Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko

Pero, a sword-wielding cat-in-boots sentenced to death for sparing a mouse, escapes his execution and embarks on a journey. Along the way, he teams up with a company of bandit mice and Pierre, a gentle orphan who has been cheated out of his inheritance.

When Pero learns that Princess Rose is seeking a husband, he becomes determined to make sure that Pierre is the one chosen. However, Princess Rose is forcibly betrothed to the wicked ogre Lucifer! Pero begins to spin a web of lies to enthrall Rose with Pierre, but Pero's boasts are far from the truth. Pierre has to keep up with Pero's bold image of him but is frightened, because while Princess Rose is charming, loving her means going against the Devil's wishes.

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Pero Main

Ishikawa, Susumu Japanese

Pierre Main

Fujita, Toshiko Japanese

Lucifer ing

Koike, Asao Japanese

Daniel ing

Utsumi, Kenji Japanese

King ing

Princess Rose ing

Sakakibara, Rumi Japanese

Yabuki, Kimio Director

Miyazaki, Hayao Storyboard, Key Animation

Ootsuka, Yasuo Storyboard, Key Animation

Okuyama, Reiko Storyboard, Key Animation

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Sep 8, 2020

LightScaryRobo

Recommended

The premise of this movie is similar to that of the Three Musketeers. I personally believe that I would have loved this movie if I saw it as a child. It is very clear it is for younger audiences with the way the plot progresses, but that doesn't stop you enjoying it as an adult!


The art style for this is VERY dated, but for a 1969 movie, it flows nicely. The animation is a lot smoother than most movies around that time and the errors in the end outcome are very little (only minor missing details that would be hard to even see with the ... video quality anyway).


The music is VERY addicting and is easy to sing along to. I saw this an hour ago and even now the main theme is going on in my head. The sound effects for some things, such as a falling brick, sound a bit strange and the audio quality is quite low (also because it is an old movie) - but every song played is one I would have loved to sing along to as a young child and one I believe many children would have sung when it came out.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 9, 2024

Udonnoodles_

Recommended

As a young child, I used to watch this movie all the time and loved it. Even today, I like to watch it and as an old anime-style movie, it is is a classic to me. The catchy main song is still stuck in my head to this day.

I had the English dub version of the movie on DVD and didn't watch the original Japanese version but I still think that the voice actors did pretty well, especially for the time period it was made in.

Made from TOEI Animation, was a crisp animation with a good plot/story and fun characters. I don't know if ... many people even watched the movie because it is old but I recommend that everyone watch it!

*FUN FACT: TOEI Animation's mascot is one of the main characters of this movie!!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 22, 2011

SourcererZ

Mixed Feelings

As the mascot of Toei studios I was curious to watch this movie, as expected of anime movie based in afairy tail an from the year it was made this movie is obviously aimed to children. Like many early anime movies this one is also very influenced by early Disney animation mixing comedy, songs and a morale to teh story.
The art is fine for the year it was made but not the best compared to some of its contemporaries, the music nothing memorable but it does it's job represnting the situations and characters in a musical movie style.
The story mostly follows the main plot of ... the tale with some added elements such as booted cat being an outlaw among the cats for saving a mouse so between the movie we see him being pursued by the Three Blunderers which adds some comedy and action to the original story.
I suppose it was a successful movie in its time since it were mede a follow up movie and a TV series which explains becoming the mascot of Toei.
I recommend it to watch for young kids since the story, action and comedy are well fitted for them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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