Milo the cat series#

In the United States, The Adventures of Milo and Otis grossed $13.3 million, adding up to a combined $104,122,000 grossed in Japan and the United States.Īdjusted for inflation, the film grossed the equivalent of $226 million in Japan as of 2021 and $29 million in the United States as of 2021, for a combined inflation-adjusted $255 million in Japan and the United States. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Antarctica (1983). At the time, it was the third highest-grossing film ever in Japan, beaten only by E.T. It grossed a total of ¥9.8 billion ($90,822,000) in Japan. It was the number-one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1986, earning ¥5.4 billion in distribution income that year. The film was shown during the film market at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival before opening on 200 screens in Japan on July 12, 1986. In 1986, to tie in with the original Japanese version of the film, a video game was released for the Japan-exclusive Famicom Disk System. Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031 by Johann Sebastian Bach.'Bourrée' from Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius.'How Beautifully Blue the Sky' by Gilbert and Sullivan.'Dialogue Between the Wind and the Waves' from La Mer by Claude Debussy.'People with Long Ears' from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns.'The Elephant' from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens.

' Auf dem Wasser zu singen', D 774 by Franz Schubert.

'Of Foreign Lands and People' from Scenes from Childhood by Robert Schumann.

'Soldier's Dance' from William Tell by Gioachino Rossini.

The English-language version of the film also contained music by classical composers including: The song 'Walk Outside', written by Dick Tarrier, is performed by Dan Crow in the opening shots and end credits. Music was borrowed from Elmer Bernstein's score to To Kill a Mockingbird (specifically the two cues, 'Roll in the Tire' and 'Peek-a-boo' with minor changes in the music), and John Williams' score to The Witches of Eastwick (using these cues 'The Township of Eastwick' and 'Have Another Cherry!', again with minor changes in the music). The musical score for the English-language version was composed by Michael Boddicker.

Milo the cat series#

I with a cat tongue heart toward romance), originally recorded by Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi for the Fuji TV anime series High School Kimengumi, was used in commercials for the film. During the promotion of the film in Japan, the song 'Neko Jita Gokoro mo Koi no Uchi' ( 猫舌ごころも恋のうち, 'My Heart Has a Dislike for Love', lit. The original Japanese soundtrack, released as The Adventures of Chatran: Original Soundtrack, was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto and included 'Koneko Monogatari' ( 子猫物語), a theme song performed by Keiko Yoshinaga. Later, Milo, Otis, Joyce, and Sondra (along with their litters) happily find their way back together through the forest to their farm as the credits roll.Īll characters are voiced by the narrator, Shigeru Tsuyuki (Japanese) and Dudley Moore (English).ĭirector Masanori Hata and associate director Kon Ichikawa edited the film together from 74 hours of footage (400,000 ft or 120,000 m of film), shot over a period of four years.

Afterward, they briefly part ways and raise offspring of their own. Milo and Otis are reunited, and soon find mates of their own: Joyce, a white cat, for Milo and Sondra, a French pug, for Otis. While Milo is in the hole, Otis pulls him out by means of a rope. Finally, the two catch up with one another. Milo encounters a bear, escapes from a raven and Deadwood Swamp, steals a dead muskrat from a fox, follows a railroad called Nippon Bearway to the home of a deer who shelters him, sleeps in a nest with an owl, stays for a while with a pig and her piglets, catches a fish and is robbed of it by a raccoon, is mobbed by seagulls, and evades another bear, then a snake, before falling into a deep pit.įor his part, Otis follows Milo throughout, usually only an hour behind and less than a mile out of range. Otis runs after Milo, who himself goes on many adventures, escaping one obstacle after another. When Milo is hiding inside a box floating in the river, it breaks loose and he accidentally drifts downstream.

He finds a pug puppy named Otis, or Poosky in the Japanese version (プー助 ( Pūsuke)), and they soon become friends.

One of the kittens is named Milo, or Chatran in the Japanese version (チャトラン ( Chatoran), literally Brown Tiger), and has a habit of being too curious and getting himself into trouble. The film opens on Nippon Farm, with a mother cat who has given birth to kittens.