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The Cat Returns (movie)

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Alternative title:
Chú mèo trở lại (vietnamese)
Das Königreich der Katzen (German)
El Regreso del Gato (Spanish)
El reino de los gatos (Spanish)
El retorno de los gatos (Spanish)
Haru en el reino de los gatos (Spanish)
Katteprinsen (Danish)
La ricompensa del gatto (Italian)
Le royaume des chats (French)
Narzeczona dla kota (Polish)
Neko no Ongaeshi (Japanese)
O Reino dos Gatos (Portuguese)
Возвращение кота (Russian)
猫の恩返し (Japanese)
貓的報恩 (Chinese (Taiwan))
고양이의 보은 (Korean)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.
User Ratings: 2368 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 250 votes (sub:137, dub:99, raw:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:7
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Finnish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 613 votes (sub:369, dub:217, raw:6, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:19
5 French subtitled
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Mandarin dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch dubbed
)
 Very good: 681 votes (sub:423, dub:218, raw:11, ?:6, edit.dub:2, others:21
7 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 German subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Good: 543 votes (sub:335, dub:169, ?:6, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:31
9 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
3 Russian dubbed
3 French dubbed
2 Russian edited dub
2 Dutch subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Czech dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Polish edited dub
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 175 votes (sub:106, dub:54, ?:3, raw:2, others:10
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 55 votes (sub:32, dub:18, ?:1, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 15 votes (dub:7, sub:6, ?:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 4018 users, rank: #229 (of 9851)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.919 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3885, rank: #821 (of 9991)
Weighted mean: 7.854 (Very good), rank: #849 (of 9991) (seen all: 7.86 / seen some: 7.47 / won't finish: 3.33)
Bayesian estimate: 7.852 (Very good), rank: #593 (of 7550)
Running time: 75 minutes
Vintage:
2002-07-20
2005-05-09 (Canal CinemaPlus - Colombia)
2007-01-02 (Spain)
2016-10-22 (Discovery Kids Latin America)
Premiere date:
2002-07-20 (Japan)
2005-01-22 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2006-03-03 (HBO Family Latin America)
Release dates: We have 18
Ending Theme:
"Kaze ni naru" by Ayano Tsuji
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
The Cat Returns BD+DVD (Jun 17, 2015)
The Cat Returns DVD (Mar 31, 2005)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Script: Reiko Yoshida
Storyboard: Hiroyuki Morita
Music: Yūji Nomi
Original Manga: Aoi Hiiragi
Character Design: Satoko Morikawa
Art Director: Naoya Tanaka
Animation Director:
Ei Inoue
Kazutaka Ozaki
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Hayashi
Director of Photography: Kentarō Takahashi
Executive producer:
Hideyuki Takai
Hironori Aihara
Koji Hoshino
Seiichiro Ujiie
Takeyoshi Matsushita
Toshio Miyagawa
Producer:
Nozomu Takahashi (NTV)
Toshio Suzuki

