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Hypermusician

24-10-2005, 09:44 PM

Very much a fan. Laputa (Castle in the sky/the flying island) is my favourite, mostly because I was lucky enough to have it taped off the telly when I was five. It was my favourite film growing up, I just kept watching it again and again. Weird that ITV showed such an obscure film in the late eighties/early nineties.

Shame that Disney butchered it in the rerelease though, by adding stupid extra dialogue, even in the subtitles, and dubbing it with a terrible cast.

Puppetmaster

24-10-2005, 09:45 PM

Isn't it Hayao?

crazybobbles

24-10-2005, 09:50 PM

Isn't it Hayao?

i know :indiff:

spaceboy250

24-10-2005, 11:18 PM

just saw nausicaa of the valley of the wind the other day and I think it overtakes Spirited away as my favourite. Although Princess Mononoke is also amazin. I have my neighbour totoro and and porco rosso to watch soon. Plus my mate just gave me back kikis delivery service and the cat returns so my collection is fair coming along :D

Spiral

25-10-2005, 11:56 AM

My boyfriend has all Japanese dvds. And he saw Mononoke a hundred times or so in cinema. And he made me addicted as well. Pah!

Puppetmaster

25-10-2005, 02:22 PM

i know :indiff:

:) I love Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

glasskite

25-10-2005, 02:31 PM

crazybobbles

25-10-2005, 03:30 PM

I've got Nausicaa, Laputa, Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies (thats a must watch, though not a happy film) Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, Pom Poko, Only Yesterday, and Spirited Away.

The Cat Returns links with Whisper of the Heart, which I really love.

Watching Nausicaa in the cinema is one of my earliest childhood memories.

Love them all.

Pom Poko is actually quite ridiculiously funny, and yet poignant with the same kind of message as Princess Mononoke.
Give Howls moving castle some time, it only came out on the cinemas recently (still see the posters)

REALLY want to see Pom Poko, morphing racoons sounds fun

The link from Cat Returns and Whipser of the Heart is that Cat Returns would be the book the girl in Whipser of the Heart would write. She uses both cats as characters though they look alot cooler in cat returns, especially muta (Tim Curry :D)

spaceboy250

26-10-2005, 12:57 AM

glasskite

26-10-2005, 01:00 AM

Give Howls moving castle some time, it only came out on the cinemas recently (still see the posters)

REALLY want to see Pom Poko, morphing racoons sounds fun

The link from Cat Returns and Whipser of the Heart is that Cat Returns would be the book the girl in Whipser of the Heart would write. She uses both cats as characters though they look alot cooler in cat returns, especially muta (Tim Curry :D)
Yup, but not many cinemas around here show it, and I've waited 2 yrs for it to come out, I might as well wait for the DVD too, just for the collection.

They're not just morphing racoons, they're horny morphing racoons with big dangly balls if i remember correctly. Its fab.

Ahhh see I knew it was the same cats which was how I knew about the link, but it never occured to me that this was the story that the girl wrote. Muta's the fat one right? I loved him in Whisper of the Heart. Just a fat, lazy cat. I need to buy that on proper DVD sometime, I think theres somewhere that does it in a package deal with Nausicaa.

glasskite

26-10-2005, 01:02 AM

the japanese audio track on my dual audio version of Laputa doesn't work so I have to suffer James Van Der Beek and Mark bloody Hamill every time I want to watch it.

I had Grave of the Fireflies on DVD as well til I donated it to someone. the word harrowing comes to mind.
Oh god, poor you.

And why, why would you do that? I'd give them a cd-r of Fireflies that I downloaded ages ago, but never the DVD. Cos I'm utterly regretting lending my friend Spirited Away at the moment, I really would like to watch it right now and I can't. meh.

hilary

26-10-2005, 04:09 AM

I remember watching Grave of the Fireflies when I was six. I was traumatised because it was so sad and I wouldn't stop crying.

But otherwise I'll always love everything that's studio ghibli

KirstyW

26-10-2005, 05:04 AM

Bought a Studio Ghibli VCD box set in China Town recently 9 films for 65 quid, includes:
Nausicaa; Laputa; Totoro; Kiki's; Only Yesterday; Porco; Pom Poko, Whisper and Princess Mononoke.

Have to say though, when I first watched it I didn't like Princess Mononoke at all can't put my finger on the reason why, I think maybe the story didn't grab my interest which is strange because I usually love the myth and legend type stuff.

A collegue lent me Bonfire of the fireflies which is heart rendering, complusory viewing for anyone studying the WWII history and the aftereffects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - described as one of the best antiwar films of all time and I'd agree.

Velouria

26-10-2005, 07:42 AM

So far I've got Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Kiki's Delivery Service.

HMV.co.uk are doing The Cat Returns and Nausicaa as a package for £19.98
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=285;5;-1;-1&sku=422415
That will probably be my next purchase.

San

26-10-2005, 08:50 AM

I want Nausicäa to be released in France :'(

glasskite

26-10-2005, 11:43 AM

crazybobbles

26-10-2005, 12:22 PM

Yup, but not many cinemas around here show it, and I've waited 2 yrs for it to come out, I might as well wait for the DVD too, just for the collection.

They're not just morphing racoons, they're horny morphing racoons with big dangly balls if i remember correctly. Its fab.

Ahhh see I knew it was the same cats which was how I knew about the link, but it never occured to me that this was the story that the girl wrote. Muta's the fat one right? I loved him in Whisper of the Heart. Just a fat, lazy cat. I need to buy that on proper DVD sometime, I think theres somewhere that does it in a package deal with Nausicaa.

