So began production on The Cat Returns, directed by Hiroyuki Morita, and a spin-off (not an official sequel) of Whisper of the Heart that concentrates on the adventures a schoolgirl who can talk to cats. One project included an offer from a Japanese amusement park to have Ghibli create a twenty-minute short film on cats. ![]() ![]() But Kondo’s unexpected death in 1998 lengthened the careers of Miyazaki and Takahata, as well as forcing fellow Ghibli co-founder and producer Toshio Suzuki to find others within the studio who could helm future projects. That film’s director, Yoshifumi Kondo, seemed to be the heir apparent. ![]() When Whisper of the Heart appeared in Japanese theaters in 1995, Studio Ghibli proved in the middle of its most productive period that somebody within the studio other than Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata could direct a successful film.
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