Advertising:
Junichi Nishioka
Nobuko Shiraki
Yumiko Ukai
Advertising Producer:
Ai Nakanishi (Major)
Emi Kagawa (Major)
Hiroi Hosokawa (Major)
Hiroyuki Orihara (Major)
Masaru Tsuchiya (Major)
Michiyo Koyanagi (Major)
Mieko Hara (Major)
Mika Watanabe (Major)
Misa Hirano (Major)
Morikazu Wakizaka (Major)
Naoto Okamura (Major)
Nozomi Fukuda (Major)
Ryohei Okubo (Major)
Shinpei Ise
Yasushi Kanno (Major)
Animation Check:
Aya Onishi
Kaori Fujii
Rie Nakagome
Yutaka Sakamoto
Assistant Animation Director:
Akihiko Yamashita
Atsushi Tamura
Eiji Yamamori
Takeshi Inamura
Assistant Director: Kōjirō Tsuruoka
Assistant producer: Tomohiko Ishii
Assistant Unit Director:
Junya Saito
Yasushi Imai
Yoichi Senzui
Background Art:
Hiromasa Ogura (Ogura Kobo)
Hiromitsu Narumi
Hiroshi Gōroku (Ogura Kobo)
Kazuo Oga
Kikuyo Yano
Masaki Yoshizaki
Masako Nagata
Mitsuo Yoshino
Naomi Kasugai
Noboru Yoshida
Og Chul Shin
Osamu Masuyama
Ryōko Ina
Ryutaro Ueda (Ogura Kobo)
Sayaka Hirahara
Shihomi Suzuki (Ogura Kobo)
Takanori Tanaka (Ogura Kobo)
Takashi Omori
Tomoe Ishihara
Yohei Takamatsu
Yōji Takeshige
Yoshikazu Fukutome
Background Color Adjustment: Kanako Takahashi
Background Scanning:
Jiwon Kong
Takeshi Ogawa
Yuki Yokoyama
Casting Coordination:
Ayumi Satō
Motohiro Hatanaka
Naomi Yasu
CG:
Kazuhiro Tamura
Keisuke Nakamura
Shinji Nasu
Yasuhiko Yoshiwara
Character Merchandise Development:
Koichi Asano
Mika Yasuda
Rieko Izutsu
Tomomi Imai
Chief Production Manager:
Naoya Fujimaki
Seiji Okuda
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Color Key:
Kiyomi Yamazaki
Rumiko Hayashi
Color Management System:
Kōhei Endō
Tetsuya Yamai
Digital Art Enhancement: Keiko Itogawa
Digital Camera & Composite Operation:
Hironobu Horikoshi
Katsufumi Sato
Masashi Toriyama
Susumu Fukushi
Takeo Goto
Toshiyuki Fukushima
Digital Camera & Composite Supervisor: Kentarō Takahashi
Digital Ink & Paint:
Akiko Nasu
Akiko Satō
Akiko Shimizu
Eiko Inoue
Eriko Ishikawa
Eun Kyung Kang
Eun Sil Lee
Fumie Kawamata
Fumino Okura
Haruna Kiryu
Hiromi Takahashi
Hiroshi Iijima
Hyun Ji An
Hyun Ok Choi
Hyun Suk Kim
Jin A Park
Kaori Seki
Kuk Dong Han
Kumi Nanjo
Kyung Mi Kim
Mi Ae Na
Mi-Sung Jang
Miho Fujimori
Naho Mitsuishi
Nobuko Takahashi
Noriko Matsumoto
Oh Soon Kang
Ryuji Uchida
Sayuri Nagashima
Shihomi Miyachi
Tomoko Yamamoto
Yong Kyoung Park
Youn Suk Na
Young Shim Lee
Yukiko Kakita
Yun Hee Lee
Yun Hee Park
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Dolby Film Consultant:
Mikio Mori
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
DTS Mastering:
Atsuko Nakayama
Atsushi Aikawa
Editing: Megumi Uchida (Seyama Editing Room)
Editing Assistant: Mutsumi Takemiya
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Film Recording:
Hiroo Shibata
Masahiro Honma
Shingo Toyotani
Foley:
Akihiko Okase
Masaya Kitada
Yuji Tan
Yukio Hokari
Foley Mixer: Shuji Inoue
Foley Recording: Kayoko Morozumi
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi
Akiko Teshima
Alexandra Weihrauch
Chiharu Haraguchi
Chikako Sasagawa
Chizuko Koike
Chul-Ho Jang
Eun Hee An
Eun Mi Pyun
Eun Sun Kim
Gosei Oda
Hee Eun Choi
Hiromi Sasaki
Hitomi Tateno
Hye-Soon Byun
Hye-Sung Lee
Hyeon Soo Joung
Hyo-Sun Lee
Hyun Mi Cho
Ikuko Shimada
Jee Young Soung
Jeong-Hui Kim
Ji Eun Kim
Jin Ju Go
Jin Young Han
Kanako Satō
Kasumi Hara
Keiko Tomizawa
Keisuke Shimohira
Kiyoko Makita
Kumiko Tanihara
Kyung Seok Park
Mai Nakazato
Makiko Suzuki
Mariko Suzuki
Masako Sakano
Masako Terada
Masami Nakanishi
Masaya Saitō
Maya Fujimori
Mayumi Ōmura
Mi Kyoung Yoon
Mi Ok Lee
Minori Noguchi
Mioko Katano
Miyoko Shikibe
Morihiko Yano
Moyo Takahashi
Myung-Hee Youn
Naoko Takahashi
Nozomu Ito
Seiko Higashi
Seon Ea Kim
Shinobu Saeki
Shunsuke Hirota
So-Young Lee
Soon Yeol Choi
Soon-Ha Hwang
Su-Jin Hwang
Suk-Hwa Park
Sun Yang Yoo
Takahiro Sugawara
Tsutomu Kaichi
Yōko Matsumoto
Youn-Hee Jeong
Young Hee Joung
Young Hee Jung
Yukari Umebayashi
Yukari Yamaura
Yukie Takahashi
Yumiko Kitajima
Yun Ju Yang
Key Animation:
Atsuko Ōtani
Ayako Hata
Emiko Shimura
Hideaki Yoshio
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Hiroyuki Aoyama
Hisao Yokobori
Jun Sekiguchi
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Keiko Nakaji