Muta is indeed the fat lazy cat, its funny how he's based on the cat that hangs around at studio ghibli, quite fun watching it on the making of featurette in cat returns. I'm quite addicted to the song at the end of cat returns, mixed it up with a song from percussion master (and then with pee candle by muse).

And yeah, bought nausicaa and cat returns together at hmv, though i bought the one in the store which was a bit more expensive (cheapened a bit more via student discount card).

KirstyW

27-10-2005, 02:36 AM

VCDs aren't so good as DVDs in my reckoning, plus, I don't like the chinese dubbing anymore than the english ones. Thats from what I've seen of them.
Agreed but for the price I couldn't resist. This way will allow me to watch the films then decide whether to fork out the £15 - 25 for the individual DVD if I really like them.

And its Grave, not Bonfire.

I have seen the Grave of the Fireflies also referred to as Bonfire (may depend on the country of release). Apologies if I offended :$

Update:

Watched a couple today and the quality is just as good as some of the DVD's I own, so I'm very happy with my purchase :D

San

17-11-2005, 08:40 PM

November 12, 2005 Next Studio Ghibli Film to be Directed by Miyazaki (but not the one you think)
According to a talk held by producer Toshio Suzuki at Meiji University, Ghibli's next film will be directed by Goro Miyazaki, a son of Miyazaki. Goro Miyazaki had been the director of Studio Ghibli Musuem until recently.
He used to work for a landscaping company before he became a director of the museum. The rooftop garden of Studio Ghibli was done by him.
The film will be released in the summer of 2006. Details will be announced on December 13 by Toho.
According to Mr. Suzuki, the elder Miyazaki is "still fiercely against the idea." Source: Nausicaa.net

Rainbow

17-11-2005, 09:00 PM

I live Spirited Away and Totoro.
Lucky me, grew up with Miyazaki's animes. I loved "Heidi" in his 'World's Classic story' series on TV, which he did a part of it. Loved 'Lupin' series, too (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro is available, I think), very funny and cool. :cool:

San

02-01-2006, 12:01 PM

I like this site : http://www.ghibliworld.com/news.html

and about the film Miyazaki's son is making, here's the poster :
http://www.well-meaning.net/tmp/gedowar.jpg

Hebetude

02-01-2006, 12:10 PM

Tonari no totoro was sooo much fun! It's so cute! :LOL: :happy:

YellowSphere

03-01-2006, 08:48 AM

Lupin III is Toei Animation, not Studio Ghibli.

I've only seen Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. I really want to see Grave of The Fireflies (even though I haven't seen the film, I don't like the translation of the title because it loses the ambiguity of the Japanese title).

Thanatos

04-01-2006, 09:55 PM

I saw the majority of films of Hayao Miyazaki, I didn't see Porco Rosso yet.
I love Spirited Away (Chihiro) and My Neighbor Totoro. I like Nausicaa and Mononoke Hime too. The others are good, But they aren't my favorites.

glasskite

06-01-2006, 02:52 AM

Can't wait for Tales Of Earthsea. Simply because its an adaptation of one of my favourite books from childhood. I just hope it gets done right...

Spiral

06-01-2006, 07:40 AM

Happy belated Birthday Mr Miyazaki!

San

06-01-2006, 02:05 PM

Can't wait for Tales Of Earthsea. Simply because its an adaptation of one of my favourite books from childhood. I just hope it gets done right...
what's the name of the author of the book ? I'd like to read it :)

YellowSphere

06-01-2006, 02:22 PM

what's the name of the author of the book ? I'd like to read it :)I heard that the books were absolute shite XD They're by Usula K. Le Guin.

And Hayao Miyazaki's birthday was yesterday, I thought.

San

06-01-2006, 02:24 PM

I heard that the books were absolute shite XD They're by Usula K. Le Guin.

And Hayao Miyazaki's birthday was yesterday, I thought.
january 5th, 1941

cheers for the author's name, I'll try to find and know how it's like

glasskite

06-01-2006, 02:27 PM

I heard that the books were absolute shite XD They're by Usula K. Le Guin.

And Hayao Miyazaki's birthday was yesterday, I thought.
Ursula Le Guin. They're not the best out there, but depends how much you enjoy reading fantasy novels written for kids.

Rainbow

06-01-2006, 03:10 PM

Happy Birthday Mr Miyazaki!He's 65. :eek: The first time I heard him saying "I'm retiring" was when he was 60.
He's an unstoppable workaholic. :rolleyes:

San

06-01-2006, 03:12 PM

He's 65. :eek: The first time I heard him saying "I'm retiring" was when he was 60.
He's an unstoppable workaholic. :rolleyes:
getting blind will probably stop him at some point anyway :(

Rainbow

07-01-2006, 03:17 AM

getting blind will probably stop him at some point anyway :(Or tenosynovitis. :( He hand-draws everything before Ghibli put them on computers.
I hope he never retires, but I don't know if I want to see him working so hard until he dies, either.

San

07-01-2006, 09:46 AM

Or tenosynovitis. :( He hand-draws everything before Ghibli put them on computers.
I hope he never retires, but I don't know if I want to see him working so hard until he dies, either.
what is tenosynovitis ?
anyway, if you have seen the documentary about the way Princess Mononoke has been done (first time ghibli used computers for their film ) you'll see they still hand-draw a lot ! but not all by Miyazaki himself, thank god !! if with thousand drawers it took 2 years to be done, how long would have it been with only one drawer ! :LOL:
some french bloke needed 10 years to make a 30 minutes long anime on his own :stunned:

Rainbow

08-01-2006, 01:41 PM

what is tenosynovitis ?" Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath" according to dictionary.com. It's something people who use their arms tend to get.-you'll see they still hand-draw a lot ! but not all by Miyazaki himself, thank god !!I think he still does the first draft by hand, and I saw the whole movie done by pencil drawing for 'Spirited Away' (it was in the Extra of Japanese DVD). Frame to frame. :stunned: Crazy.

