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DVD : Das Konigreich Der KatzenIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada, Hitomi Sato directed by: Hiroyuki Morita  
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0828766743791 Format: NTSC Release Date: March 13, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: 2002 MPN: 82876674379 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The Cat Returns (2002) brings back Muta, the cranky fat cat, and Baron von Gikkingen, the elegant statue, from the feature Whisper of the Heart (1995). On her way home from school, Haru, a confused 17-year-old, prevents an elegant gray cat from being hit by a truck. She's inadvertently saved the life of Lune, Prince of the Cat Kingdom, and his royal father decides to thank her. He fills her locker with gift-wrapped mice and decides she should come to his kingdom and marry Lune. Haru seeks help from the Cat Bureau, and eventually returns to relatively normal life, with the assistance of Muta and the Baron. 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. Hayao Miyazaki has been seeking young directors for Studio Ghibli for several years. 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. The Cat Returns was directed by Hiroyuki Morita, who shows promise, but lacks Kondo's elegant sensibility. 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. (Rated G: minor scary imagery and cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Too basic for me.Simple basic children's film which is lovely and sweet for kids but anyone older than ten I can't imagine getting too much from this. I'd go for Spirited Away and if you like that Howl's Moving Castle. Rating:  - The Cat ReturnsExcellent story line and wonderful animation. Exactly what one would expect from Studio Ghibli. Rating: - This may be my favorite Studio Ghibli film...Most reviewers seem to count this as a rather mediocre Studio Ghibli effort. Oddly though, it's my favorite. I really enjoy the fairy-tale feel of this movie; it has a heavy dose of fantasy elements that really keep you from getting bored. I also found the characters to be cute and funny (especially Muta). I've watched The Cat Returns several times already, and it just never gets old. Thus, the creators did a very good job of keeping the story lively and imaginative enough to keep the viewer ... Read More Rating:  - Another fun movieAlthough not as intense as Miyazaki films, this is a fun story with a good message for children (and the rest of us, for that matter). Rating:  - Charming, but ultimately medicore.This is basically a fullm movie expanding on some of the ideas you may have seen in Whisper Of The Heart. The whole thing moves at on odd pace, and is usually too slow for me. Would be good for the younger female crowd. Doesn't have a broader age appeal like Howl's Moving Castle has. Browse for similar items by category:
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