New Ghibli (Miyazaki) R1 releases

[Brandon B]

For you Spirited Away fans, tomorrow Disney is releasing the english dubbed region 1 versions of three more titles (finally).

Porco Rosso (My favorite of his films so far)
Nausicaä Valley of the Wind
The Cat Returns

I'm picking up all three, have not seen the latter two.

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[Stoney]

My wife is from Japan. Nausicaa is one of her all time favorites (Mostly because of the music and storyline message). I have seen the Japanese version several times with her translating for me. She has been anxiously waiting for the English version so I can get the full effect. She is sure it will be one of my favorites also. She has told me that the movie is an adaptation of a Manga series (many more stories in the Manga).

BTW Have you seen "Grave of the Fireflies"? Be prepared! Saddest movie ever made :cry:
Also: Looking forward to the widescreen release of "My Friend Totoro" :T

[Brandon B]

I need a small correction on The Cat Returns, Miyazaki was involved but did not direct that effort.

I'm starting to pick up more and more Japanese animated titles lately. Worst buy had a 10% off any anime title with purchase of the 3 above so I ended up grabbing Cowboy Bebop (the movie) as well. I have heard about Grave of the Fireflies (with the same warning you give) before. May get that as well down the road. Also waiting until I can find a copy of Ghost int eh Shell 2: Innocence with the unmucked up subtitles, but no luck locally yet.

Wish I'd gotten around to modding my DVD megachanger to region free SDI sooner, then I could pick some of these on my monthly sojourns to Tokyo and watch them.

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[Stoney]

Watched Nausicaa last night. I was a bit dissappointed in the sound, sounded like it was done in Mono . Really a shame, has so much potential for surround oportunities.

[Jurgen]

Spirited Away was my first Miyazaki film a couple of months ago and I was really enchanted by it. I had seen several Manga movies before (Patlabor being one of my favourites) but I thought this was something very special. Since then I really wanted to see more of Miyazaki’s work. A few weeks ago I saw Princes Mononoke. And again I was blown away! :E
Because I borrowed it from a friend, I am on the lookout for an ultimate edition, with English subtitles that follow the Japanese speech.

Do the above mentioned releases contain the original Japanese speech, or are they dubbed only?

Regards,
Jurgen

[Stoney]

Nausicaa has choice for Japanese dialog. Not sure about the others, but I would venture to guess that they also have Japanese as a choice but am not sure about English subtitles during the Japanese dialog. I will try to check tonight.
I currently have Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro (VHS; waiting for DVD release in wide screen), Grave of the Fireflies, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and have seen Porco Rosso on VHS. I enjoyed all. :T

http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/

[Jurgen]

thanks for the info (including the provided link) :T

Also, I now have some extra Miyazaki titles to look for!

Jurgen

[Brandon B]

All the disney releases of his films have original Japanese track in 2.0 with english subs as an option. They have not worked their way through his whole catalog yet though.

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[Jurgen]

thanks for the info :T

[Brandon B]

Watched Porco Rosso over the weekend. Nicely done disk. I watched with the English redub track. Thought they did a pretty nice job voice casting (albeit recyclig a lot of the talent used on other Disney/Miyazaki redubs), preserving the intent and feeling of the dialog.

Still like this best of all his films. Dad and stepmom liked it quite a bit also.

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