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My Neighbor Totoro??
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It was just (like, within the last week) rated 'G' by the MPAA so Disney's clearly prepping a release, and February 2006 is the next wave of Ghibli titles with Totoro and Howl, so that's likely. Not 100% confirmed though.Dead said:
Unfortunately, I'm still way, way behind on catching up on these Ghibli releases. Damn my 200+ queue at Netflix along with the dozen or two titles in my own collection I've yet to watch.
Sorry, meant dub.
I have the language set to English, and the English subtitles (not captions for the hearing impaired) enabled. (I watch all of my movies with subtitles.) Well, the subtitles don't match the English dub at all. At all! Very strange. Two completely different translations.
I have the language set to English, and the English subtitles (not captions for the hearing impaired) enabled. (I watch all of my movies with subtitles.) Well, the subtitles don't match the English dub at all. At all! Very strange. Two completely different translations.
Oh thats normal. While the sub will normally be a more direct translation of the dialogue, when recording a dub, the dialogue is often adapted to make it more accessible to the audience, so while many phrases and wording might be different they usually do keep the original intent of the dialogue. When the subtitles match the dub, that's what some refer to as "dubtitles"Mejilan said:
Really? I didn't notice that happening with other Ghibli flicks. Then again, I may have watched them in Japanese, with English subs.
And OMFG.
I just passed a scene were the English voices referred to something called a "Raccoon Pouch".
How was it translated in the subs? "Testicles."
In a Disney flick? Hahahahaah. Wow.
And OMFG.
I just passed a scene were the English voices referred to something called a "Raccoon Pouch".
How was it translated in the subs? "Testicles."
In a Disney flick? Hahahahaah. Wow.
Crazymoogle
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Mejilan said:
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protip: best movie ever. And I think Jackfrost might back me up on that. The crown jewel of anime, in any case.
heavy liquid
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Dan said:
Man, when Disney agreed to release Miyazaki's films uncut and uncensored six or seven years ago ('98 I think? Not sure..) I was estatic at the thought of getting stuff like Naussica and Totoro here unaltered. But I NEVER in a million years thought they'd release something like Pom Poko here (giant testicles and all, and not even directed by Miyazaki). I'm glad I was wrong, and I've really got to hand it to Disney, although I am disappointed that it took this freakin' long for them to release the films.
Crazymoogle
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duckroll said:
*looks at first post...uhh....
heavy liquid
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Crazymoogle said:
:lol
lovelyarsenic
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Mejilan said:
my neighbor totoro is already out on dvd...i was lucky enough to snag it in the 5.50 bin at walmart
i <3 hayao miyazakiheavy liquid
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lovelyarsenic said:my neighbor totoro is already out on dvd...i was lucky enough to snag it in the 5.50 bin at walmart
Mejilan said:
Definitely. The Fox release is not only edited but full frame. Wait for the good stuff.
you should just buy the entire SG collection on Ebay (50$). The version I got a while back has everything except Sen to Chihiro and the newest movie, but I've got them too so it doesn't matter. They're Japanese only though (has subtitles if you want them). Personally I hate watching them in English, especially Mononoke Hime which plain fucked the dialogue. Pom Poko is awesome! It's the most environmentally obvious of all of them.
heavy liquid
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genjiZERO said:
Sure, if you want to support inferior bootlegs where the money won't go towards the creators of the films, and there's no English dialogue to help draw in new (English language speaking) people to his films.
heavy liquid said:
they're not inferior bootlegs. I have both the Disney release of Mononoke Hime and the Ghibli Collection one and I've compared them pretty thoroughly and there's no difference. The packaging and the DVDs (each 8Gigs) isn't crappy either so they seem rather legit, and anyway does buying a Disney release go to Studio Ghibli or to Disney? I can understand wanting to see it in Englsih if that's your thing though. Personally because the translations are so bad and the voice acting so terrible and the fact that they seem way more appropriate in Japanese makes me just want the Japanese dialogue. But as long as you can appreciate the art of these movies I don't really care what language you watch it in.
heavy liquid
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genjiZERO said:
The packaging may be good, but it's still a bootleg; nothing going towards the people who created the work. Profit from the US Disney DVDs go to both Disney AND Miyaziki per their distribution deal. I'll commonly watch foreign DVD's in their native language with subtitles (both live-action and animated; it's what I prefer), but I'm happy to know that the discs aren't bootlegged and the money is going towards the people who both created the film and those who brought it to my country, thx.
genjiZERO said:
Yes, both. Support them.
genjiZERO said:
Yes and yes.
Here are the ones that I own. All are Studio Ghibli/Disney releases:
My Neighbors The Yamadas
Pom Poko
Spirited Away
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Laputa - Castle in the Sky
Porco Rosso
The Cat Returns
Kiki's Delivery Service
Princess Mononoke (Miramax Label - Owned by Disney, no?)
Castle Cagliostro (non-Disney)
Grave of the Fireflies (non-Disney)
Edit - Also, I'm pretty sure the Disney releases all include English dubs and the original Japanese language track. Ghibli + Disney all the way. Bootleggers can fucking suck it.
