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.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
flying
cat
bus ride
bus trip
short film
IMDB
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Cast
Chika Sakamoto
Mei (voice)
Hayao Miyazaki
Totoro (voice)
Crew
Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Morita
Key Animation
Nozomu Takahashi
Production Manager
Makiko Futaki
Animation Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Animation Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Original Story
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
Grecia
8.0★ · 06/22/26
a catbus family? genius and wholesome.
mei fitting perfectly in the kitten bus at the end was soooo stinkin’ cute.
a catbus family? genius and wholesome.
mei fitting perfectly in the kitten bus at the end was soooo stinkin’ cute.
franco
6.0★ · 02/27/26
peccato che per trovarlo ho dovuto rinunciare alla privacy dei miei dati in qualche sito strano sudamericano
peccato che per trovarlo ho dovuto rinunciare alla privacy dei miei dati in qualche sito strano sudamericano
Jackson Hamil
8.0★ · 07/31/25
unfortunately also has to watch this on a cam recording since these Ghibli short films only get screened at the museum in japan. WHICH I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO VISIT ONE DAY.
This concept is amazing, and it’d be lovely to see more short films within their bigger films universes.
unfortunately also has to watch this on a cam recording since these Ghibli short films only get screened at the museum in japan. WHICH I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO VISIT ONE DAY.
This concept is amazing, and it’d be lovely to see more short films within their bigger films universes.
Kanyenotwest
Watched at the Ghibli Museum
Watched at the Ghibli Museum
Flavia Huerta
8.0★ · 06/27/25
as an engineer...impressed by the catbus innovation/evolution
as an engineer...impressed by the catbus innovation/evolution
