The Cat Returns (video)

Home video releases of The Cat Returns. This list only includes releases that are distributed by Disney.

Japan

Cover	Released	Notes
VHS
	July 4, 2003	Standard Release Contains Japanese voice track. Also includes Ghiblies: Episode 2.
DVD
	July 4, 2003	Standard Release The first disc includes both the movie and the Ghiblies Episode 2 short film with Japanese voice tracks. The Cat Returns includes subtitles in Japanese, English, Mandarin and Cantonese, while Ghiblies Episode 2 only includes Japanese and English subtitles. Disc 2 contains the bonus features. Bonus Features: Storyboards for both features Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns Featurette about the Digital techniques used in Ghiblies Episode 2 Ghibli ga Ippai Collection Trailer Ghibli ga Ippai Trailers: Kirikou and the Sorceress (Ghibli Cinematic Library) Ocean Waves Shiki-Jitsu (Ghibli Cinematic Library) Tmavomodrý svět (Dark Blue World) (Ghibli Cinematic Library) The keep case features separate covers for both features, with The Cat Returns on the main side (spine on left) and Ghiblies Episode 2 on the back side (spine on right). The information about the title is instead listed on a spine card. The first editions of the DVD came with a charm and a figure of Muta.
	April 20, 2022	Re-Release Remastered edition based on the HD master.
Blu-Ray
	December 4, 2013	Standard Release Includes both features. The Cat Returns contains Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, Cantonese and Mandarin voicetracks and subtitles. Ghiblies Episode 2 comes with Japanese voicetrack and Japanese and English subtitles. Bonus Features: Storyboards for both features Preview Script (The Cat Returns) Promotional Video (The Cat Returns) TV Spots Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns

North America

Cover	Released	Notes
DVD
[[|center|150px]]	February 22, 2005	Standard Release Disc 1 contains the then-new Disney produced English voicetrack (without Subtitles) and the special features, while Disc 2 contains storyboards, as well as the movie with English and Japanese voice tracks and English subtitles and dubtitles. Bonus Features: Disc 1: Behind the Microphone Featurette Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns (with English voiceover) Japanese Trailers and TV Spots Trailers: Bambi The Incredibles Chicken Little Studio Ghibli Trailers: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, and The Cat Returns Spirited Away Kiki's Delivery Service Castle in the Sky Disc 2: Storyboards
Blu-Ray
[[|center|150px]]	June 16, 2015	Standard ReleaseComes with Blu-Ray and DVD (Disc 1 of the above release). Contains English, French and Japanese voice tracks and English dubtitles, English subtitles and French subtitles. Bonus Features: Behind the Microphone Featurette Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns (with English voiceover) Japanese Trailers and TV Spots
[[|center|150px]]	June 16, 2015	French-Canadian versionSame release as above but with bilingual English/French packaging.

France

Cover	Released	Notes
VHS
	November 17, 2004	Standard Release Includes French voicetrack.
DVD
	November 17, 2004	Standard Release Includes Japanese and French voicetracks and French subtitles. Bonus Features Storyboards Japanese Trailers TV Spots Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns
	November 17, 2004	Limited EditionSame as the standard-release DVD but also includes a numbered piece of artwork from the film.
	November 16, 2005	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Kiki's Delivery Service
	November 16, 2005	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Castle in the Sky
	November 16, 2005	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Spirited Away
	October 25, 2006	Double-PackDouble-pack with My Neighbor Totoro
	October 10, 2016	Double-PackDouble-pack with Whisper of the Heart. It was exclusively sold through FNAC stores and their online shop.
Blu-Ray
	March 4, 2015	Standard Release Includes a single Blu-Ray Disc with French and Japanese voicetracks and French subtitles. Same special features as the DVD.
	October 4, 2019	Futurepak EditionIncludes the standard-edition DVD and the Blu-Ray in a Futurepak cover. It was exclusively sold through FNAC stores and their online shop.

Taiwan

Cover	Released	Notes
VCD
	2003	Standard ReleaseDistributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Taiwan. Contains Mandarin voice track. Released on two VCDs.
DVD
	2003 November 1, 2006 (Deltamac reissue)	Standard ReleaseInitially released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Taiwan. Slip cover is in traditional Chinese while the DVD cover is in Japanese. Reissued by Deltamac on November 1, 2006, but with the same cover. Bonus Features: Storyboards Japanese Trailers Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns The DVD was reissued by Deltamac on November 1, 2006, but with the same cover. Languages: Mandarin Japanese Subtitles: Traditional Chinese Japanese
Blu-Ray
	May 16, 2014	Blu-Ray and DVD Limited Edition Double-pack set that contains a Blu-Ray and DVD. The packaging is Multi-lingual, with the Slip-cover in Mandarin, and the Blu-Ray cover in Japanese. Distributed by Deltamac for Disney. Bonus Features Storyboards Japanese Trailers Nippon TV documentary on the making of The Cat Returns

Hong Kong

Cover	Released	Notes
VCD
	July 8, 2003	Standard ReleaseDistributed by Intercontinental Video Ltd. Released on two VCDs in a slipbox. Early releases came with a paper fan. Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
DVD
	July 8, 2003	Standard ReleaseDistributed by Intercontinental Video Ltd. Bonus Features: Japanese Trailers Storyboards Languages: Cantonese Japanese Mandarin Subtitles: Traditional Chinese Japanese

Singapore

Cover	Released	Notes
VCD
	2004	Standard ReleaseDistributed by Videovan Entertainment Industries. Languages: Japanese Subtitles: English

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