Neko no ongaeshi

Haru is down on her luck. She feels picked on at school, unable to get her life together or even talk to the boy she likes. When she sees a cat crossing the road and stuck in the path of... Full review

I watched this for the fourth time today, and enjoyed it just as much, maybe more than the first. For the best experience, I recommend watching in Japanese, with subs if you need them. The original script and voice talent... Full review

'The Cat Returns' is yet another treat produced by Studio Ghibli, the company which brought us masterpieces such as 'My Neighbour Totoro' and 'Spirited Away'.The story of this film is much simpler than previous Studio Ghibli productions/epics with a typical... Full review

Short but sweet- is probably the best way to describe this movie. Unlike other epics created by studio ghibli, such as Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind and Spirited Away, this movie has a very simple story and feels... Full review

Although Hiroyuki Morita has worked with renowned directors Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, and Isao Takahata, he has a style quite his own. While not nearly as refined as Miyazaki, his talent his clear for a newcomer. It isn't a perfect... Full review

Hiroyuki Morita's THE CAT RETURNS is a delightfully engaging children's fantasy from Japanese animation powerhouse 'Studio Ghibli', creators of SPIRITED AWAY. Resurrecting 'The Baron', an aristocratic feline from previous Ghibli release Whispers Of The Heart, this has schoolgirl Haru being,... Full review

Delightful and charming - these two words sum up this film perfectly. My only gripe is that the story takes a little bit to kick into gear, but when it does you find yourself utterly drawn into the magical world... Full review

After the wild but fully justified furore surrounding Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli's next production is a much lower key affair, clearly aimed at a younger market. Having said that, this cynical thirty-something loved it to bits. Ghibli purists seem to... Full review

"The Cat Returns" tells the story of teenaged schoolgirl Haru, who saves a cat from being run down by a truck. To her shock and amazement, the cat rises onto its two hind feet and thanks her. The cat turns... Full review

Let me start by saying that The Cat Returns is not the best of Ghibli and Miyazaki had almost nothing to do with it. If Miyazaki had directed or even written it, the film would have been as great as... Full review

Still, the film is charming and appropriate for younger children....Therein lies the beauty of The Cat Returns.....The film is much more effective when the sentient cats invade the human world, not the other way around.....Cary Elwes, Tim Curry and Elliott Gould also lend their vocal talents.....Anne Hathaway nicely captures the gracelessness of Hiromi, and Peter Boyle adds a hilarious, comical interpretation of the grumpy Muta..... ... Full Review

Before we saw her naked in the May issue of Allure , we only knew Padma Lakshmi as the Top Chef host and hot ex-girlfriend of Salman Rushdie. ... Full Article

February 25, 2005 - Never go to New York City in the dead of winter on an intense multi-day business trip after having just come off a grueling bout of pneumonia. ... Full Article

On Friday, lucky attendees of the LA Anime Festival (through May 15) saw the first of three US theatrical premieres of the latest films from Studio Ghibli. ... Full Article

A scatterbrained schoolgirl gets more than she bargained for after rescuing a cat from an onrushing truck in "The Cat Returns." Supple, matter-of-fact tale of two mini-communities inhabited by talking felines with opposing approaches to interacting with humans, is full... ... Full Article

Welcome to the first installment of a new column here on DVDTalk! With anime becoming so popular, a couple of reviewers here thought it was high time for this genre to have a column all to itself. ... Full Article

Most of us would give a cat the benefit of one its remaining nine lives if given the choice of rescuing it from under the wheels of a careering truck. ... Full Article