Although the film is called the cat's repayment, and the beginning of the story does indeed develop in the direction of the traditional "animal repayment", but in the middle and late stages, it becomes the role of the trio of the cat earl who is suspected to be a toy. Yamada Takayuki (voiced by Yamada) also made his last appearance, and there was no role in the middle, and the repayment also changed from giving something cute and taking things for granted to directly hijacking the heroine. Later, when I listened to the ending song, I found that the film was actually adapted based on the cat gentleman. It is a fairy tale for the protagonist, so this time Ghibli changed the title to a misunderstanding. In fact, the world of the cat gentleman can expand a lot, and I am still thinking that it would be interesting to have a lot of gunpla figures and live them.
It is possible to portray female high school students so lively and lovely through animation. I have the impression that this level is the light tone, and the female high school students in this film are real Japanese, the style of painting is more realistic, and the faces are not three-dimensional. The character reminds me of the step bird in "The Town Keeps Turning". There is not much in the depiction of cats that is deliberately cute, and it is better to fight with raccoons in terms of cuteness. In terms of dubbing, it is also not like the seiyuu in the current animation, which is also a Ghibli feature. Among the cats, my favorite is the orange cat with black spots. When the protagonist is making a big noise in the palace, he calmly and elegantly evacuates the crowd hahaha. That big white cat on the street will definitely become an internet celebrity now.
The interesting thing is that in this film, the Japanese cats are shaped into a European and American castle king type system. The minister next to the king is a typical ancient Chinese image, while the bodyguards around him are dressed in modern suits and leather shoes, and the army is a mix and match, dressed in special forces. Clothing but cold weapons are used. The eyes floating around the castle didn't open either. That scene in the court to please the heroine reminds me of MJ's Remeber the time MV. Of course, Japanese traditional elements are also inserted, and there is a pair of artists in the middle that are Japanese traditional performances (but this kind of plot that uses traditional national performances to please the kings of Europe and the United States, it is estimated that it is milk in some places.
In terms of music, the ending song is really good, but it didn't appear in the main film, and I didn't remember any catchy melody for the time being.
I feel that there is actually a very good inner theme in the film, which is the heroine's frankness and "don't change yourself" attitude, which is also the reason why the heroine receives the cat toy trio and saves the cat. The story also emphasizes "succumbing to the cat". The world" is wrong, a world that does not belong to you is not your own world, don't compromise and accept it. However, when I watched the film, I felt that if most adults found that they could become a cat and marry a cat royal family, they would most likely follow it directly ("change me quickly and repay my kindness")
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