Atagoal 2: The Secrets of Nature

Atagoal 2: The Secrets of Nature (Japanese: アタゴオル2：自然の秘密 Atagoru 2: Shizen no Himitsu) (or simply as Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest 2) is a Japanese CGI fantasy animated film. It is directed by Mizuho Nishikubo and produced by Digital Frontier, it is based on Hiroshi Masumura's manga. It will released to the theatres on November 2009.

Plot
After the events of the previous film, Hideyoshi had fun in Atagoal while the cats and humans are enjoying their time every morning and every night. Hideyoshi's best friend Tempura told him the adventure stories but Tempura told him that there's a festival about nature and harvesting crops during the full sunrise and they decided to visit Princess Tsukimi for the information about the festival. Hideyoshi and Tempura greets her and noticed there's a new girl who had an orange long hair and her outfit had the same as hers, in fact, she's her younger sister and her name was Princess Natsumi who loves storytelling and dancing. Hideyoshi thinks that Natsumi is a sweet person in Atagoal, Tsukimi loved her sister very much and Natsumi tells them the story about the festival

Cast

 * Koichi Yamadera as Hideyoshi
 * Tatsuya Ishii as the singing voice of Hideyoshi
 * Asahi Uchida as Tempura
 * Mamoru Miyano as the singing voice of Tempura
 * Aya Hirayama as Princess Tsukimi
 * Inori Minase as the singing voice of Princess Tsukimi
 * Etsuko Kozakura as Hirono the Forest Fairy (reincarnation of Hideko)
 * Seiichi Tanabe as Gilbars
 * Taiyo Sugiura as Prince Wataru
 * Yuki Kaji as the singing voice of Prince Wataru
 * Haruka Fukuhara as Princess Natsumi
 * TBA as Okuwa-san
 * TBA as Dr. Nukanome
 * Hiroko Taniyama as Themari
 * TBA as Fuko
 * TBA as King Kurmer
 * TBA as Curren
 * TBA as Hitenryu

Songs

 * Kāmā-ō no Higeki-Tekina Sanka (カーマー王の悲劇的な賛歌)
 * Kāmā-ō no Mottomo Kurai Komori-uta (カーマー王の最も暗い子守唄)
 * Mahō o Terasu (魔法を照らす)
 * Shine Brighter! Shine Up! (シャインブライター！ シャインアップ！)

Atagoal 2: The Secrets of Nature (inspired from the film) Soundtrack

 * Ame no Atagoal (雨のアタゴオル)
 * Subarashiki Kurenai Maguro no Sekai (素晴らしき紅マグロの世界)
 * Oira no Matsuri (Mori no Tomodachi ver~



Trivia

 * This is the second installment of Atagoal wa Neko no Mori film
 * This is the only film that the characters sung for the final scene
 * The motif of the film is a Yonezaad story and it features new characters and alternating the story plot instead of original from a manga
 * In the Bonus features of the DVD version, there are six extras
 * A dance practice or choreography of two featuring songs, Oira no Matsuri and Wakewakarando Atagoal (with Hideyoshi, Tempura, Princess Tsukimi, Prince Wataru, and Princess Natsumi)
 * Behind the Scenes
 * Audio Commentary (with director Mizuho Nishikubo and manga creator Hiroshi Masumura)
 * Deleted Scenes and Animatics
 * Characters' Gallery
 * In dubbed versions, these titles called
 * Magiczny Kot 2: Sekrety Poza Naturą (Polish)
 * Волшебный лес 2: Тайны природы (Russian)
 * 不可思議的貓森林 2：大自然的秘密故事 (Chinese) (Taiwan)