Tuesday 18 February 2014

028. 猫の恩返し / The Cat Returns (Japan - 2002)


If you like cats, you'll find this film at least cute. I say at least because the art is superb. Hiroyuki Morita has subtle and realistic lines, the ones that colour the world of anime every now and again. The theme is very animeish. A little girl saves a cat on the streets of her city; a cat who happens to be the prince of the Kingdom of Cats. His kinsmen (or would it be kinscats) want to repay her for the kind and heroic act, and bring her to their country in order to arrange a wedding with the prince. But she doesn't really buy into the idea, and wants out, only to notice that she's gradually turning into a cat herself. She then needs a little help from her cat friends from Planet Earth to take her out of there and break the speel. A lot of cats, heh?

Well, the film is well made, no major problems whatsoever. The dialogues are pretty no-nonsense, and the art is, as I've said before, sublime. Simple enough anime. Simple enough - and cute - concept. Well done, Morita. ;-)

Director: Hiroyuki Morita.

Score
Cinematography: 7.5
Voice acting: 7.0
Editing: 7.5
Sound: 8.0
Text: 7.0
Concept: 7.5
Premise execution: 7.5

Average Score: 7.4

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