editions". They do seem, however to treat the recent theatrical releases
differently from the older films (both "Kiki" and "Castle in the Sky" had, I
think, much better DVD releases than "Mononoke" and "Spirited Away").
Also, just to set the record straight - Disney has never released "Totoro"
here - the release you're probably talking about was the old Fox issue.
It's been attacked by some (mostly for the translation and voice acting) but
I thought they could have done much, much worse (just take a look at the US
release of "Nausicca" to see what I mean).
The Disney release of "Totoro" should be much better. No only to pack the
discs with specials, but (I think more importantly) they work hard to
attract top voice talent and (I think most importantly) top-tier translators
and writers. Japanese (and Japanese concepts) doesn't always translate
well to English and getting a good writer/translator team makes an enormous
difference.
So far I've really got no complaints at all at Disney's handling of the
films, although I do wish that they'd be a bit more aggressive with their
theatrical releases (even with the Oscar "Spirited Away" still saw only
limited release).
Jim Davis
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From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:21 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Disney Confirms New Miyazaki Anime Releases
> From: Larry C. Lyons
>
> -- Disney Confirms New Ghibli Releases --
>
> http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php?id=6134
>
> Buena Vista Home Video has issued an official confirmation that Hayao
> Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of
> Wind, and Porco Rosso will be released on uncut, bilingual, special
> edition domestic DVD on August 31st. Each film will be presented in
> anamorphic widescreen and retail at $29.99.
The current versions of some of the discs are bilingual and have loads
of specials, so I wonder what the "special edition" versions will
contain
I recently watched Kiki's Delivery Service, which had the subs for both
the Japanese and English versions (try watching the Japanese translation
subs and listening to the English version) - and loads of specials, so
maybe that's already the Special Edition version...
Although My Neighbor Totoro had very little on it apart from the film
and the trailer, so that could do with an upgrade :P
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