Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)
Overview
Mei is eating a caramel on one very windy day, when suddenly a whirlwind appears and starts chasing her. The whirlwind turns out to be a baby cat bus. Mei offers the kitten a caramel and the two become friends. That night, the baby cat bus visits Mei. Letting Mei ride inside him, he leaps out into the sky. They head for the midnight forest full of ghosts. Other cat buses large and small have also gathered together.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 2.295 |
Directed By
Hayao Miyazaki
Crew
Joe Hisaishi
Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki
Hayao Miyazaki
Makiko Suzuki
Kazuyoshi Onoda
Koujirou Tsuruoka
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Mitsu Noguchi
Kaori Fujii
Megumi Kagawa
Misuzu Kurata
Atsushi Tamura
Hiroyuki Morita
Masaru Matsuse
Tamami Yamada
Masaru Ohshiro
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Kenichi Yamada
Masako Sakano
Atsushi Okui
Takeshi Seyama
Shuji Inoue
Michihiro Itou
Kazumi Inaki
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Masayuki Miyaji
Makiko Futaki
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Ryuuichi Mori
Ikuko Okamoto
Sachiko Sugino
Nozomu Takahashi
Ryoko Ina
TOP CAST
Hayao Miyazaki
Neko Bâchan (Voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Mei (Voice)
Hiroaki Suzuki
(Voice)
Hiroshi Ootaki
(Voice)
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