Haru immediately jumps into action, saving the cat from an almost certain death. As she looks on with curiosity the cat crosses the road, not seeing that a truck is heading its way.
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While out walking with her friend, Hiromi she sees a cat walk through town, carrying a small present in its mouth. Haru, a schoolgirl who has a hard time getting on at school, due her often clumsy nature and inability to settle down and stand high with confidence is about to get the shock of her life one fateful day. The Cat Returns may be too simplistic for those more accustomed to Miyazaki’s exertive, symbolic and metaphorical efforts but let that not stop it from providing 75-minutes of pure, fairytale fantasy. While not as prolific a director as Miyazaki and Isao Takahata who would alternate between films, Morita has a firm hold of what makes good storytelling.
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Instead those rights have gone to Hiroyuki Morita who had worked for Ghibli on the animated film My Neighbours the Yamadas. Perhaps the reason that The Cat Returns hasn’t kicked up more of a fuss in the West then is because Miyazaki or Takahata don’t direct or that it was never going to be considered as a serious rival. The Cat Returns however has had little fuss made over it, curious when to this reviewer at least it is every bit as entertaining, if not more so than the aforementioned title which offered a more challenging theme for what is essentially a film meant to be enjoyed by the whole family, but then Ghibli’s ability to be able to appeal to all ages has always been admirable. Kev takes a look at another Ghibli masterpiece.īased upon Aoi Hiragi’s manga, “Baron – Neko no Danshaku” and sharing characters from 1995’s Whisper of the Heart, though not to be considered a sequel, The Cat Returns is Studio Ghibli’s 2002 effort, following on from the highly successful Spirited Away – a film which did monumentally well both domestically and overseas.
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Courtesy of Loaded 247 we’re able to bring you a review of Studio Ghibli’s 2002 animated feature.