The Cat Returns [Blu-ray]
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
Aoi Hiiragi’s manga about a schoolgirl’s adventures with a very unusual feline comes to the screen in this witty anime feature. Haru is a girl who one day saves the life of a cat while on her way to school. To her surprise, Haru learns she came to the rescue of no ordinary cat — the kitty introduces her to the Kingdom of the Cats, where the feline potentate attempts to arrange a marriage between her and his son. Brought into a world he never knew existed, Haru learns a few lessons about herself as he discovers more about the strange and magical secret world of the cats. Neko No Ongaeshi (aka The Cat Returns) was released in the United States with a dubbed soundtrack featuring the voice talents of Anne Hathaway, Andy Richter, Tim Curry, Peter Boyle, and Elliott Gould.
Morita has a slightly cruder, more realistic sense of the world and its looniness than does Miyazaki, and you can see where The Cat Returns moves on a different track even as it pays homage to Japan’s current animation master.-Michael Booth
When it comes to grand fantasy tales of little girls lost in wonderfully strange worlds, The Cat Returns is no Spirited Away. Still, it’s a serviceable children’s adventure film, with some memorable moments.-Austin Trunick
The story whisks gracefully along with little saunters and pitter-patters of humour. A Princess-and-the-Cat tale that also coolly reflects the arrogant aloofness, suave superciliousness and intriguing independence of man’s best-when-convenient friend.-Brian Gibson
DVD Wholesale Main Features
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Elliott Gould, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry
Directors: Hiroyuki Morita
Writers: Project Concept By Hayao Miyazaki, Original Graphic Novel By Aoi Hiiragi, Screenplay By Reiko Yoshida
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
Language: English, French, Japanese
Subtitles: English, French
Dubbed: French, Japanese
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: G-General Audience
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Presents A Studio Ghibli Film
DVD Release Date: June 16, 2015
Run Time: 75 minutes
ASIN: B00VAAML3S