If http://cgi.ebay.com/Archives-of-Studio-Ghibli-13-Movies-4-DVDs-Miyazaki_W0QQitemZ6434305596QQcategoryZ41524QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting is bootleg, it's the most professional bootleg I've ever seen.
I didn't know there were so many SG released. That's awesome. What I like best about SG movies is that they're so thoroughly Japanese. Their full of obscure cultural references and most of them are vaguely about Shintoism. I've always thought Sen to Chihiro and Mononoke Hime were comparison pieces, academically about Shintoism; as in the cultural intrepretation that can be made by calling the religion "shinto" versus "kami no michi" (the characters can be read both ways)
I didn't know there were so many SG released. That's awesome. What I like best about SG movies is that they're so thoroughly Japanese. Their full of obscure cultural references and most of them are vaguely about Shintoism. I've always thought Sen to Chihiro and Mononoke Hime were comparison pieces, academically about Shintoism; as in the cultural intrepretation that can be made by calling the religion "shinto" versus "kami no michi" (the characters can be read both ways)
yeah yeah, sorry, it's a bit habitual. Sen to Chihiro no Kami Kakushi is the Japanese title for Spirited Away.
So you haven't seen Totoro? It with Mononoke and Spirited Away are my favourate 3. Watching Totoro really makes me wish I'd grown up on a farm!
Acually to be serious for a minute, I honestly think that if everyone watched Grave of Fireflies as children there would be no war. I like to show that movie to get reactions out of people and several times some people couldn't even finish it. Everyone seems to agree that it's the saddest movies they've ever seen. What I like best about it is that it's a WW2 movie that shows what it's like to be a civilian and does so without propagana.
So you haven't seen Totoro? It with Mononoke and Spirited Away are my favourate 3. Watching Totoro really makes me wish I'd grown up on a farm!
Acually to be serious for a minute, I honestly think that if everyone watched Grave of Fireflies as children there would be no war. I like to show that movie to get reactions out of people and several times some people couldn't even finish it. Everyone seems to agree that it's the saddest movies they've ever seen. What I like best about it is that it's a WW2 movie that shows what it's like to be a civilian and does so without propagana.
I haven't seen Totoro yet.
I saw Grave of the Fireflies for the first time when I was still living in Israel. It was about 2am, and most of the Israeli networks were shut down for the night. I was flipping through some of the random European channels we used to get then, when I hit upon an anime that was still all in Japanese, but with French subtitles. Needless to say, I understood not a word of the movie. I must have caught it about 15 minutes after it started. I was mesmerized, and watched the whole thing, though again, I couldn't understand a freaking word.
It must have ended close to 4am, and left me weeping like a babe. I was so shocked and horrified, than I ran to the shower and sat in it, crying, for close to half an hour. I guess I was around 18 or 19 years old, then.
I saw the movie again when I was 24 or 25, when a friend let me borrow it (I've since purchased my own copy). I didn't know what he was letting me borrow at the time. I plugged it in, and after about 5 minutes, I recalled.
This time, I watched it in English, all of it. And once again, I was reduced to helpless tears. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch it again. It's perhaps the only DVD I ever bought with absolutely no intention of ever watching. Go figure.
I saw Grave of the Fireflies for the first time when I was still living in Israel. It was about 2am, and most of the Israeli networks were shut down for the night. I was flipping through some of the random European channels we used to get then, when I hit upon an anime that was still all in Japanese, but with French subtitles. Needless to say, I understood not a word of the movie. I must have caught it about 15 minutes after it started. I was mesmerized, and watched the whole thing, though again, I couldn't understand a freaking word.
It must have ended close to 4am, and left me weeping like a babe. I was so shocked and horrified, than I ran to the shower and sat in it, crying, for close to half an hour. I guess I was around 18 or 19 years old, then.
I saw the movie again when I was 24 or 25, when a friend let me borrow it (I've since purchased my own copy). I didn't know what he was letting me borrow at the time. I plugged it in, and after about 5 minutes, I recalled.
This time, I watched it in English, all of it. And once again, I was reduced to helpless tears. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch it again. It's perhaps the only DVD I ever bought with absolutely no intention of ever watching. Go figure.
I like Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whispers of the Heart) more than any of Miyazaki's films. But Miyazaki's best work (OYM) is coming to DVD really soon:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AOXE1I/249-0571810-9153147
Yay!
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AOXE1I/249-0571810-9153147
Yay!
Myoclonic Jerk
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ok I have:
-Spirited Away
-Castle in The Sky
-Porco Rosso
-Nausicaa
-My Nieghbor Tottoro
-Grave of The Fire Flies
-Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
-Kiki's Delivery Service
-Princess Mononoke
-Conan, The Boy of The Future (Best series EVER)
what am I missing?
-Spirited Away
-Castle in The Sky
-Porco Rosso
-Nausicaa
-My Nieghbor Tottoro
-Grave of The Fire Flies
-Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
-Kiki's Delivery Service
-Princess Mononoke
-Conan, The Boy of The Future (Best series EVER)
what am I missing?
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