GKIDS is a producer and distributor of award-winning feature animation for both adult and family audiences. This beautiful tale based on a screenplay from Hayao Miyazaki will delight and amaze audiences of all ages! Together with Seiji, a boy determined to follow his dreams, and enchanted by The Baron, a magical cat figurine who helps her listen to the whispers of her heart, Shizuku embarks on a life-changing adventure that takes her beyond the boundaries of her imagination. He showers Haru with gifts, and decrees that she shall marry the Prince and come live in the Kingdom of Cats!ĭiscover the brilliance of this heartwarming coming-of-age classic from the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of My Neighbor Totoro and the Academy Award ®-winning Spirited Away.Ī chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a quiet schoolgirl, on a quest for her true talent. But things take an even stranger turn when later that night, the King of Cats shows up at her doorstep in a feline motorcade. To her amazement, the cat gets up on its hind legs, brushes itself off, and thanks her very politely. Haru is walking home after a dreary day of school when she spies a cat with a small gift box in its mouth crossing a busy street, and she jumps in front of traffic to save the cat from an oncoming truck.
The Cat Returns and Whisper of the Heart now join Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo in a series of SteelBook releases from the Studio Ghibli collection of films.įrom the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of My Neighbor Totoro and the Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away, comes a charming and magical adventure that will delight the entire family. With this release, two films from one of the world’s most coveted animation collections can come home to collectors in limited edition SteelBook packaging for the first time in North America. Each SteelBook will house a Blu-ray & DVD combo pack, presenting the film alongside hours of bonus features and a booklet with stunning art and statements from the filmmakers.
Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory and GKIDS: Studio Ghibli and GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Factory, will release The Cat Returns and Whisper of the Heart , from the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, on Main limited edition SteelBook packaging with striking new art.
Now you can upgrade both when their Blu-ray Steelbook’s arrive in March. The two films are sort of related because of a feline character. You won’t forget where they are on the Blu-ray shelf when it comes time for a Studio Ghibli night. You will get here the 4 Best Ingredients In High-Quality Cat Food, these top-notch ingredients can impact your pet’s health. This is why you’d want to have Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns in the Steelbook. They’re also one of the studios where you want their movies not merely in your home video collection, but in a format that makes them stand out from your other Blu-rays. It has been some time.Studio Ghibli has proven over the decades to have few peers when it comes to animated studios.
I'm guessing this movie is somehow in relation to Shizuku's story? Or maybe it IS her story, but the movie title obviously has to be different!?
It's been three minutes since the last update!!! Jesus, I'm an idiot!!!!!! MUTA/MOON FROM "Whisper of the Heart" WAS HARU'S ESCORT THERE!!! Bear with me as I update this over and over as I'm amazed by the connections between these movies and my own stupidity.
In that world, he was given a heart/soul because the doll was created with all of the creator's heart, yes? That's amazing!!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but it is the same Baron. I just watched "Whisper of the Heart" and Haru has just arrived at the Cat Bureau in "The Cat Returns."Īre the two connected? Please let me know, haha, as the Baron cat seems the same! Don't think me unintelligent, please, as I've only just watched them and have not done any prior research.