2002 | 1h 15m After helping a cat, a teenage girl is involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world. This was originally going to be a short straight-to-video project. Still, producer Toshio Suzuki was so impressed with director Hiroyuki Morita’s storyboards, especially the main character Haru, that he encouraged Hayao Miyazaki to give this a cinematic release. So far, this is Studio Ghibli’s only spin-off or sequel feature film.