Ghibli -The Cat Returns-

The Cat Returns was showed 2002. I went to the preview of this movie with my family.

This movie’s box-office revenue is 6,460 million yen.

One day, this movie’s heroin named Haru helps the cat which seemed overridden by a truck. Surprisingly, the cat is a prince of the kingdom of cats. She gets a catalog from a party of the cat king as a token of thanks at night. As thanks, the secretary of the cat king named Natoru gives her gifts and she is offered the cat prince’s wife. She is perplexed and follows the mysterious voice heard. Then she met a white fat cat named Muta. Haru comes to a cat’s office by a guide of Muta and meets the office’s chief named Balon and his friends, Toto. Balon is a cat and Toto is a crow. They are Muta’s friends too. Then a group of cats appears to receive her, and Haru and Muta will bring to the cat kingdom for them. After, it is decided that Haru gets married to prince named Lune by the cat king. But Baron which appeared at held congratulatory party rescues her. Haru, Baron and Muta try to capture a labyrinth and a tower and return to the human’s world. While they go up a tower, they are nearly caught by the cat king again, but Lune and a white cat helps them. The white cat’s name is Yuki. Yuki says that I have helped by Haru before, and that she got cookies of fish mold. That voice which led Haru to the cat’s office was also her. Lune was in love with Yuki. Lune handed the cookie for which he has searched the human’s world to Yuki and proposed to her. Of course, she accepted it. Finally, Haru, Baron and Muta return to the human world and confess Haru to Baron then. He tells her "When the event which would be a problem again has happened, a gate in the cat’s office is opened." and leaves with Toto and Muta.

My favorite character is Baron. He is still and gentleman-like. When he helps Haru, he acts a young nobleman of a mask. It is very cool. The scene for which he holds Haru in the side holding and runs, and the scene for which he competes with the cat king to sword work are also cool.

This movie is spin-off of Whisper of the Hearts. Whisper of the Heart was showed 1995. This movie’s heroin named Shizuku is a 3rd grader of junior high school. She likes reading books and often borrows it by the library where her father works. One day, Shizuku sees a book card, and notices that there is a man who borrows and reads the book she reads ahead of everything. The man’s name is Seiji Amasawa. Seiji is a classmate at the same school as Shizuku. Baron and Muta appear in this movie. The Cat Returns is setting as the work Shizuku wrote.

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