The Cat Returns (2002) [G]

Release Date:
July 19, 2002

Original Title:
猫の恩返し

Alternate Titles:
Das Königreich der Katzen
El Regreso del Gato
Haru en el Reino de los Gatos
Neko no Ongaeshi
O Reino dos Gatos
The Cat Returns
le royaume des chats
Η Επιστροφή της Γάτας
Віддяка кота
Кицина подяка
猫的报恩
貓之報恩

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Mitsubishi
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Studio Ghibli
TOHO
Tokuma Shoten

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: G  BR: L  CH: 12  CZ: U  ES: APTA  FR: U  GB: U  HU: KN  IE: G  KR: ALL  NL: AL  SE: 7  TW: 普遍級  US: G 

Runtime: 75

It's not so bad being a cat, now is it?

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

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Animation Director:
Ei Inoue
Kazutaka Ozaki

Art Direction:
Naoya Tanaka

Assistant Director:
Kojiro Tsuruoka

Assistant Editor:
Mutsumi Takemiya

Associate Producer:
Tomohiko Ishii

Casting Coordinator:
Motohiro Hatanaka
Naomi Yasu
Ayumi Sato

Character Designer:
Satoko Morikawa

Color Designer:
Osamu Mikasa

Color Timer:
Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Comic Book:
Aoi Hiiragi

Compositing Artist:
Katsufumi Sato
Toshiyuki Fukushima
Masashi Toriyama
Takeo Gotou
Tooru Fukushi
Hironobu Horikoshi

Director:
Hiroyuki Morita

Director of Photography:
Kentaro Takahashi

Editor:
Megumi Uchida

Executive Producer:
Seiichiro Ujiie
Takeyoshi Matsushita
Koji Hoshino
Hideyuki Takai
Hironori Aihara
Toshio Miyakawa

Foley Artist:
Yukio Hokari
Yuji Tan
Akihiko Okase
Masaya Kitada

Foley Mixer:
Shuji Inoue

Foley Recordist:
Kayoko Morozumi

Key Animation:
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Sawako Miyamoto
Shigeru Kimishima
Norio Matsumoto
Ken Baba
Ayako Hata
Toshiyuki Komaru
Mariko Matsuo
Yoshinobu Michihata
Shigeo Akahori
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Shinji Otsuka
Michio Mihara
Shinobu Mori
Jun Sekiguchi
Mineko Ueda
Shinichiro Yamada
Keiko Nakaji
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Teiichi Takiguchi
Masahiro Kurio
Tadashi Okumura
Keiko Shimizu
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Masafumi Yokota
Hiroyuki Aoyama
Masahiro Koyama
Michiyo Suzuki
Nagisa Miyazaki
Toshiharu Sugie
Tetsuya Nishio
Yuichi Tanaka
Emiko Shimura
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Minoru Ohashi
Miwa Sasaki
Yoshiharu Sato
Hisao Yokobori
Atsuko Otani

Music Arranger:
Takamune Negishi
Takuo Yamamoto

Music Producer:
Kazumi Inaki

Original Music Composer:
Yuji Nomi

Original Story:
Hayao Miyazaki

Painter:
Hiroshi Iijima

Producer:
Toshio Suzuki
Nozomu Takahashi
Chiyoshi Tanaka

Production Assistant:
Atsushi Kamimura
Ryosuke Kiyokawa
Yosuke Toba
Yuichiro Mochizuki

Production Coordinator:
Hayao Miyazaki

Production Manager:
Seiji Okuda
Naoya Fujimaki

Production Supervisor:
Shogo Komagata
Sueko Sawanuma
Tomoki Horaguchi
Akio Ichimura
Hisayo Itou
Taishi Ishida
Mitsu Watanabe
Keiyo Yasuda
Tamami Yamamoto
Eiko Fujitsu

Public Relations:
Shokichi Arai
Nobuko Shiraki
Junichi Nishioka
Yumiko Ukai

Screenplay:
Reiko Yoshida

Sound Effects:
Toru Noguchi

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Makoto Sumiya

Sound Recordist:
Akihiko Ono

Special Effects:
Toyohiko Sakakibara

Storyboard Artist:
Hiroyuki Morita

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