
The Cat Returns
Haru is a girl who one day saves the life of a cat that turns out to be unordinary cat. Haru then finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.

















14 November 1962, Gunma, Japan

11 July 1951, Nagoya, Japan

31 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

20 August 1968, Kanagawa, Japan

1 March 1968, Long Beach, California, USA

24 September 1979, Portland, Oregon, USA

16 July 1973, Shizuoka, Japan

18 October 1935, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA


14 May 1957, Chiba, Japan

26 October 1962, London, England, UK

23 August 1956, Tokyo, Japan

24 April 1985, Orlando, Florida, USA

20 July 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA

28 September 1970, Tokyo, Japan

18 July 1980, Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA



25 July 1969, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

19 April 1946, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK


23 October 1982

1 June 1940, New York City, New York, USA

11 August 1951, Gunma, Japan



24 November 1960, Sacramento, California, USA


15 December 1969, Japan



August 05, 2006
...moves along at a brisk clip and features a bright, vibrant animation style...
June 20, 2007
[Director] 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.
June 16, 2010
Undeniably sweet, but it is also undeniably slight, and not remotely as visually rich as we've all come to expect from Studio Ghibli.
May 26, 2006
The film has some of Miyazaki's exquisite timing, pacing and use of space.
September 01, 2008
Director Morita does an exemplary job of bringing a Japanese graphic novel to the screen.
September 01, 2008
Catchy entertainment for kids and adults...
February 09, 2006
Another enjoyable fantasy adventure from Studio Ghibli.
September 01, 2008
Interesting and watchable, but definitely not up to Miyazaki's standards.
September 30, 2005
despite its exquisite artwork and expert voice cast, this still looks a bit like the bedraggled runt of the Ghibli litter.
May 06, 2013
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.
April 01, 2006
There's little tension or opportunity for emotional involvement in the brief story, and despite competent animation the cats are rarely anthropomorphised to good comic effect. One for anime -- and animal -- lovers only.
February 23, 2014
The Cat Returns...is all fluff, but it's cute and enjoyable fluff at the very least.