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The Cat Returns (movie)

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[ adapted from Baron: The Cat Returns (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Das Königreich der Katzen (German)
El Regreso del Gato (Spanish)
Haru en el reino de los gatos (Spanish)
Katteprinsen (Danish)
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))
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Themes: catgirls
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
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: 1437 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 165 votes (sub:96, dub:60, raw:6, Spa.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 410 votes (sub:277, dub:122, raw:4, Fre.sub:3, Rus.sub:1, ?:1, Ita.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 407 votes (sub:278, dub:104, raw:9, Ger.dub:4, Spa.sub:3, ?:3, Fre.sub:2, Swe.sub:1, Swe.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 302 votes (sub:201, dub:79, ?:5, Ger.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, Fre.dub:3, Rus.dub:2, Dut.sub:2, Pol.edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 91 votes (sub:60, dub:23, raw:2, Fre.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:10, Ger.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:2)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:4, ?:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 2456 users, rank: #231
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.008 (Very good+.00), std. dev.: 1.3926, rank: #429
Weighted mean: 7.943 (Very good-.05), rank: #454 (seen all: 7.95 / seen some: 6.55)
Bayesian estimate: 7.940 (Very good-.05), rank: #270
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)
Releases: We have 18
Ending Theme:
"Kaze ni naru" by Ayano Tsuji
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
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    The Cat Returns DVD

Artbook
    The Cat Returns - Picture Book (Artbook) 2007-10-02 (from $9.72)
DVD
    The Cat Returns (DVD) 2005-02-22 (from $20.99)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Storyboard: Hiroyuki Morita
Music: Yuuji Nomi
Original Manga: Aoi Hiiragi
Character Design: Satoko Morikawa
Art Director: Naoya Tanaka
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

Advertising Producer: Mika Watanabe
Animation Supervisor:
Ei Inoue
Kazutaka Ozaki
Audio Director: Kazuhiro Hayashi
Background Color Adjustment: Kanako Takahashi
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
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
Foley Mixer: Shuji Inoue
Foley Recording: Kayoko Morozumi
Layout Design: Satoko Morikawa
Music Editing: Naoko Ono
Music Production: Kazumi Inaki
Music Production Management:
Kenjiro Kishi
Yuko Hisamatsu
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Post Production:
Noriko Tsushi
Tamaki Kojo
Production Desk:
Hideo Deguchi
Kenji Imura
Project Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
Recording & Sound Mixing: Makoto Sumiya
Recording engineer: Akihiko Oono
Sound Effects: Toru Negishi
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara
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
 

Aki Maeda as Yuki
Hitomi Satou as Hiromi
Kenta Satoi as Natori
Kumiko Okae as Haru's Mother
Mari Hamada as Natoru
Tetsurou Tanba as Neko Ou
Youko Honna as Chika

Japanese companies 

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
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
Cary Elwes as Baron

Peter Boyle as Muta

Andrew Bevis as Prince Lune
Andy Richter as Notoru
Judy Greer as Yuki
Katia Coe as Haru (young)
Kristen Bell as Hiromi
Kristine Sutherland as Haru's Mother
Tim Curry as Cat King

English companies 
Prints: Technicolor
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
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
Julie Turin as Blanche
Michel Barbey as Le roi des chats
Noémi Orphelin as Hiromi
Patrick Borg as Baron
French companies 
Broadcaster:
Canal +
Canal + Family (from November 2007)
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from February 2009)
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster:
HBO Latin America
TVE (clan tv)
Distributor: Cameo (Spain)
Spanish cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Martin Umbach as Baron

Gudo Hoegel as Muta

Kai Taschner as Toto
Thomas Fritsch as Katzenkönig
German companies 
Distributor: Universum-Films

Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 
Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Monolith Films
Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Rita Almeida as Funcionária Real
Walter Breda as Rei Gato

Cecília Lemes as Mamãe
Eleonora Prado as Hiromi
Portuguese companies 
Distributor: Europa Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Sigma

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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