The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is a 2002 American animated medieval period musical romantic comedy film directed by Bradley Raymond. It is a direct-to-video sequel to Disney's 1996 animated feature film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The film was produced by the Japanese office of Walt Disney Animation and Walt Disney Television Animation, while it was released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on March 19, 2002. Many of the actors from the original film reprise their roles, with the addition of new characters played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michael McKean and Haley Joel Osment. In this movie, Quasimodo falls in love with a circus girl named Madellaine, but goes into action when a magician named Sarousch seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame. Critical reception was mostly negative.