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It isn’t long before Haru’s arranged marriage in the kingdom of cats becomes an immediate reality.
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There some plot about her having to ‘believe in herself’ in order to later escape the magical kingdom of cats, but really her inability to help herself sits just on the right side of endearingly useless.Īt a lean 75 minutes, the movie moves along at a quick lick of speed.
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She is a slighty ditzy high school student who falls over a lot, has an unrequited crush on a classmate, and generally runs late to everything. Oddly, as Studio Ghibli is stacked to the gills with strong female characters who either stand firm or go through important emotional journeys, Haru is almost a refreshing protagonist for doing neither.
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Voiced (in the English Dub) by the also very suave Cary Elwes, the Baron is a great self-confident adventurer character who is used sparingly but effectively throughout the movie. The Baron is the ‘returning cat’ from Whisper Of The Heart but whereas before he was an inanimate small statuette with emerald eyes, this time he is brought to life by hazy ‘magic’. Realising she is in trouble from the persistent Kingdom cats and on the advice of a mysterious voice, Haru tracks down the Cat Bureau, staffed by: grumpy fat cat Muta quick witted magical stone crow Toto and suave leader The Baron. Instead of the exploration of a young girl’s burgeoning inner drive and tinges of romance, we have a light fantasy adventure in which talking cats and hidden kingdoms come into play. Ostensibly following on from 1995’s whimsical masterpiece, Whisper Of The Heart, this movie takes a few key elements and fashions a completely different story with them. ‘Sequel’ is stretching it a bit with The Cat Returns.