Catnapped! The Movie (Geneon Signature Series)
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Actor: Hiroaki Hiro, Masato Yamanouchi, Mitsuo Iwata, Sukekiyo Kameyama, William BassettDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, THX
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Catnapped! The Movie (Geneon Signature Series)
Movie Review: An Amazing Animated Movie that No One Knows
Summary: 5 Stars
Catnapped! is playful, beautiful, rowdy and hilarious. I had no expectations toward it and I loved it. Directed by Takashi Nakamura, it's a crazy and incredible animated film full of engaging characters and rowdy worlds.
Catnapped! is the story of 10-year old disgruntled Toriyasu and his energetic little sister Meeko. Their dog Papadoll has disappeared, and Toriyasu pretends not to be bothered. However, when three characters from the cat world Banipal Witt ask for their help, they find themselves taken to this colourful world (where they themselves turn into cats) that exists in another dimension. Papadoll, their pooch has turned into a mad monster on the loose. Perhaps an even greater threat is the unscrupulous princess Buburina who turns everyone who annoys her into balloons by touching them. Toriyasu and Meeko have to bring Papdoll back to normal before the sun strikes the next day, or they will go mad like him.
Once you see Catnapped!, you will never forget it, even if you have seen many Japanese animated films. Its world is like a crossing between Discworld and the most lavish carnival you could ever imagine, populated by anthropomorphic cats in hot-air balloon contraptions. The visual style of the movie is great. All the animation is excellent, and the characters are wonderful (my favourite is Hoi Hoi, the moustachioed pilot).
The story is also excellent and has many layers. It is wildly unpredictable and told in a very satisfying manner. There is indeed more to Toriyasu and Papadoll's relationship than meets the eye, as indeed is there more to the princess (and not everything works out right, for you pessimists out there!).
Some people dismiss this film as being too cute. I digress, and find no grounds for the criticism. Catnapped! is a colourful film overflowing with character, action and humour. It's one of the best animated films I've discovered in a long time, and its age isn't even showing, 15 years on!
(I do admit that I really hate the opening and closing titles, because of the stop motion sequences that really do not fit together with the rest of the film, but these have no weighing on the film itself.)
Great film, highly recommended!
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