Keiko Shimizu
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Mariko Matsuo
Masafumi Yokota
Masahiro Koyama
Masahiro Kurio
Masako Sato
Michio Mihara
Michiyo Suzuki
Mineko Ueda
Minoru Ohashi
Miwa Sasaki
Nagisa Miyazaki
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Sawako Miyamoto
Shigeo Akahori
Shigeru Kimishima
Shinichiro Yamada
Shinji Ōtsuka
Shinobu Mōri
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Tadashi Okumura 
Takeshi Baba
Teiichi Takiguchi
Tetsuya Nishio
Toshiharu Sugie
Toshiyuki Komaru
Yoshiharu Satō
Yoshinobu Michihata
Yūichi Tanaka
Lab Desk:
Yuko Shimura
Yūko Suzuki
Lab Management: Takehisa Kawamata
Layout Design: Satoko Morikawa
Music Copyright Manager: Takashi Nagai
Music Editing: Naoko Ono
Music Production: Kazumi Inaki
Music Production Management:
Kenjiro Kishi
Yuko Hisamatsu
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Overseas Promotion Manager:
Mikiko Takeda
Nao Amisaki
Steve Alpert
Post Production:
Noriko Tsushi
Tamaki Kojo
Production Administration Desk: Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production Affairs Manager: Shinsuke Nonaka
Production Assistant:
Atsushi Kamimura
Ryosuke Kiyokawa
Yosuke Toba
Yuichiro Mochizuki
Production Committee:
Ayaka Beppu (NTV)
Daisuke Kadoya (NTV)
Daizou Suzuki (Mitsubishi)
Hiroe Hirata (Hakuhodo)
Hisayuki Annen (Mitsubishi)
Junko Itō (Tokuma Shoten)
Kazuaki Itō (NTV)
Kazuhiko Seta (TOHO)
Kenichi Hirano (Tokuma Shoten)
Masakazu Yuasa (Hakuhodo)
Mayumi Hirakata (NTV)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Minoru Muroi (Tokuma Shoten)
Mitsuo Fujimoto (Hakuhodo)
Naohiko Nishio (Mitsubishi)
Noboru Kobayashi (NTV)
Sanae Mitsugi (Tokuma Shoten)
Satoko Kariya (Mitsubishi)
Takahiro Yonezawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Takashi Satō (Hakuhodo)
Takashi Tanatsugu (NTV)
Takeshi Hashimoto (Mitsubishi)
Tatsuo Satō (Mitsubishi)
Tetsuo Nakazawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (Mitsubishi)
Tooru Itabashi (Mitsubishi)
Tooru Iwafuchi (Tokuma Shoten)
Toshio Hagiwara (NTV)
Tsuneo Toriyama (Hakuhodo)
Yasumasa Sone (Hakuhodo)
Yoshihisa Kawazoe (Hakuhodo)
Yoshio Yasunaga (Hakuhodo)
Yoshishige Shimatani (TOHO)
Yukiko Wada (Hakuhodo)
Production Desk:
Hideo Deguchi
Kenji Imura
Production producer: Chiyoshi Tanaka
Project Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
Public Relations: Shokichi Arai
Publishing:
Mine Shibuya
Ryoko Tsutsui
Yukari Tai
Recording & Sound Mixing: Makoto Sumiya
Recording engineer: Akihiko Oono
Recording Studio:
Michihiko Iwana
Takeshi Imaizumi
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara
Supervising Manager: Miyuki Shimamiya
Supervision:
Akio Ichimura
Eiko Fujitsu
Hisayo Itou
Mitsu Watanabe
Naomi Atsuta
Shogo Komagata
Sueko Numazawa
Taisei Ishisako
Tamami Yamamoto
Tomoki Horaguchi
Yoshihiro Yasuda
Theme Song Arrangement:
Takamune Negishi (Music)
Takuo Yamamoto (Strings and Horns)
Theme Song Composition: Ayano Tsuji
Theme Song Lyrics: Ayano Tsuji
Theme Song Performance: Ayano Tsuji
Titles: Kaoru Mano
Trailer Production: Keiichi Itagaki
協力:
Fumio Yamazaki
Junya Yoshida
Kino Arai
Shinsaku Sasaki
Japanese companies
Advertising: Major, Inc.
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Audio Recording: KiKi
Backgrounds:
Ogura Kobo
Production I.G
Studio Ghibli
Casting Coordination: Pug Point Japan
Cooperation:
D-REC
Digi-Design Japan
Sogei
Development: Imagica
Distributor: TOHO
Foley Recording: Toho Sound Studio
Music Performance: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Production: Studio Ghibli
Music Recording: Tokyo Opera City
Production:
Studio Ghibli
The Cat Returns Production Committee
Production Committee:
Hakuhodo Inc.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Nippon Television Network
TOHO
Tokuma Shoten
Production Cooperation:
DR Movie
Studio Fantasia
T2 Studio
Telecom Animation Film
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Special Cooperation: LAWSON
Supporting Animation Studio:
Anime Torotoro
Radical Party
Studio Cockpit
Titles: Malin Post
Trailer Production: Gal Enterprise
English cast
English staff
Co-Director: Ned Lott
Executive producer: Rick Dempsey
Producer: Ned Lott

