Ken Masters
Banned
Probably 2015 at the earliest.
Why does it take so long? Doesn't Disney own the rights in the US?
Wind Rises better come out in proper time
Probably 2015 at the earliest.
Why does it take so long? Doesn't Disney own the rights in the US?
Wind Rises better come out in proper time
Why does it take so long? Doesn't Disney own the rights in the US?
Wind Rises better come out in proper time
Ghibli obviously have a say when it's released outside of Japan.
So I watched a few Ghibli movies with my mom:
Grave of the Fireflies (which we loved)
Whisper of the Heart (which we were both so-so on)
and Spirited Away (which we both really enjoyed but she REALLY liked it)
Now I got my hands on Nausicaa, Porco Rosso, and Princess Mononoke; what order do you guys recommend watching them in? Also is there other recommendations for movies?
Do they? I mean, Ghibli releases seem to come out very very quickly on Blu ray in Europe and very very slowly in the US, so I figured that it was down to the domestic partners to decide when to release them. Maybe it's a combination of both, but I think in this case it's Disney's fault.
It's worth adding that, unlike most of the other Ghibli Blu Ray releases, Cagliostro only has Japanese language tracks and Japanese subtitles. Fortunately, Discotek's Blu Ray release (due at "the end of year or early 2015") will have both English dubs, English subtitles and Japanese language options.
If you enjoyed Grave I would give The Wind Rises a chance.
The Wind Rises is definitely aimed for adults and kids that age will have hard time grasping full meaning of the movie. It requires basic knowlegde of WW2 era history and politics and Miyazaki doesn't really explain them since he assumes the audience is able to connect the dots themselves.Hey, so based on JetBlackPanda's recommendation I looked into The Wind Rises and found out that its playing in a theater where I live (NYC). I just wanted people who watched it to let me know if its something that younger kids (7-9 years old) would enjoy? I read other GAFfers impressions and there seems to be a consensus that the movie was very "dry" so I'm not sure if I should invite them to watch it. The kids watched Spirited Away and enjoyed it well enough, I don't think they would get or appreciate Grave of the Fireflies. Will this movie be the same way? Thanks in advance.
The Wind Rises is definitely aimed for adults and kids that age will have hard time grasping full meaning of the movie. It requires basic knowlegde of WW2 era history and politics and Miyazaki doesn't really explain them since he assumes the audience is able to connect the dots themselves.
The movie shares many elements with Grave of the Fireflies but in The Wind Rises Japan's history and global politic situation are the centerpiece of the movie. In GotF history is more in the background while the plot itself resolves around the struggle of the two kids.
Yeah. The few fantasy scenes the movie has are pure Miyazaki eye candy but most of the film is rather dry (and I don't mean that as a negative) in a sense that it has lots of scenes of people talking about plane engineering and politics.Thanks for the input, so you would recommend I not take them to see the movie?
Thanks for the input, so you would recommend I not take them to see the movie?
My 10 year old daughter enjoyed it but didn't grasp everything the story had to offer as it is so rich historically. Like GCX stated, Miyazaki doesn't go into much explanation understandably. She still enjoyed it for the style, sound effects, and the story she did grasp though. It wasn't anywhere near her favorite of the Ghibli films to say the least.
I should state she is a pretty diehard fan, so there is a bit of bias going into the newer films. She has been watching Ghibli films since she was about 6 or so. In the last 3-4 years she has seen and loved nearly all of the Ghibli films. She hasn't seen Grave of the Fireflies, Porco Rosso, Yamadas and Pom Poko, and Tales From Earthsea (we watched half and uh... got bored). She even saw From Up On Poppy Hill with us in the theater and loved it.
Her take away was that Wind Rises was really well done visually, and she enjoyed and understood the love story aspect of the film. She did get some of the war bits as well, but lacks a prior knowledge base regarding that time period. We saw a dubbed version too, I should point out. While she and I prefer subbed versions, I think it probably kept her that much more entertained that it wasn't.
So it is hard to say if she would have liked it without her already great love for Miyazaki films and characters. I will have to ask her later, now that it has been a couple months, what her feelings on the film are!
some screens from the new film, When Marnie Was Here.
some screens from the new film, When Marnie Was Here.
Any idea who's directing the film?
And some gorgeous shots.
Yonebayashi - the Arrietty director.
Oooh. I loved Arrietty. What's his past works without Miyazaki screen writing? Any good?
Also, where the heck are the The Wind Rises and other US Summer Blu-ray releases?
so what bluray upgrades do you think us westerners will get this year?
they'll probably announce it pretty soon, right?
American singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn is providing the theme song Studio Ghibli film When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie), the first English-language theme tune for a production from the Japanese anime hit factory.
Ahn will record Fine on the Outside, a song she wrote in high school, for the upcoming Ghibli film.
The wait is over
July 16th in Japan
Wind Rises, The Castle of Cagliostro and a Bluray Box Set are coming this summer as well.
http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/animation/spirited-away-the-wind-rises-miyazaki-collection-blu-rays/
Maybe "Country Roads" doesn't count as a theme song in Whisper of the Heart, but it was pretty central to the plot and they played the entire Olivia Newton-John version over the opening credits in both the Japanese and English dub tracks.
Limited Edition
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998), In between animation
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), In between animation
Serial Experiments Lain (1998), Key animation
Monster (2004), Key animation
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase (2007), Key animation
His first film as director was Arrietty.
They should announce the next batch any day now. The vast majority of Ghibli's blu-rays have released in the US in May, so there's a good chance we'll get them next month.
As for which ones, we're so far behind the other countries it could literally be any of them. They tend to release them in batches of 3, and The Wind Rises will obviously be one of them, so that leaves two slots open. I'm guessing maybe Kiki and Porco Rosso.
I'm surprised we haven't heard anything about what's coming this year yet.
UK gaf: From up on Poppy hill is on film4 at 5:20 (I think its UK premier)
Also an exclusive clip of the Wind Rises 5:15.
Uh what? I am pretty sure the music in Arrietty was sung in English
Yonebayashi - the Arrietty director.
UK gaf: From up on Poppy hill is on film4 at 5:20 (I think its UK premier)
Also an exclusive clip of the Wind Rises 5:15.
Thanks for the heads up on this.
Was my first time seeing From up on Poppy Hill and I was quite surprised by how good it is. It lacks some of the finesse of Hayao Miyazaki's films, but it provided a more authentic Ghibli experience than Tales of Earthsea. Really enjoyed it and a little more confident about Ghibli without either Miyazaki Sr. or Takahata.
The Wind Rises UK Blu-ray and Limited Edition artwork. No date yet as far as I'm aware.
Standard Blu-ray and DVD
Limited Edition
So what's the best choice for importing them from Japan?
Amazon Japan, that I'm aware of. Using Mononoke as an example, a single blu-ray is $61 shipped ($48 plus express shipping, which is the only option they offer), last I checked. CD Japan is about $72.