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The Cat Returns (movie)

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Alternative title:
Chú mèo trở lại (vietnamese)
Das Königreich der Katzen (German)
El Regreso del Gato (Spanish)
Haru en el reino de los gatos (Spanish)
Katteprinsen (Danish)
La ricompensa del gatto (Italian)
Le royaume des chats (French)
Narzeczona dla kota (Polish)
Neko no Ongaeshi (Japanese)
O Reino dos Gatos (Portuguese)
Возвращение кота (Russian)
猫の恩返し (Japanese)
貓的報恩 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: talking animals
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.
User Ratings: 2212 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 241 votes (sub:130, dub:97, raw:6, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:6
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 582 votes (sub:359, dub:201, raw:6, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:14
5 French subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Mandarin dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 643 votes (sub:403, dub:201, raw:11, ?:6, edit.dub:2, others:20
7 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Good: 499 votes (sub:307, dub:155, ?:6, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:29
9 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
3 Russian dubbed
3 French dubbed
2 Dutch subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Czech dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Polish edited dub
)
 Decent: 149 votes (sub:89, dub:47, raw:2, ?:2, others:9
2 Polish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 49 votes (sub:30, dub:16, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 15 votes (dub:7, sub:6, raw:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 3773 users, rank: #235 (of 6485)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.947 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.39, rank: #611 (of 6486)
Weighted mean: 7.885 (Very good), rank: #596 (of 6486) (seen all: 7.89 / seen some: 7.47 / won't finish: 3.35)
Bayesian estimate: 7.883 (Very good), rank: #408 (of 4929)
Running time: 75 minutes
Vintage:
2002-07-20
2007-01-02 (Spain)
Premiere date:
2002-07-20 (Japan)
2005-01-22 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2006-03-03 (HBO Family Latin America)
Release dates: We have 18
Ending Theme:
"Kaze ni naru" by Ayano Tsuji
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 6
Reviews:
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Blu-Ray + DVD combo
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Cat Returns (DVD) 2005-02-22 (from $22.19)
Graphic novel
    The Cat Returns - Picture Book (GN 1) 2007-10-02 (from $12.74)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Script: Reiko Yoshida
Storyboard: Hiroyuki Morita
Music: Yuuji Nomi
Original Manga: Aoi Hiiragi
Character Design: Satoko Morikawa
Art Director: Naoya Tanaka
Animation Director:
Ei Inoue
Kazutaka Ozaki
Director of Photography: Kentaro Takahashi
Advertising Producer:
Ai Nakanishi (Major)
Emi Kagawa (Major)
Hiroi Hosokawa (Major)
Hiroyuki Orihara (Major)
Masaru Tsuchiya (Major)
Michiyo Koyanagi (Major)
Mieko Hara (Major)
Mika Watanabe (Major)
Misa Hirano (Major)
Morikazu Wakizaka (Major)
Naoto Okamura (Major)
Nozomi Fukuda (Major)
Ryohei Okubo (Major)
Shinpei Ise
Yasushi Kanno (Major)
Assistant Director: Koujirou Tsuruoka
Assistant producer: Tomohiko Ishii
Assistant Unit Director:
Junya Saito
Yasushi Imai
Yoichi Senzui
Audio Director: Kazuhiro Hayashi
Background Color Adjustment: Kanako Takahashi
Character Merchandise Development:
Koichi Asano
Mika Yasuda
Rieko Izutsu
Tomomi Imai
Chief Production Manager:
Naoya Fujimaki
Seiji Okuda
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Color Management System:
Kohei Endo
Tetsuya Yamai
Digital Art Enhancement: Keiko Itogawa
Digital Camera & Composite Supervisor: Kentaro Takahashi
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Dolby Film Consultant:
Mikio Mori
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
Editing: Megumi Uchida (Seyama Editing Room)
Editing Assistant: Mutsumi Takemiya
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Foley Mixer: Shuji Inoue
Foley Recording: Kayoko Morozumi
Lab Management: Takehisa Kawamata
Layout Design: Satoko Morikawa
Music Copyright Manager: Takashi Nagai
Music Editing: Naoko Ono
Music Production: Kazumi Inaki
Music Production Management:
Kenjiro Kishi
Yuko Hisamatsu
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Overseas Promotion Manager:
Mikiko Takeda
Nao Amisaki
Stephen Alpert
Post Production:
Noriko Tsushi
Tamaki Kojo
Production Administration Desk: Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production Affairs Manager: Shinsuke Nonaka
Production Committee:
Ayaka Beppu (NTV)
Daisuke Kadoya (NTV)
Daizou Suzuki (Mitsubishi)
Hiroe Hirata (Hakuhodo)
Hisayuki Annen (Mitsubishi)
Junko Ito (Tokuma Shoten)
Kazuaki Ito (NTV)
Kazuhiko Seta (TOHO)
Kenichi Hirano (Tokuma Shoten)
Masakazu Yuasa (Hakuhodo)
Mayumi Hirakata (NTV)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Minoru Muroi (Tokuma Shoten)
Mitsuo Fujimoto (Hakuhodo)
Naohiko Nishio (Mitsubishi)
Noboru Kobayashi (NTV)
Sanae Mitsugi (Tokuma Shoten)
Satoko Kariya (Mitsubishi)
Takahiro Yonezawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Takashi Satou (Hakuhodo)
Takashi Tanatsugu (NTV)
Takeshi Hashimoto (Mitsubishi)
Tatsuo Sato (Mitsubishi)
Tetsuo Nakazawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (Mitsubishi)
Tooru Itabashi (Mitsubishi)
Tooru Iwafuchi (Tokuma Shoten)
Toshio Hagiwara (NTV)
Tsuneo Toriyama (Hakuhodo)
Yasumasa Sone (Hakuhodo)
Yoshihisa Kawazoe (Hakuhodo)
Yoshinari Shimatani (TOHO)
Yoshio Yasunaga (Hakuhodo)
Yukiko Wada (Hakuhodo)
Production Desk:
Hideo Deguchi
Kenji Imura
Production producer: Chiyoshi Tanaka
Project Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
Public Relations: Shokichi Arai
Recording & Sound Mixing: Makoto Sumiya
Recording engineer: Akihiko Oono
Sound Effects: Toru Noguchi
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara
Supervising Manager: Miyuki Shimamiya
Theme Song Arrangement:
Takamune Negishi (Music)
Takuo Yamamoto (Strings and Horns)
Theme Song Composition: Ayano Tsuji
Theme Song Lyrics: Ayano Tsuji
Theme Song Performance: Ayano Tsuji
Titles: Kaoru Mano
Trailer Production: Keiichi Itagaki
Japanese companies
Advertising: Major, Inc.
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Audio Recording: KiKi
Casting Coordination: Pug Point Japan
Development: Imagica
Distributor: TOHO
Foley Recording: Toho Sound Studio
Music Performance: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Production: Studio Ghibli
Music Recording: Tokyo Opera City
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Special Cooperation: LAWSON
Supporting Animation Studio:
Anime Torotoro
Radical Party
Studio Cockpit
Titles: Malin Post
Trailer Production: Gal Enterprise
English cast
English staff
Co-Director: Ned Lott
Executive producer: Rick Dempsey
Producer: Ned Lott

