The kingdom of cats
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | The kingdom of cats |
| Original title | 猫 の 恩 返 し |
| transcription | Neko no Ongaeshi |
 | |
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| Studio | Studio Ghibli |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hiroyuki Morita |
| script |
Reiko Yoshida , Aoi Hiiragi |
| production |
Toshio Suzuki , Nozomu Takahashi |
| music | Yuji Nomi |
The Kingdom of Cats ( Japanese 猫 の 恩 返 し , Neko no Ongaeshi , Eng. "Thank you cat (s)") is an anime film from the Japanese production studio Studio Ghibli from 2002.
The film is based on the manga Baron: Neko no Danshaku ( バ ロ ン 猫 の 男爵 , Eng. "Baron: Katzenbaron") by Aoi Hiiragi . This in turn goes back to Voice of the Heart - Whisper of the Heart , another Ghibli film adaptation of a work by Hiiragi. There the protagonist Shizuku is writing a novel about a cat named Baron Humbert von Gikkingen. Hayao Miyazaki asked Aoi Hiiragi to actually write the plot of this fictional novel as a companion book to Voice of the Heart .
A German dubbed version ran for the first time on October 1, 2005 under the title The Kingdom of Cats on Disney Channel . It was released on DVD on March 12, 2007 by Universum Anime .
action
Haru Yoshioka, a 17-year-old student, is known to be late. She is also late for class one day and is laughed at by her class and her crush because of it. On the way home from school, she and her friend Hiromi saw that a cat with a small package in its mouth was in danger of being run over by a truck. Without thinking about her own safety, Haru saves the cat, who, to her surprise, taps itself off like a human being, bows and thanks in a human voice for the rescue.
During the night she notices a great deal of unrest among the cats in the neighborhood. The King of Cats is brought in a large procession on a litter in front of Haru's house, and the secretary Natoru gives Haru a scroll to thank him for saving the prince. On the scroll, the "benefits" that the cats want to give her are listed. For example, a jungle of catnip grows in front of her house overnight , which is why hordes of cats run after her, and in her locker at school she finds tons of living mice wrapped in gift boxes.
Finally she gets a visit from Natori, a secretary of the Cat King, who coaxes her into giving her permission to come to the Cat Kingdom. There she is supposed to be married to the Prince of Cats, which Haru doesn't like. In a panic, she sees herself as the bride of a cat and desperately thinks about how to avert this. A voice comes out of nowhere telling her to contact the cat office and they will help. After initial difficulties, she also finds it and meets a living cat doll in an aristocratic suit, who introduces herself as Humbert von Gikkingen, known as "The Baron ".
While she is still in the baron's house, the cats come by and kidnap her into their realm. The baron and one of his cat friends Muta pursue her because Haru becomes a cat in the cat realm and cannot transform back into a human if she does not return to the human world by dawn. Having to rely on the baron's help, Haru makes his way back to her world. During this adventurous journey, however, she realizes that she is finding more and more to herself, to herself.
The adventures in the cat kingdom have turned Haru into a young adult who is reevaluating her life. The film ends with Haru who got up early in the morning - before her mother - to go to the cinema with her school friend. When she tells her something about Haru's crush from school, Haru shows with the sentence: "This is no longer so important to me" that she sees things differently now.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Haru Yoshioka | Chizuru Ikewaki | Angela Wiederhut |
| baron | Yoshihiko Hakamada | Martin Umbach |
| Yuki | Aki Maeda | Alisa Palmer |
| Hiromi | Hitomi Satō | Shandra Schadt |
| Natori | Kenta Satoi | Ulrich Frank |
| Muta | Tetsu Watanabe | Gudo Hoegel |
| Toto | Yōsuke Saitō | Kai Taschner |
| Haru's mother | Kumiko Okae | Marina Koehler |
| Cat King | Tetsuro Tamba | Thomas Fritsch |
| Run / Lune | Takayuki Yamada | Roland Peek |
| Natoru | Mari Hamada | Susanne von Medvey |
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote: " Imaginative and fabulosic cartoon that tells its enchanting story with entertaining twists and turns and a noticeable inclination for the surreal ".
The magazine AnimaniA judged: " An entertaining and enjoyable story, detailed scenarios and a loving character design: the kingdom of cats fits seamlessly into the series of top-class Ghibli productions ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ バ ロ ン 猫 の 男爵 . In: Studio Ghibli. Retrieved March 2, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ The Kingdom of Cats. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 18, 2016 .
Web links
- The Cat in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Cat atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Full information about the film on Nausicaa.net - English