant gray cat from being hit by a truck.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |