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[MetatronM]

So Disney finally got around to officially announcing a February 22 date for the new batch of Studio Ghibli DVDs. One problem, though...

NO TOTORO


My Neighbor Totoro is not coming any time soon, and The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi) will be taking its place.

So on February 22, 2005, Disney will finally release Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, and The Cat Returns.

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[borghe]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

The Fox DVD release of that movie sucks on a million different levels... fuck.........

argghh... you've just ruined my day. :\ that is in my daughter's top 5 favorite movies and I've been anxiously awaiting giving her the "proper" version of it.

god damn disney...

 

[Meier]

Yeah heard about this a couple hours ago.. really, really bummed. The Cat Returns, while fabulous and completely underrated, has nothing to do with Miyazaki at all either which makes it particularly bizarre. Not to mention it's a pseudo-sequel to Ghibli's most enjoyable title IMO, that will remain unreleased in America for the time-being, Whisper of the Heart.

 

[Killkernal]

WTF?! Why? What the hell is the hang up?

 

[borghe]

I would imagine the fact that Fox has distribution rights as well.....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...1/002-0808579-4798439?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

asshats

 

[SteveMeister]

Well, I already have Totoro, so its omission isn't as horrible to me. I'm just glad to be finally getting the other three -- two of which I've never seen

 

[borghe]

which Totoro do you have? The Fox domestic release or an import?

 

[Flynn]

which Totoro do you have? The Fox domestic release or an import?

There was a region zero Studio Ghibili collection that featured My Neighbor Totoro. The subtitles weren't so great though...

Anyway, I hate almost all dubs, but the My Neighbor Totoro voice over is pretty damn good in my book.

 

[Mike Works]

As long as Porco Rosso is still coming, none will be murdered.

 

[SteveMeister]

which Totoro do you have? The Fox domestic release or an import?

Fox domestic release.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Region 2 ahoy!

 

[J2 Cool]

Damn it. My Neighbor Totorro needs to get here as well as Whisper of the Heart. And Howl's Moving Castle better be lined up to hit theaters and/or dvd some time next year

 

[Dead]

As long as I can still get Nausicaa

 

[DrForester]

Delay of Totoro is probably some legal snag with Fox and their rights for the movie, which were supposed to have expired.


I am surprised that The Cat Returns is comming before Whispers of the Heart, because the dub recording for Whispers of the Heart is finished.

 

[dorikyasu]

English Nausicaa cast:
Alison Lohman as Nausicaa
Shia LaBeouf as Asbel
Uma Thurman as Kushana
Chris Sarandon as Kurotowa
Mark Hamill as Mayor of Pejite
Patrick Stewart as Lord Yupa

Porco Rosso:
Michael Keaton as Porco Rosso
Cary Elwes as Donald Curtis
Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Fio
Bill Fagerbakke as Mamma Aiuto Gang
Bobby Edner as Arms Dealer
Brad Garrett as Mamma Aiuto Boss
David Ogden Stiers as Grandpa Piccolo
Frank Welker as Mamma Aiuto Gang
Kevin Michael Richardson as Mamma Aiuto Gang
Susan Egan as Gina

Interesting...

 

[Jim Bowie]

English Nausicaa cast:

Mark Hamill as Mayor of Pejite
Patrick Stewart as Lord Yupa

Porco Rosso:
Michael Keaton as Porco Rosso
Cary Elwes as Donald Curtis
Brad Garrett as Mamma Aiuto Boss

AWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cleans up*

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Wow!!

 

[J2 Cool]

I'll give them this, I'm glad they're putting together a great voice cast. And to the actors doing these flicks, you guys frickin rock!

 

[SteveMeister]

Damn it. My Neighbor Totorro needs to get here as well as Whisper of the Heart. And Howl's Moving Castle better be lined up to hit theaters and/or dvd some time next year

Dude, you can buy Totoro now. It's not necessary to wait for Disney to release it, because it's already available on DVD in the US. I bought my copy at Best Buy over a year ago.

 

[Jim Bowie]

I think he's angry that the Japanese voicetrack isn't available on the Fox release. And rightfully so- both of the voicetracks are soooo good.

 

[DrForester]

Nice


Cast List for The Cat Returns


Anne Hathaway ("The Princes Diaries 2: Royal Engagement")

Cary Elwes ("Ella Enchanted")

Peter Boyle (TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond")

Elliott Gould ("Ocean's Eleven")

Andy Richter ("Elf")

Rene Auberjonois ("The Little Mermaid") <-- A.K.A. Odo in Deep Space 9

Tim Curry ("The Wild Thornberrys Movie") <-- yeah, this is what he's most famous for....

Judy Greer ("The Village")

Andrew Bevis

Kristen Bell

Kristine Sutherland (TV's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer")

Katia Coe

 

[Flynn]

I think he's angry that the Japanese voicetrack isn't available on the Fox release. And rightfully so- both of the voicetracks are soooo good.

My sentiment exactly.

And kudos to Buenvista for casting voice-over talent with an emphasis on talent, not star-power.

 

[Draff]

Also, doesn't the Fox edition edit some scenes out?

 

[DrForester]

Say what you will about Disney's own stuff, but they've given great treatment to all of the Ghibli releases they've handeled. Good DVD release, good Dub's, etc.


EDIT: I think the fox totoro release edited or removed the bath scene.