San

08-01-2006, 06:06 PM

" Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath" according to dictionary.com. It's something people who use their arms tend to get.I think he still does the first draft by hand, and I saw the whole movie done by pencil drawing for 'Spirited Away' (it was in the Extra of Japanese DVD). Frame to frame. :stunned: Crazy.
if you talk about the storyboard, then yes, but it represents far less work than the thousands and thousands of detailed images a film needs. Seriously, if Mayazaki was hand-drawing everything, he'd took 10 years to make the third of a film like Chihiro ! :LOL:

YellowSphere

14-01-2006, 10:03 PM

I watched The Cat Returns today. It was an hour and twenty minutes of good fun. It was just a simple, funny, happy movie.

On Friday evening I watched Grave of The Fireflies. It was an hour and a half of absolute anguish. It was beautiful, astoundingly well-told and absolutely heart-wrenching beyond just description.

spaceboy250

15-01-2006, 05:42 PM

think I will watch GotF live action tonight. weep myself to sleep.

San

18-01-2006, 08:39 AM

hoooo apparently Nausicaa is going to be released in France at the end of 2006 ... Nausicaa on theatre screens, I can't wait :D

San

25-01-2006, 05:42 PM

January 23, 2006 [New!] "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer
According to Goro Miyazaki's January 23 blog (not yet translated) a 3 minute trailer of Tales from Earthsea will be released on February 24.

The trailer was edited by Itagaki Keiichi who has edited the trailers for previous Studio Ghibli films.

from http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latest_news.shtml#newsitemEEFlpVppuVqhpWSIMT

San

26-01-2006, 10:59 AM

UK people are lucky with Ghibli's DVD :

you already have Nausicäa and Porco Rosso
on the 10th of April you'll have Mimi Wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart)
on the 1st of May you'll have Omohide Poro Poro (Only Yesterday)

*is a bit jealous*
*thinks she'll see Nausicäa on theather's screen*
*is less jealous*

San

24-02-2006, 04:41 PM

trailer of Gedo Senki: Tales From Earthsea by Goro Miyazaki (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Yx6_bEr-8)

:happy:

Thanatos

24-02-2006, 05:04 PM

thanks for the trailer ^^.

San

03-03-2006, 06:01 PM

thanks for the trailer ^^.
you're welcome :)

How funny it's Miyazaki's son doing the next ghibli film... he never studied animation and drawing, but it must be in his genes, because he looks gifted and you can really notice the similarities of style with his father !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/talesfromearthsea.jpg

christoph

04-03-2006, 01:09 AM

I watched Howl's Moving Castle today, it was really great. What else should I go see?

Wowee Zowee

04-03-2006, 01:20 AM

I wouldnt mind getting afew of these was reading an article in the latest empire issue.

Thanatos

04-03-2006, 10:41 AM

I watched Howl's Moving Castle today, it was really great. What else should I go see?
yes, even if it is a good film, it's for me the worst film by miyazaki, I prefer the others, especially totoro, spirited away and mononoke hime.

christoph

04-03-2006, 10:53 AM

yes, even if it is a good film, it's for me the worst film by miyazaki, I prefer the others, especially totoro, spirited away and mononoke hime.

Are all of the films based around love? I loved the scene when they were moving, that was amazing. When the house was just squeezing out new rooms.

Thanatos

04-03-2006, 11:12 AM

Are all of the films based around love? I loved the scene when they were moving, that was amazing. When the house was just squeezing out new rooms.
no.
you can go here (http://www.onlineghibli.com/films.php) if you want to learn more about studio Ghibli.

christoph

04-03-2006, 11:21 AM

Ok cool, Grave of the Fireflies looks really good. Must check some more out.

YellowSphere

05-03-2006, 07:26 PM

Ok cool, Grave of the Fireflies looks really good. Must check some more out.That movie is awesome. It's the most well-paced piece of film-making I have ever witnessed.

christoph

05-03-2006, 07:29 PM

Sounds pretty good! Only £8.99 on play aswell. Can't wait to get some money and buy some more DVD's.

Wowee Zowee

05-03-2006, 09:57 PM

just bought Grave of the Fireflies and Spirited Away.
Cant wait to see them as I have no idea how i'll react to them.

Spiral

06-03-2006, 01:10 PM

Ok cool, Grave of the Fireflies looks really good. Must check some more out.

But it's so saad! Look Laputa and Totoro, these are the best in my opinion. :)

lillilasiangurlie

06-03-2006, 10:27 PM

But it's so saad! Look Laputa and Totoro, these are the best in my opinion. :)

*peeks in* My sister fell asleep during Laputa, but I thought that the soundtrack was really great! They're showing a series of Miyazaki films on TV next week or the week after. My sister got really mad that they're not showing Kiki's Delivery Service. I don't see why not; Jiji is cute!

Wowee Zowee

08-03-2006, 12:53 PM

just bought Grave of the Fireflies and Spirited Away.
Cant wait to see them as I have no idea how i'll react to them.
they arrived today woo. what shall i watch them with english dubbing or jap?

dan_kawaguchi

08-03-2006, 02:02 PM

He's 65. :eek: The first time I heard him saying "I'm retiring" was when he was 60.
He's an unstoppable workaholic. :rolleyes:

I thought he was older,I have to say :LOL: .A true workalholic is Yoshitaka Amano...he is almost blind,actually,but he still works...

