Studio Ghibli

Nuclear Lunchbox · Postby **Nuclear Lunchbox** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:45 pm

I wonder if they'll have a BD compilation of all of Miyazaki's works, someday. Or even just all Ghibli works. I'd buy that.

Dataprime · Postby **Dataprime** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:13 pm

Warning, Disney screws up the Princess Mononoke subtitle track in re-release.

Taken from - http://www.thedigitalbits.com/item/princess-mononoke-bd

SPOILER: Show

"Back when the original DVD was announced, a good many of us “purists” cried to high
heaven and begged Disney to step up and fix an error.
They planned a straight English release with no Japanese track.
No Japanese anime should ever be released without its original track
– that’s just a given. Disney rethought their decision and delayed the original release and
added the track and included a nice English subtitle track based on the original Japanese
dialogue (done by Stephen Albert and Haruyo Moriyoshi). Unfortunately, that track is not on
board this set.
All the praise and accolades I can heap upon this new Blu-ray’s video and
audio elements are completely undone simply because these English subtitles are a disaster.
Disney
could have easily included the original English subs, or even gone so far as to use the
translations on the Studio Ghibli Japanese Blu-ray release (which were different from the
2000 DVD, but just as proper a translation of the original Japanese dialogue, credited to
a company called Aura with dialogue adaptation by Jim Hubbert). In both or either case,
these translations are mindful of Japanese cultural context and apply an attention to additional
detail such that (for example) the names of Japanese voice actors and key production staff
members in the end credits are translated correctly. Astonishingly, Disney’s new Blu-ray
release utilizes neither of these fine translations, but instead are simply a word for word
transcript of the adapted English language dubbing script. It’s a major screw up, and if I
sound steaming mad about this – I am. I cannot recommend you purchase this Blu-ray. And
if you think maybe the ‘bonus DVD’ in this package may be a straight port of the original DVD – no such
luck. It also uses the English dub script. So Disney screwed up not only the new Blu-ray but
the new DVD too. If you have the original DVD – keep it."

Ray · Postby **Ray** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:43 pm

Meh, doesn't bug me too much. I'm just glad to have one of my fave films in HD

Rosenakahara · Postby **Rosenakahara** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:52 pm

Every single ghibli film i have ever watched has been dubbed so this doesn't bother me, that and princess mononoke's dub is fantastic anyway.

Postby **pwhodges** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:06 pm

My wife is part deaf, and likes to watch even English content with subtitles. Having the subs match the dub would, as it happens, actually be perfect for her! Anyway, if I wanted, I'd make a copy and merge the previous subs in as well - the best of both worlds.

Dream · Postby **Dream** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:29 pm

StarShaper7 wrote:"I have tons of things I want to say about Takahata-san, -laughs- but Grave of the fireflies attracts my attention most. That's an immoral world, since it's a story of incest. And the image of death is lined up right behind it. In that sense, it was an erotic movie, and it gave me chills." - Mamoru Oshii

That is so Oshii.

I was going O_____________O all throught that interview.

On topic: Here is Miyazaki telling an animator to kill himself.

Apologies for the sensationalist titling, but that part really shocked me. Hopefully it was a translation error or something. Though he does seem to be in kind of a very sour mood there.

Guy Nacks · Postby **Guy Nacks** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:40 pm

Dream wrote:On topic: Here is Miyazaki telling an animator to kill himself.

Apologies for the sensationalist titling, but that part really shocked me. Hopefully it was a translation error or something. Though he does seem to be in kind of a very sour mood there.

If I had to reshoot an entire scene from a film because some 2nd unit director fucked it up, I'd be kinda pissed too.

AR-99 · Postby **AR-99** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:08 pm

Princess Kaguya has been out in limited release in the US. Any takers?

The closest screening to me is Oakland and they don't know yet if they'll screen the sub version.

Nuclear Lunchbox · Postby **Nuclear Lunchbox** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:59 am

I'll have to do some searching for it. Either that or I'll wait for a BD (unless it's one of those films that should really be seen in a theater.)

Dataprime · Postby **Dataprime** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:56 am

I've been wanting to watch From Up on Poppy Hill for a good while now, The thing is
I'm a little hesitant in seeing as how it's directed by Goro Miyazaki. The last film he did - Tales from Earthsea
was a huge disappointment for me personally.
Can anyone remove my doubt from my mind and tell me Poppy is worth seeing?

Ray · Postby **Ray** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:26 am

Definitely. It's nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary, but it's definitely a fun romp through 1960's Japan.

Goro's better with modern day settings than he is with fantasy.

Postby **Mr. Tines** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:30 am

Dataprime wrote:Can anyone remove my doubt from my mind and tell me Poppy is worth seeing?

It's Manabi Straight meets OreImo in the early 1960s; and very little to do with the ships in the harbour, as the trailer might mislead you into thinking. You would be forgiven for thinking it was an entirely different team to the one that made Earthsea.

Defectron · Postby **Defectron** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:58 am

Dream wrote:I was going O_____________O all throught that interview.

On topic: Here is Miyazaki telling an animator to kill himself.

Apologies for the sensationalist titling, but that part really shocked me. Hopefully it was a translation error or something. Though he does seem to be in kind of a very sour mood there.

Oh man, just think what that animators thinking after watchingthat interview. He's probably edging into the corner looking all embarrassed going "uhhh...that wasn't me who drew that!"

AR-99 · Postby **AR-99** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:06 pm

Dataprime wrote:I've been wanting to watch From Up on Poppy Hill for a good while now, The thing is
I'm a little hesitant in seeing as how it's directed by Goro Miyazaki. The last film he did - Tales from Earthsea
was a huge disappointment for me personally.
Can anyone remove my doubt from my mind and tell me Poppy is worth seeing?

I consider Earthsea to be the weakest of Ghibli's films, having seen all of them except Marnie and Kaguya. Poppy Hill is Goro redeeming himself. What I said earlier about my viewing:

AR-99 wrote:Saw From Up on Poppy Hill and enjoyed. High school kids in the early '60s trying to save the clubhouse from being torn down and two fated characters brought together. A big bonus is that the original version of Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto is an insert song!

caragnafog dog · Postby **caragnafog dog** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:42 pm

Everyone needs to watch Kaguya Hime.

Dataprime · Postby **Dataprime** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:45 pm

caragnafog dog wrote:Everyone needs to watch Kaguya Hime.

but it's not in America-Land yet :um:

AR-99 · Postby **AR-99** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:21 pm

Actually it is but wasn't released as widely as The Wind Rises. There are only a handful of places still screening. The closest theater to me is all the way in Oakland and their only sub screening at this time is a night showing next Monday. :irked:

Postby **robersora** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:26 pm

Omg, I just realised Kaguya Hime is in Austrian Cinemas right know (!!).

caragnafog dog · Postby **caragnafog dog** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:44 pm

You should definitely go, I bet it'd be really impressive in theaters.

Nuclear Lunchbox · Postby **Nuclear Lunchbox** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:20 pm

Dataprime wrote:Can anyone remove my doubt from my mind and tell me Poppy is worth seeing?

Go see Poppy. It's a fun film that'll make you feel like a child, even if only for a little bit.

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