 

[Flynn]

EDIT: I think the fox totoro release edited or removed the bath scene.

Nope. It's there.

 

[MetatronM]

The Fox release of Totoro is pan and scan only. That is MORE than enough reason for me to never even consider buying it.

 

[NLB2]

I love how the titles of Miyazaki's movies always seem nonsensical or metaphorical until you actually see the movie and realize that they are meant to be taken literally.

http://www.tzone.org/~llin/clips/Howl_NTV_clip2.mpg
http://www.tzone.org/~llin/clips/Howl_NTV_clip2.wmv
http://www.tzone.org/~llin/clips/Howl_NTV_clip2.avi
http://www.tzone.org/~llin/clips/Howl_NTV_clip2.mp3

 

[BuddyC]

First Klonoa G2, now this - February is shaping up to be one hell of a month.

 

[Saki]

NEKO-BASU

 

[Papi]

My Neighbour Totoro is my favourite movie. They're releasing it here in Australia as part of the Studio Ghibli collection.

 

[olimario]

Can somebody link me to all of the current HOWL media?

 

[speedpop]

There's only been a teaser trailer and the Image Album olimario.

As for Disney, they can get fucked. Literally. Countless times they have screwed around with Ghibli's work.

Porco Rosso = the shit though

 

[DrForester]

They did warriors of the wind sure, but since then Disney has done a great job with all teh Ghibli works they've handeled, good DVD releases, good dubs.

 

[Lhadatt]

As for Disney, they can get fucked. Literally. Countless times they have screwed around with Ghibli's work.

What? When?

Tokuma has bound Disney via their publishing contract to not make any cuts or alterations on the movies. The only instance they've done anything to the films was for Kiki's -- they couldn't get rights to some of the music, I think, so they had to improvise. They improvised a bit too much, but whatever. They also used a mostly-dub script for the subtitles, but everything since then has had a more literal translation for the subs.

The "creative types" did try to muck around with things early on, but Lasseter stepped in and put a stop to that.

 

[MetatronM]

They did warriors of the wind sure, but since then Disney has done a great job with all teh Ghibli works they've handeled, good DVD releases, good dubs.

Disney didn't do Warriors of the Wind. That was some no name company, and it was completely unauthorized.

 

[Kiriku]

The Cat Returns? Meh. It's OK, but I would much rather see Totoro return (no pun intended).

 

[AniHawk]

I saw Totoro about a month and a half ago. I liked the imagination put into the movie, but the voice acting murdered it. Took a machete and chopped it into little, bloody bits. I'd like to see the subbed version, but I swear if all the little girls do is scream at each other at close range, I'll just skip it.

*Puts several flame retardant suits on*

 

[MetatronM]

Yeah. The whole movie is pretty much just little Japanese girls running around and screaming.

But it's so cute. :lol

 

[Teddman]

The Cat Returns rules though. Damn it that they haven't released Whisper of the Heart yet... Why put out the sequel and not the original?

 

[Kiriku]

The Cat Returns rules though. Damn it that they haven't released Whisper of the Heart yet... Why put out the sequel and not the original?

Yeah, I would much rather see Whisper of the Heart. But I don't see why it would be a problem to release The Cat Returns, the movies are independent from each other apart from a few rather pointless details anyway.

 

[FnordChan]

I'm not going to argue too much with any Ghibli releases in the US, but The Cat Returns does seem a bit odd. Still, if we're lucky, it'll sell like gangbusters and thus encourage Disney to release Whisper of the Heart in short order.

FnordChan

 

[Alucard]

I've been dying to see Nausicaa. So glad that I'll finally get the chance! I hope it's at least the same level of quality as Laputa: Castle in the Sky. (my favourite Miyazaki movie out of the 3-4 I've seen)

 

[MASB]

Meh. I'll believe this news when I actually have the DVDs in my hands. Disney's been changing the dates too much. Hopefully there's hope for various non-Miyazaki DVDs as well (for awhile some Takahata movies such as Whisper of the Heart was penciled in for November 2004).

As for Totoro, I'm not too upset about that, since I have the Fox version for now. I don't know if original language is so great anyway after listening to the Japanese voice of Pazu on Castle In The Sky. "SHHHEEEEETTTAAAAA!" It seemed like the actor was yelling her name no matter the context of the situation. Whereas The Cat Returns is all new to me, so I welcome that more than Totoro. Hopefully this date and these movies are for real this time. It's just too bad we won't hear Jean Reno's voice on Porco Rosso. He was on the French version.

 

[NetMapel]

<-------------- RESPECT

Anyways, My all-time favorite Miyazaki film is Only Yesterday, which I don't know when it will be released here =P Fortunately, I have the original Ghibli DVD set in Japanese/Chinese glory...

 

[Uncle Dukey]

The region-free DVDs are bootlegs by the way... The legit Ghibli Region-3 DVDs from Hong Kong and Region-2 DVDs from Japan both have english subtitles though.

No Totoro makes me sad . Wonder if Disney ever plans on releasing My Neighbors the Yamadas? Not a Miyazaki title, but it was entertaining.

 

[SentientStone]

I was planning to get Totoro and Porco Rosso (since I got the R3 releases for the others) when they first announced this set of releases but I guess I'll just be getting Porco Rosso now.
I've been waiting a long time to finally get a good release of Totoro on DVD too. :/