There is a Studio Ghibli thread and I have never posted here...too bad...

Well,I saw Howl's Moving Castle last Saturday at the cinema and it was a great movie although the script has some failures.It wants to tell many things I think...but it's very good anyway(of course,better than any Hollywood crap movie:rolleyes: ).

Cloud Cuckoo

08-03-2006, 03:45 PM

Madness. I'm totally crazy about this guy and his movies. Fuck, I have a Totoro tattoo! :D
But, so far I only own Grave of the fireflies and Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi... yeah, I'm not sure if that's how it's spelt. I want all of them, but it's so difficult to find any Ghibli work in Brazil. =(

San

08-03-2006, 06:52 PM

Fuck, I have a Totoro tattoo! :D
I ask for a proof !

but sorry to hear you can't easily get DVDs... :(

YellowSphere

09-03-2006, 02:36 PM

they arrived today woo. what shall i watch them with english dubbing or jap?Most people would say sub. The main reason for watching the dub is if you have problems reading. You get used to watching things from subs after a while anyway, I muchly prefer it (the only thing I watch dubbed is Azumanga Daioh, because that has an awesome dub).

christoph

09-03-2006, 02:52 PM

San

09-03-2006, 04:49 PM

Apparently the Japanese subbed version of Spirited Away, is a little different to the dubbed version. I mean, in the translations between the two, the subbed is more of how it should be, and the dubbed being more appealing?
it often happens that dubbing isn't as close from what's said in japanese than sub ... and sometimes they completely change things supposively to make things easier to understand for non-japanese people... for example in Princess Mononoke at some point there's a girl who is subbed to be Ashitaka's fiancée and dubbed to be Ashitaka's little sister :s

I always watch films in original version with subs, but French subs are greatly done by Catherine Caloux, and dubbed are said to be alright... I don't know how is it with English dubbing/subs

YellowSphere

09-03-2006, 04:49 PM

Apparently the Japanese subbed version of Spirited Away, is a little different to the dubbed version. I mean, in the translations between the two, the subbed is more of how it should be, and the dubbed being more appealing?There is one bit of speech in Spirited Away which is translated in the dub and the sub as follows:
Sub: "Nothing that happens is ever forgotten, even if you can't remember it"
Dub: "Once you meet someone, you never really forget them"

That basically sums up the conventions followed for the whole film. The sub is much heavier going, much less "fun family film" (by western standards at any rate), it gets quite philosophical and even a little graphic in places, they steered away from this in the dub because they didn't think it'd be marketable.

San

09-03-2006, 05:01 PM

There is one bit of speech in Spirited Away which is translated in the dub and the sub as follows:
Sub: "Nothing that happens is ever forgotten, even if you can't remember it"
Dub: "Once you meet someone, you never really forget them"

That basically sums up the conventions followed for the whole film. The sub is much heavier going, much less "fun family film" (by western standards at any rate), it gets quite philosophical and even a little graphic in places, they steered away from this in the dub because they didn't think it'd be marketable.
sadly enough, that quite sum up their politics endeed... I think it's quite offensive they think we're too dumb to get the film the way it is.
But I think that's because there's still so many people thinking anime are only for kids, so as soon as it gets a bit 'complicated', they simplify things to keep the child market, and by so keep most of the adults in their missconception :rolleyes:

Wowee Zowee

09-03-2006, 05:49 PM

YellowSphere

09-03-2006, 09:10 PM

well I watched spirited away with the dub mainly because i was too lazy to read...and i sometimes feel that you lose alot of the imagery whilst reading the subtitles.Yeah, I found that the second time I watched Spirited Away, it seemed a whole lot more beautiful because I didn't have to focus on the subs so much.

But, God, Daveigh Chase's voice is not nice to listen to for so much of a 2hr movie.

Cloud Cuckoo

10-03-2006, 03:20 AM

I ask for a proof !

:LOL: I'll try taking a pic, then. ;)

San

11-03-2006, 11:49 AM

well I watched spirited away with the dub mainly because i was too lazy to read...and i sometimes feel that you lose alot of the imagery whilst reading the subtitles.
will watch grave of the fireflies tonight with the sub this time.
dunno, I'm used to see all foreign films with subs, so I read fast and I have time enough to see everything...

@Cloud Cuckoo : I can't wait to see that ! :LOL:

Wowee Zowee

21-03-2006, 09:35 PM

I really enjoyed Howls Moving Castle. I can agree on that the script wasnt really of good standard but pretty much everything else was spot on:D great experience.

Spiral

19-04-2006, 09:32 PM

I just wanted to put this thread on page one again so I'm making a pointless post now saying that I watched Howl yesterday, Cagliostro today (it has just been released with German dub which is surprisingly good) and I am going to see Laputa in cinema soon. Wohoo! End of text.

Archie

19-04-2006, 10:57 PM

me and my *GIRLFRIENDS love the whole collection (including the ones we havent watched yet). Hoping to collect them all nows.
(*in joke)

Just saw the cat returns on dvd for a second time, love it so much. going to get the pom poko one with the racoons, looks fun.

Hayao Miyazaki rocks socks, bless his little studio.

Anyone else addicted to the collection? (saw alot of fans on the howls moving castle thread, didnt find a cat returns one :( )

EEEEEEEEEEEK. I love Studio Ghibli. Although i've only seen three of the films, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Howls Moving Castle. There the best animated films in living history. Glad to see someone other then myself likes them.

San

28-04-2006, 05:00 PM

second Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) trailer (http://www.ghibliworld.com/news.html#2804)

YellowSphere

28-04-2006, 09:57 PM

Looks astounding on the animation front, even by Ghibli standards. I really hope the story delivers.