Adaptation:
Cindy Davis Hewitt
Donald H. Hewitt
ADR Mixing: Doc Kane
ADR Voice Casting: Terri Douglas
Color Timing: Chris DeLaGuardia
Dialogue Recording:
Bill Higley
Bill Komar
Mark A. Mangini
Negative Cutting: Rick MacKay
Post-Production Coordinator: Cory Hansen
Post-Production Manager: David Candiff
Production Coordination: Vicki Rondou
Re-Recording Mixing: Tom Dahl
Special Thanks To:
Bill Fadness
Bruce Tauscher
Hermann H. Schmidt
Robert H. Bagley
Sara Bleick
Studio Management: Randy Coppinger
Supervising ADR Editor: Petra Bach
Titles: Mary Meacham Hogg
Voice Casting: Ned Lott
Voice Direction:
Andreas Deja
Richard Williams
Rick Dempsey
Anne Hathaway as Haru
Cary Elwes as Baron

Peter Boyle as Muta

Andrew Bevis as Prince Lune
Andy Richter as Notoru
Elliott Gould as Toto
Judy Greer as Yuki
Katia Coe as Haru (young)
Kristen Bell as Hiromi
Kristine Sutherland as Haru's Mother
René Auberjonois as Natori
Tim Curry as Cat King