ADR Mixing: Doc Kane
Color Timing: Chris DeLaGuardia
Dialogue Recording:
Bill Higley
Bill Komar
Negative Cutting: Rick MacKay
Post-Production Coordinator: Cory Hansen
Post-Production Manager: David Candiff
Production Coordination: Vicki Rondou
Re-Recording Mixing: Tom Dahl
Studio Management: Randy Coppinger
Supervising ADR Editor: Petra Bach
Voice Casting: Ned Lott
Voice Direction: Rick Dempsey
English companies
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Bae Jung-Min as Yuki
Bak Ji-Hun as Muta
Choe Mun-Za as Haru's Mother
Choe Suk-Pil as Toto
Gim Seo-Young as Haru
Hong Si-Hoe as Baron
Jie Mi-Ae as Natoru
Jun Gwang-Ju as Matsuda
Lee In-Sung as Natori
Noe Min as Neko-ou
U Jung-Sin as Hiromi
Um Sang-Hyun as Rune
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Mathias Kozlowski
Alexis Victor as Le prince Loon
Emilie Rault as Haru
Evelyne Grandjean as Natorn
Jean-Pierre Leroux as Natori
Julie Turin as Blanche
Michel Barbey as Le roi des chats
Noémi Orphelin as Hiromi
Noémie Orphelin as Hiromi
Patrick Borg as Baron
French companies
Broadcaster:
Canal +
Canal + Family (from November 2007)
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from February 2009)
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Verónica Calafell (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Baró (Catalan dub)
Gerardo García as Baron
Jordi Ribes as Baron (Spain dub)
Mariana Ortiz as Haru
Meritxell Ané as Haru Yoshioka (Spain dub)

Alberto Mieza as Muta (Spain dub)
Domenech Farell as Muta (Catalan dub)

Angela Villanueva as Natoru
Edson Matus as Prince Lune
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Natori (Spain dub)
Gaby Ugarte as Yuki
Georgina Sanchez as Hiromi
Iris Lago as Hiromi (Spain dub)
Jorge Santos as King's adviser
Maria Rosa Guillén as Natoru (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Yuki (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as
Professor (Spain dub)
Toto (Spain dub)
Silvia Castelló as Naoko Yoshioka (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Prince Lume (Spain dub)
Victor Iturrioz as King of the Cats (Spain dub)

Olga Supervia (Spain dub)
Silvia Castelló (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
HBO Latin America
Super3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
TVE (clan tv)
Distributor: Cameo (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Sonoblok (Spain dub)
Translation: DARUMA (Catalan dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Andrea Lavagnino as Baron

Bruno Alessandro as Re dei gatti
Enrico Pallini as Toto
Eva Padoan as Yuki
Luca Ferrante as Lune
Massimo Bitossi as Muta

Antonio Palumbo as Professore
Eleonora De Angelis as Madre di Haru
Emanuela Ionica as Chika
Ilaria Stagni as Natoru
Ludovica Bebi as Hiromi
Sergio Lucchetti as Natori
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
German staff
German cast
(none)
Martin Umbach as Baron

Gudo Hoegel as Muta

Kai Taschner as Toto
Susanne von Medvey as Natoru
Thomas Fritsch as Katzenkönig
German companies
Distributor: Universum-Films
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Dutch cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Monolith Films
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
(none)
Adriana Torres as Haru (Rio de Janeiro version)
Armando Tiraboschi as Barão
Letícia Quinto as Haru

Angelica Santos as Yuki
Dado Monteiro as Lune
Rita Almeida as Funcionária Real
Tatá Guarnieri as Muta
Walter Breda as Rei Gato

Cassius Romero as Toto
Cecília Lemes as Mamãe
Eleonora Prado as Hiromi
Portuguese companies
Distributor: Europa Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Sigma
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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