Has anyone seen My Neighbours The Yamadas? It looks really cool!

Nikora

28-04-2006, 10:16 PM

Most people would say sub. The main reason for watching the dub is if you have problems reading. You get used to watching things from subs after a while anyway, I muchly prefer it (the only thing I watch dubbed is Azumanga Daioh, because that has an awesome dub).
I agree with the Azumanga Daioh comment :LOL:
Awww man I can't believe I've missed this thread, where have I been. Pffft.
Awesome trailer, will surely be seeing that. Have seen a good few Ghhibli films, love them. :happy:

San

31-07-2006, 12:23 PM

Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea ) is now out in Japanese theaters, and second behind Pirates of the Caribbean 2 : Dead Man's Chest.

Hayao Miyazaki has been proposed to be a member of the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) but declined because he feels he's near retirement and wants to work only on his project and not choose films for Oscar Competitions

In France My Neighbour Totoro (finally ! ) and Pompoko DVDs are now released.

As Nausicäa is finally going to be released in theater screens in France (august 23rd) a trailer has been made http://www.dvdrama.com/ramaplayer.php?nom=nausicaa&w=640&h=366

Pandaren

31-07-2006, 05:44 PM

Awwwww I love all these films! I finally got Nausicaa a while ago and it's bloody good. Think I've seen all of them now, but need some money so I can actually own all of them.

Beast Love

31-07-2006, 06:07 PM

Awwwww I love all these films! I finally got Nausicaa a while ago and it's bloody good. Think I've seen all of them now, but need some money so I can actually own all of them.

I've been meaning to buy so many of them...I just haven't got round to it. I need to find new places for my dvds...I've filled up the place next to me, and now they're just lying around everywhere...

Wowee Zowee

01-08-2006, 06:00 PM

they are showing pretty much every studio ghibli film on film four after the 3pm film everyday for a week or so.

:D

Pandaren

01-08-2006, 06:02 PM

they are showing pretty much every studio ghibli film on film four after the 3pm film everyday for a week or so.

:D

Yeah I just saw that advert! http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=4601

San

01-08-2006, 06:15 PM

Yeah I just saw that advert! http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=4601
hm they left apart the Takahata's films though :unsure:

Beast Love

01-08-2006, 06:17 PM

they are showing pretty much every studio ghibli film on film four after the 3pm film everyday for a week or so.

:D

no fucking fair :mad: :(

Maybe I'll go and buy a freeview box tomorrow or whatever.

Wowee Zowee

01-08-2006, 06:58 PM

Yeah I just saw that advert! http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=4601
i've never seen any of them so i look forward to watching:D

CelticKnight

01-08-2006, 09:02 PM

Yeah I just saw that advert! http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=4601

Mon 7th Aug 4.55 pm - Laputa: Castle In The Sky

First Anime I ever saw, that was. I might get all nostalgic and watch it...

San

16-08-2006, 09:03 PM

hmmm I'm just back of a premiere of Nausicaä ! yeaah saw it on biiiig screen :happy: and got given a press book, I might post pics of it :happy:

Puppetmaster

20-08-2006, 12:06 PM

Finally saw Totoro the other day. Couldn't help giggling every time he smiled. :D <33

I want me a fuzzy kitty bus. :/

I don't get what's so depressing about Grave of the Fireflies. I thought it was really dull. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood, but I found the El Manana video much more moving. :rolleyes: *shrug*

San

20-08-2006, 12:28 PM

I don't get what's so depressing about Grave of the Fireflies. I thought it was really dull.
You watch a 4 yo girl starve to death under the eyes of her big brother and you find it dull :stunned:

Puppetmaster

20-08-2006, 02:12 PM

You watch a 4 yo girl starve to death under the eyes of her big brother and you find it dull :stunned:

Well...yes. :eek: gasp! But before you launch an attack on me for being a cold-blooded monster...war is what I'm preoccupied the most with at the moment. And if I want to curl up in a nice little ball of misery, I can always get some newspapers or flip the TV on, y'know.

Many of my favorite books and movies are war-related. I don't know why, but this one just didn't do anything for me. I'm twisted like that with movies, I can't really appreciate the message if there's no "pretty packaging." Doesn't mean I value form over content. But if content is a moral that I myself have arrived at ages ago with zero aesthetic appeal, of course I'll find it dull.

:)

San

20-08-2006, 02:22 PM

zero aesthetic appeal ??? :eek: But that opening scene with the fire bombs on the city, that's just wow to me !
And I think Takahata has succeed to show a very realistic vision of 1945 Japan,which I find interesting.
Also he's been really great at showing how a 4 yo girl can be (I mean how oftenly do we see films were kids aren't kids, saying so deep meaning stuff with words and psychology no kids on earth could have at that age ?), and the brother is a very interesting charater, not a hero at all, making huge mistakes that will cost the life to Setsuko. That breaks my heart every time !
And thinking Takahata himself saw the bombs on his city, and lost his lil sister too, if anything, that moves me a lot.

Puppetmaster

20-08-2006, 02:40 PM

Well to each their own. I did appreciate a few things about it, above all the insight into Japanese nationalism it provided. I liked Setsuko, but then all of Miyazaki's heroines are great. Still, out of the 4 Miyazakis I've seen, this one's definitely the weakest.