Bradley Pierce
Brian Herskowitz
Courtnee Draper
Dan Castellaneta
Diz White
Erin Chambers
Greg Berg
Jason Harris
Jesse Corti
Kat Cressida
Mona Marshall
Randy Montgomery
Robert Clotworthy
Terri Douglas
English companies
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Bae Jung-Min as Yuki
Bak Ji-Hun as Muta
Choe Mun-Za as Haru's Mother
Choe Suk-Pil as Toto
Gim Seo-Young as Haru
Hong Si-Hoe as Baron
Jie Mi-Ae as Natoru
Jun Gwang-Ju as Matsuda
Lee In-Sung as Natori
Noe Min as Neko-ou
U Jung-Sin as Hiromi
Um Sang-Hyun as Rune
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Mathias Kozlowski

Adaptation: Houria Lamhene-Belhadji
Alexis Victor as Le prince Loon
Brigitte Bergès as Haru's mother
Emilie Rault as Haru
Evelyne Grandjean as Natorn
Gérard Dessalles as Toto
Jean-Claude Sachot as Mouta
Jean-Pierre Leroux as Natori
Julie Turin as Blanche
Michel Barbey as Le roi des chats
Noémi Orphelin as Hiromi 
Noémie Orphelin as Hiromi
Patrick Borg as Baron

Aurélien Ringelheim (Belgium)
Benoit Van Dorslaer (Belgium)
Catherine Conet (Belgium)
David Manet (Belgium)
Fanny Roy (Belgium)
Guylaine Gibert (Belgium)
Jean-Daniel Nicodème (Belgium)
Jean-Marc Delhausse (Belgium)
Julie Basecqz (Belgium)
Laurent Chauvet (Belgium)
Lydia Cherton (Belgium)
Marie Van R (Belgium)
Nessym Guetat (Belgium)
Sébastien Hebrant (Belgium)
Véronique Fyon (Belgium)
French companies
Broadcaster:
Canal +
Canal + Family (from November 2007)
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from February 2009)
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Juan Alfonso Arenas (Spain dub; Netflix)
Dubbing Director: Enriqueta Linares (Catalan dub)
Translation:
Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub; Cameo)
Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)
Verónica Calafell (Catalan dub)
ADR Script: Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)

Mix Engineer: Carlos de Vicente (Spain dub; Netflix)
Project Coordination: Adrián del Pozo López (Spain dub; Netflix)
Subtitle Translation: Laura Gago (Netflix; Spain)
Carlos Becerril as Toto
Diego Brizzi as Baron (Argentine dub)
Elvira García as Haru Yoshioka (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Baró (Catalan dub)
Gerardo García as Baron
Jordi Ribes as Baron (Spain dub; Cameo)
Juan Amador Pulido as Baron (Spain dub; Netflix)
Mariana Ortiz as Haru
Mariela Alvarez as Haru (Argentine dub)
Meritxell Ané as Haru Yoshioka (Spain dub; Cameo)
Moises Palacios as Rey de los gatos
Patricia Mainou as Naoko Yoshioka
Sandra Villa as Haru Yoshioka (Spain dub; Netflix)

Alberto Mieza as Muta (Spain dub; Cameo)
Alex Meseguer as Natori (Catalan dub)
Carlos del Campo as Muta
Cesc Martínez as Príncep Lune (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Muta (Catalan dub)
Eva Ordeig as Yuki (Catalan dub)
Gabriel Jiménez as Muta (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jordi Filbà as Toto (Catalan dub)
Jordi Vila as Rei Gat (Catalan dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Naoko Yoshioko (Catalan dub)
Mariano Chiesa as Muta (Argentine dub)
Mario De Candia as
Rey Gato (Argentine dub)
Toto (Argentine dub)
Mariona Bosch as Hiromi (Catalan dub)
Marta Estrada as Natoru (Catalan dub)

