Prince Lune and Yuki are a great couple and I loved her backstory. I really liked Toto as he is a wonderful bird. The relationship between him and Haru is sweet, if a bit creepy when you think about it.

He is badass, cool and like a dashing hero of yesteryear.

I loved that connection between the two movies even if they are the complete opposite of each other. This movie is literally a spin-off of ‘Whisper of the Heart’ as in that movie this character was just a figurine, but now we get him in full flesh. Her mother and her friend are solid for the little screen time that they received, but this is the movie about cats and they are the strongest characters here. I really liked her and she is such a likable, sweet person. But it is different than the aforementioned film because it is much more fun, childlike and jokey in its approach. I loved that they repeated that journey and message and they did it wonderfully once again. The plot is similar to ‘Spirited Away’ in a sense that the protagonist is changed after going on a fantastical journey and is now a more responsible, more adult person. The story reminds of Disney Princess movies as here we basically get a Ghibli princess which was awesome to witness. It is actually one of my childhood favorites and I still love it now as an adult. This film is about a directionless teenage girl Haru who, after saving a young cat prince from certain death, is brought to the cat kingdom where she is supposed to marry a prince. “I respect a woman who stands up for herself.Įven if she does like sticking her nose in other people’s business! “ It is one of their most pleasant, most underrated works. The Cat Returns is a 2002 anime fantasy film from Studio Ghibli.

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