San

20-08-2006, 02:51 PM

Puppetmaster

20-08-2006, 04:05 PM

that's not a Miyazaki film, it's a Takahata film :)

:stunned: oh. ok. :LOL: *retreats*

woteva...muserok

20-08-2006, 04:11 PM

hes an amazing director, the films are so beautiful and eerie...like nothing ive seen before

Spiral

21-08-2006, 06:40 PM

It's hard to believe that someone isn't moved by Grave of the Fireflies. :P In the end I was crying like a baby. But on the other hand I'm just a girl, girl's are supposed to cry a lot aren't they?

Jase

21-08-2006, 06:47 PM

The only Ghibli film I;ve seen in Spirited Away. Not a bad start to be fair, but I want more! Which one's are his best?

Spiral

22-08-2006, 06:32 AM

The only Ghibli film I;ve seen in Spirited Away. Not a bad start to be fair, but I want more! Which one's are his best?

Totoro, Mononoke, Laputa, Nausicaa and Howl's Moving Castle - if you ask ME! :)

San

22-08-2006, 10:43 AM

that's funny how people assume there's only one director in those studio :rolleyes:

christoph

22-08-2006, 10:50 AM

that's funny how people assume there's only one director in those studio :rolleyes:
Probably because they know very little about it. Why don't you inform everyone of who directs what, then there'd be no more need for :rolleyes:, the most patronising of all smilies.

San

22-08-2006, 11:14 AM

Probably because they know very little about it. Why don't you inform everyone of who directs what, then there'd be no more need for :rolleyes:, the most patronising of all smilies.
sorry, sorry, it's just that my sister's board has been so full of newbies recently, I tend to lost my temper (quite the way some people loose their temper here about n00b not using search) about people ignoring stuff that seems obvious to me... :$

so, erm, of course Hayao Miyazaki is the most well-known of the director of the studio, because he's the most productive one ...

1979-Caglisotro no shiro (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro)
1984-Kaze no tani no Naushikâ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
1986-Tenku no shiro Rapuyta (Laputa-The Castle in the Sky)
1888-Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
1989-Majo no Takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service)
1992-Kurenai no buta (Porco Rosso)
1997-Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
2001-Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
2004-Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle)

Then there is the co-founder of the studio, Isao Takahata, sadly enough less well-known

1968-Taiyô no Ôji : Horusu no Daibôken (The Adventures of Hols, Prince of the Sun )
1972-Panda Kopanda (2 short movies )
1981-Jarinko Chie (Chie the Brat)
1982-Sero hiki no Gôshu (Gauche the Cellist )
1987-The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1888-Hotaru no haka ( The Grave of the Fireflies )
1991-Omohide poro poro (Only Yesterday)
1994-Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko (Pom Poko )
1999-Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas)

Then there are some less famous but still good director, such as

Yoshifumi Kondô : 1995-Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart)

Hiroyuki Morita : 2002-Neko no ongaeshi (The Cat Returns)

and Goro Miyazaki : 2006-Gedo Senki (Tales of Earthsea)

Spiral

22-08-2006, 12:18 PM

that's funny how people assume there's only one director in those studio :rolleyes:

Probably because Miyazaki is the bestest of all. :) Although The Cat Returns is awesome as well.

San

22-08-2006, 12:22 PM

Probably because Miyazaki is the bestest of all. :) Although The Cat Returns is awesome as well.
Takahata is great too and I'm sick of hearing people reducing his work to nothing because he has less promotions on his work :( :mad: :(

Spiral

22-08-2006, 12:28 PM

I'm not reducing anyone.

Puppetmaster

22-08-2006, 03:52 PM

Okay, okay *bows to mighty yet underestimated Takahata* Everybody follow suit!

T'was silly of me to think that Studio Ghibli revolves around Miyazaki. :$ But like San pointed out, he obviously gets the most promotion in the West. I'll read up on Studio Ghibli sometime. :happy:

philter

24-08-2006, 12:21 PM

anyone seen Miyazaki's son's film? - the earthsea...
it is said that the film is just ordinary and inferior to his father's wokrs...

San

24-08-2006, 02:31 PM

anyone seen Miyazaki's son's film? - the earthsea...
it is said that the film is just ordinary and inferior to his father's wokrs...
it's not released here yet, but I've heard such things too by people who saw it in Japan ...
Well, drawing is nothing genetic, and Goro hasn't study animation, so I'm not expecting him to be as gifted as his dad (yet), but I think I won't go to see it in a spirit of comparating the both directors to be as fair as possible to Goro's work in my critics ...

San

24-08-2006, 04:05 PM

I'm sure you've all seen this amv before, but I love it so I post it again :
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=646531419

YellowSphere

24-08-2006, 05:30 PM

Kundo died shortly after making Whisper of The Heart which is tragic because it's one of the best movies Ghibli have made both technically and cinematically. He was considered to be the future of Ghibli.

My favourite of Takahata's movies is My Neighbours The Yamadas.

SpecialK

25-08-2006, 06:35 PM

I only managed to catch princess mononokoookokooo that one on film four, "a season" suposidly, only lasted a week :indiff:

San

25-08-2006, 09:25 PM

I'm back from watching Nausicaä again ... oh God I'm so happy I saw on cinema screen :happy: I might even go again :LOL:

bewwy

29-08-2006, 12:55 AM

i love all the collection!! specially a whisper of the heart, Nausicaa, kiki's delivery service, the grave of the fireflies n spirited away... pfff.. maybe all the collection. Also Howl's moving castle!

Beast Love

08-09-2006, 10:49 PM

I purchased Princess Mononoke on wednesday, and Howl's Moving Castle and Nausicaa today, which extends my collection of Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies.

Cracking.