Alejandra Bacciato as Old Lady (Argentine dub)
Alexia Lorrio as Natoru (Spain dub; Netflix)
Angela Villanueva as Natoru
Antonio Villar as Natori (Spain dub; Netflix)
César Martín as Toto (Spain dub; Netflix)
Desirée Álvarez as Yuki (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diana Torres as Naoko Yoshioka (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diego Brizzi as Natoru (Argentine dub)
Diego del Arco as Machida (Spain dub; Netflix)
Edson Matus as Prince Lune
Emiliano Dionisi as
Machida (Argentine dub)
Príncipe Lune (Argentine dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Natori (Spain dub; Cameo)
Gaby Ugarte as Yuki
Georgina Sanchez as Hiromi
Iris Lago as Hiromi (Spain dub; Cameo)
Jorge Santos as King's adviser
Juan Alfonso Arenas as Lune (Spain dub; Netflix)
Luciana Falcon as
Hiromi (Argentine dub)
Yuki (Argentinian dub)
Luis Mas as King of the Cats (Spain dub; Netflix)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Natoru (Spain dub; Cameo)
Mariano Chiesa as Teacher (Argentine dub)
Pilar Morales as Yuki (Spain dub; Cameo)
Ramón Rocabayera as
Professor (Spain dub; Cameo)
Toto (Spain dub; Cameo)
Ricardo Alanis as Voice Over (Argentine dub)
Sara Iglesias as Hiromi (Spain dub; Netflix)
Sebastián Costa as Natori (Argentine dub)
Silvia Aira as
Chika (Argentine dub)
Naoko Yoshioka (Argentine dub)
Silvia Castelló as Naoko Yoshioka (Spain dub; Cameo)
Toni Mora as Prince Lume (Spain dub; Cameo)
Victor Iturrioz as King of the Cats (Spain dub; Cameo)

Elena de Maeztu (Spain dub; Netflix)
Enriqueta Linares (Catalan dub)
Eugenio Roldán (Spain dub; Netflix)
Ivan Canovas (Catalan dub)
Iván de Pedro (Spain dub; Netflix)
Juan Navarro Torello (Spain dub; Netflix)
Marta Górriz (Spain dub; Netflix)
Olga Supervia (Spain dub; Cameo)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub)
Silvia Castelló (Spain dub; Cameo)
Victoria Ramos (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Production: BTI Studios (Netflix)
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Canal UCR
Cinema + (Colombia)
Cinemax Latin America
Discovery Kids (Latin America; Argentine dub)
HBO Latin America
Super3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
SX3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Teleantioquia (Colombia )
Telepacífico (Colombia)
TVE (clan tv)
Distributor:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical)
Cameo (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Seimar RLM (Catalan dub)
Sonoblok (Spain dub; Cameo)
Tecnison (Spain dub; Netflix)
DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Netflix
SX3 (Spain)
Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Catalan dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo
Executive producer: Romina Franzini

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Dubbing Assistant: Antonella Bartolomei
Dubbing Engineer: Ivan Facchini
Mixing: Andrea Pochini
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
Internet Streaming: Mediaset Infinity
Sound: SEFIT-CDC
German staff
German cast
(none)
Angela Wiederhut as Haru
Martin Umbach as Baron

Gudo Hoegel as Muta

Kai Taschner as Toto
Susanne von Medvey as Natoru
Thomas Fritsch as Katzenkönig
German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Dutch cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Monolith Films
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Jorge Barcellos

Casting: Jorge Barcellos
Adriana Torres as Haru (Rio de Janeiro version)
Armando Tiraboschi as Barão
Letícia Quinto as Haru
Marco Ribeiro as Barão (Rio de Janeiro version)

Angelica Santos as Yuki
Dado Monteiro as Lune
Eudes Carvalho as Natori
Rita Almeida as Funcionária Real
Tatá Guarnieri as Muta
Walter Breda as Rei Gato

Cassius Romero as Toto
Cecília Lemes as Mamãe
Eleonora Prado as Hiromi

Cecília Lemes
Celso Alves
Isaura Gomes
Jorge Barcellos
Marco Ribeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
Marcos Hailer
Renato Soares
Suzy Pereira
Zodja Pereira
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Bright Way Productions
Broadcaster: HBO Family
Distributor: Europa Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Sigma
Internet Streaming:
KinoPop
Netflix (subtitled)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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