![]() ![]() This manga was translated into English and published by VIZ Media as Baron: The Cat Returns. Later, the short was scraped as the theme park canceled the project, but nonetheless Studio Ghibli continued with the project, making a new story drawing from the short and the manga that Aoi Hiiragi had been commissioned to write as an equivalent to the short, which was written from Shizuku’s perspective, roughly years in her future. Hayao Miyazaki wanted this short to have three key elements: Baron, Muta, and a mysterious antique shop. It was spawned from an earlier Studio Ghibli film, Whisper of the Heart (1995), which depicted short scenes of fantasy elements from the story that the protagonist, a young girl, was writing about, and these scenes became so popular with fans that they demanded a movie be made of Shizuku’s novel.Īt first Studio Ghibli was approached in 1999 by a Japanese theme park, who requested to have them write a 20-minute short starring cats. ![]() ![]() The Cat Returns is a 2002 anime film directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Studio Ghibli. ![]()
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