In addition to other animated films aimed at adult audiences, the film's success led to the production of a sequel, "The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat". Although producer Krantz and voice actor Hinnant returned for the follow-up, Bakshi did not. Instead, "Nine Lives" was directed by animator Robert Taylor, who co-wrote the film with Fred Halliday and Eric Monte. "Nine Lives" was distributed by American International Pictures, and was considered to be inferior to its predecessor. Both films have been released on DVD in the United States and Canada by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (the owners of the American International Pictures library via Orion Pictures) and the UK by Arrow Films. Bakshi states that he felt constricted using anthropomorphic characters in "Fritz", and focused solely on non-anthropomorphic characters in "Heavy Traffic" and "Hey Good Lookin'", but later used anthropomorphic characters in "Coonskin".