Rock You Monkeys

09-09-2006, 06:16 PM

Love Studio Ghibli stuff :happy:
I can remember seeing Laputa when I was really, really young, I didnt really understand what it was all about then, but the animation was just so awesome! (And I always wanted to be Sheeta :$ )
It was cool to see that FilmFour showed a few of them over a week (though how *that* is a season, I'll never know :rolleyes: ), and I was pleased that they played both the American voiced version and the Japanese with subs version. (I personally perfer watching them with subs, but my daughter got the benefit of seeing them in a language she could understand :) )
Sorry, rambling..... :$

San

09-09-2006, 06:24 PM

I can remember seeing Laputa when I was really, really young, I didnt really understand what it was all about then, but the animation was just so awesome! (And I always wanted to be Sheeta :$ )

:happy: I just love the Sheeta-Pazu "couple", the best one of Miyazaki's set of chararters (though I love San-Ashitaka, obviously)

Rock You Monkeys

09-09-2006, 06:26 PM

:happy: I just love the Sheeta-Pazu "couple", the best one of Miyazaki's set of chararters (though I love San-Ashitaka, obviously)
Yeah, the San-Ashitaka pairing was great! :happy:

I really need to get around to purchasing some of this stuff! :rolleyes:

The Akaviri Knight

13-09-2006, 12:08 PM

My fav films from Studio Ghibli are Castle In The Sky and Grave Of The Fireflys

San

13-09-2006, 03:55 PM

Yeah, the San-Ashitaka pairing was great! :happy:

I really need to get around to purchasing some of this stuff! :rolleyes:
my collection of DVD so far :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/DSCN2180.jpg
From left to right : Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Porco Rosso, My Neighbour Totoro, Pompoko and Grave of the Fireflies.

I miss Kiki's Delivery Service, The Castle in the Sky and Cat Returns.
I'll purchase Nausicaa as soon as it's released here :)

christoph

13-09-2006, 04:48 PM

San

13-09-2006, 05:08 PM

i'm going to the ghibli museum next June! going to japan for 2 weeks around the time of my birthday, and will be staying in Osaka. but i am going to Tokyo for 2 days, and will definately be going to the museum.

i read they show 3 short films there, that are not released or shown outside of the museum. also, you can only see one film per ticket purchased, or even per day.
You lucky person !

a few tips before :
-tickets must be reserved before to get there (because of the huge numbers of people comming they must regulate the numbers per day and per hour)
->If your already in Japan: through Lawson stores
so you must use a Loppi computer in a Lawson store to make a reservation (for that you can if you want call "Lawson Ticket" at 03-5537-9999 before, to get a code) or buy them on http://www.lawsonticket.com
it's ¥ 1000 (above 19 year old), and you can enter from 15 minutes before and until 30 minutes after the definite hour.
->from your home country go to http://www.jtbgmt.com/eng/ghibli/TicketSystem.html
no more than 6 tickets at a time, that you pick up at the agency or have sent home.
they are more expensive but no compulsory hour of entry with them
-you can visit for 2 hours. entry at 10am, noon, 2pm and 4pm

for the short movies, they only show one for a definite period, it's like a season. I think the one they're showing now is Mei and the koneko-bus (spin off Totoro)

siblers

15-09-2006, 01:01 AM

Couldn't really get into the ones they showed on film 4, I guess Graveyard of the fireflies isn't from that studio? That and Metropolis are my fave animes.

christoph

15-09-2006, 01:16 AM

abcd
thanks for all the info! i'll be sure to order beforehand, once i've persuaded my friend it'll be a good idea to go. to siblers, grave of the fireflies is a ghibli film.

San

15-09-2006, 09:06 AM

thanks for all the info! i'll be sure to order beforehand, once i've persuaded my friend it'll be a good idea to go. to siblers, grave of the fireflies is a ghibli film.
you're welcome ! :)

@Siblers : same studio, but different directors, might be why you feel a difference :)

(edit) more Ghibli news !
The next production of the studio should be called Kodomo Mono, which apparently can mean "Children Story" or something like that. A third of the storyboard would be already done. Name of the director is unkown so far.

San

17-09-2006, 03:54 PM

Just found the opening song of the Heidi series on which Takahata and Miyazaki have worked :

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Yodle by Japanese singer = wierdness :LOL:

christoph

18-09-2006, 12:36 AM

is The Cat Returns, a sequel of sorts to Whisper of the Heart? i'm also thinking of doing my close study film essay on Miyazaki, but i'm not sure yet.

crazybobbles

18-09-2006, 01:05 AM

is The Cat Returns, a sequel of sorts to Whisper of the Heart? i'm also thinking of doing my close study film essay on Miyazaki, but i'm not sure yet.
its the story the girl from whisper of the heart would write, it makes total sense as all the characters are based from the cats and characters she encounters in the film. Quite fun :)

christoph

18-09-2006, 02:22 AM

it's just i was watching princess mononoke, and i didn't notice the "studio ghibli" trailers bit on the extras before. i haven't seen either WofH or TCR, so is it best to see the former first?

crazybobbles

18-09-2006, 02:50 AM

it's just i was watching princess mononoke, and i didn't notice the "studio ghibli" trailers bit on the extras before. i haven't seen either WofH or TCR, so is it best to see the former first?
watch it in the right order i guess, they're both really good films. cat returns is nice and snappy :)

YellowSphere

18-09-2006, 08:36 PM

is The Cat Returns, a sequel of sorts to Whisper of the Heart? i'm also thinking of doing my close study film essay on Miyazaki, but i'm not sure yet.It expands on the sections of Whisper of the Heart which deal with the story that Shizuku writes within the movie. Neither movie is directed by Miyazaki, although he wrote the screenplay Whisper of the Heart, adapting from a manga by Aoi Hiiragi of the same title (Mimi o Sumaseba in Japanese, which literally means "if you listen closely"). The movie is directed by Yoshifumi Kondo, who died a tragic and early death before being able to make any more movies. Miyazaki was also executive producer of The Cat Returns, which was scripted by Reiko Yoshida.

