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Cat Returns (The) AKA Neko no ongaeshi (2002)
Wouldn't it be great to become a cat?Director: Hiroyuki Morita
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Behind the Microphone" featurette (8:58)
"The Making of The Cat Returns" featurette (34:10)
Trailers & TV Spots
DISC TWO
Full Storyboard Version of the film (75:04) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
Bonus Trailers:
- For Finnish viewers
-- "The Cat Returns" (2:05)
-- "Spirited Away" (0:45)
-- "Howl's Moving Castle" (2:17)
- For Norwegian viewers
-- "The Cat Returns" (2:05)
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Subtitles:Finnish, Norwegian
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Finnish Dolby Digital 5.1
Norwegian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The back-cover text erroneously mentions the runtime to be 76 min and a Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
Full Storyboard Version of the film (74:59)
"The Making of The Cat Returns" featurette (34:11)
Original Japanese Trailers (6:01)
Japanese TV Spots (2:12)
Bonus Trailers
- Studio Ghibli DVD Collection (11:44)
- Spirited Away (1:46)
- Castle in the Sky (1:35)
- Princess Mononoke (1:45)
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1:33)
- The Cat Returns (2:15) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Ghiblies Episode 2" short
DISC TWO
Entire film storyboard comparison
"Making-of" documentary
"NTV special" documentary
Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:Cantonese, English, Japanese, Mandarin
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:None of the extras are subtitled.
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Extras:Cast and Crew (text, 2 pages)
Biographies (text, 9 pages)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Spanish (Castilian) (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.83:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish (Castilian) Dolby Digital 5.1 -
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Extras:"The Making of The Cat Returns" featurette (34:10)
Entire film storyboard comparison (multi-angle)
Theatrical Trailers (4:41)
Studio Ghibli Collection Trailer (10:50):
- "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"
- "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
- "My Neighbor Totoro"
- "Kiki's Delivery Service"
- "Only Yesterday"
- "Porco Rosso"
- "Pom Poko"
- "Whisper of the Hear"
- "Princess Mononoke"
- "Spirited Away"
- "The Cat Returns"
- "Howl's Moving Castle" -
Subtitles:English, English HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Original Japanese language credits.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
The Film with storyboard-to-film comparison (multi-angle for the entire film). (Japanese DD 2.0 only with Chinese, Japanese or English Subtitles.)
"The Birth Story of The Cat Returns" featurette (34:10)
14 Trailers and TV Spots (11:15) -
Subtitles:Chinese (Traditional), English, Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Disc 1 loads with 'The Lion King' trailer then goes straight to the film. Image is window-boxed.
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Extras:"The Making of The Cat Returns" featurette (34:10)
Entire film storyboard comparison (multi-angle)
Theatrical Trailers (4:41)
Studio Ghibli Trailers (3:12) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The Japanese release has the most extras and DTS sound. Note however none of the extras are subtitled.
The US release has an exclusive English language featurette.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Finland and Norway- Pan Vision / Scanbox - No cuts (71:53 PAL)
- R2 Germany- Universum Film - No cuts (71:54 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Spain- Cameo - No cuts (71:53 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No Cuts (74:59 NTSC > PAL)
- R3 Hong Kong- IVL: Intercontinental Video Limited - No cuts (73:52 NTSC)
- R4 Australia- The AV Channel - No cuts (74:54 NTSC > PAL)
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 25/07/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 03/02/21UPDATE LOG:
24/07/17: Added Germany, ASINs.
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03/02/21: Added Spain.
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