Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)
AnimationAdventureFamilyFantasy
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Chika Sakamoto as Mei (voice) |
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Hayao Miyazaki as Totoro (voice) |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hayao Miyazaki | Director |
| Production | Toshio Suzuki | Producer |
| Writing | Hayao Miyazaki | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyoshi Onoda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroomi Yamakawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsu Noguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Fujii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Megumi Kagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Misuzu Kurata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Tamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Morita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Matsuse | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tamami Yamada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Ohshiro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Yamada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masako Sakano | Animation |
| Camera | Atsushi Okui | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Takeshi Seyama | Editor |
| Sound | Shuji Inoue | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Kazumi Inaki | Music Producer |
| Visual Effects | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Animation Director |
| Directing | Masayuki Miyaji | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Futaki | Animation Director |
| Production | Hiroyuki Watanabe | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ikuko Okamoto | Music Producer |
| Visual Effects | Sachiko Sugino | Animation Director |
| Production | Nozomu Takahashi | Production Manager |
| Art | Ryoko Ina | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Kojiro Tsuruoka | Key Animation |
| Writing | Hayao Miyazaki | Original Story |
| Sound | Michihiro Itou | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Ryuuichi Mori | Sound Effects |