crazybobbles

18-09-2006, 10:00 PM

It expands on the sections of Whisper of the Heart which deal with the story that Shizuku writes within the movie. Neither movie is directed by Miyazaki, although he wrote the screenplay Whisper of the Heart, adapting from a manga by Aoi Hiiragi of the same title (Mimi o Sumaseba in Japanese, which literally means "if you listen closely"). The movie is directed by Yoshifumi Kondo, who died a tragic and early death before being able to make any more movies. Miyazaki was also executive producer of The Cat Returns, which was scripted by Reiko Yoshida.
Makes you wonder what amazing films Yoshifumi would have made if he was still about, i really enjoyed Whisper of the Heart, and the idea how both films are mingled brings shivers down my spine (in a good way)

christoph

19-09-2006, 01:02 AM

i have The Cat Returns here, but not Whisper of the Heart. need to get it then. saw Pom Poko today and absolutely loved it.

crazybobbles

19-09-2006, 03:34 AM

i have The Cat Returns here, but not Whisper of the Heart. need to get it then. saw Pom Poko today and absolutely loved it.
crazy racoons, definitely buy Whisper of the heart, its only £7 at hmv and all.

Miss Blee

22-09-2006, 12:02 AM

I got Spirited Away today, woo! That'll be what I'm doing tomorrow morning, then. :D

San

30-09-2006, 09:08 AM

Some News !

The next Ghibli film is confirmed to be a Hayao Miyazaki one !

According to the production diary of September 26, the storyboard of Hayao Miyazaki's new film is painted in watercolor. Because of this it is printed with a color copier, and distributed to the main staff as a special edition instead of a regular black-and-white Ekonte. Studio Ghibli’s production diary mentions "Even we have not seen a colored storyboard very often. Of course it is the first time for a Studio Ghibli film".
According to the production diary of September 27, the expression method of Studio Ghibli’s next film is really ambitious. Since the staff have to confirm the processing method of every cut, production becomes very hard. Therefore, it is very difficult to manage the production period.

Anyway, yesterday (production diary of September 29) it was announced that animation production will begin next week. If this film will be released in summer 2008, the production term will be about 20 months, which is longer than Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. In a recent interview Producer Toshio Suzuki mentioned "There won’t be a change in the fact of us releasing a film every 2 years". Spirited Away took 16 months and 26 days to produce (2/1/2000 - 6/27/2001), Howl's Moving Castle took 17 months and 6 days (2/1/2003 - 7/7/2004).

To give some extra information, the movie titles of Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle were announced before the animation production started. However, the movie title of Hayao Miyazaki’s next film probably won’t be announced until December.

San

08-10-2006, 09:13 PM

god bless youtube !

Thess ones are an adverts for food made by the studio :
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San

08-10-2006, 09:14 PM

something that looks like a wierd mix up of a Cat Returns trailer and an advert for curry rice :
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The Ghibli animated ending movie sequence from the Playstation 2 RPG Rakugaki Kingdom / Magic Pengel :
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Wowee Zowee

09-10-2006, 02:37 PM

i just bought princess mononoke.

Puppetmaster

09-10-2006, 02:56 PM

I got Spirited Away today, woo! That'll be what I'm doing tomorrow morning, then. :D

Oooh I was gonna watch that again! I'll just come to your place tomorrow morning then. I'll bring wine...(can't stand vodka.)

(It's lovely :happy: esp. the train scene. I cried the first time I saw it :stunned: )

edit: :'( just noticed the date of the post. So how was it?

San

03-02-2007, 09:22 AM

some images from Goro Miyazaki's Gedo Senki (Tales of Earthsea) :

http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_001_tn.jpg (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_001.jpg) http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_002_tn.jpg (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_002.jpg)
http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_003_tn.jpg (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_003.jpg) http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_004_tn.jpg (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_004.jpg)
http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_005_tn.jpg (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2/terremer_005.jpg)

the film will be released in France on April 4th.
The film got the japanese equivalent of the razzies for worst film of the year :s

Ellie.B

06-02-2007, 11:21 AM

I got Spirited Away today, woo! That'll be what I'm doing tomorrow morning, then. :D

Its absolutley amazing! And the music, just :eek: best animated film ive ever seen me thinks

*OoS*

08-02-2007, 08:24 PM

Ooooooh my kind of thread... I love Studio Ghibli (from what I've seen lol) as can be predicted, I've as of yet only seen Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle - two of the best films ever :D :P

Beast Love

23-02-2007, 10:07 AM

crazybobbles

23-02-2007, 10:16 AM

SHEEEEEETAAAAAARGH! that boy can scream haha

sonic stole alot of its designs from laputa, theres a page about it somewhere hehe

glasskite

23-02-2007, 10:42 AM

Eugh, the dubbed versions make me cringe so much.

Wowee Zowee

23-02-2007, 10:51 AM

Eugh, the dubbed versions make me cringe so much.
Yep but i love Laputa its one of my favorites.

*OoS*

24-02-2007, 02:00 PM

I'm going to have to tape them... and d/l the ones I missed. How many have there been (inc. this morn)?

San

24-02-2007, 02:05 PM

I'm going to have to tape them... and d/l the ones I missed. How many have there been (inc. this morn)?

...
Hayao Miyazaki is the most well-known of the director of the studio, because he's the most productive one ...

1979-Caglisotro no shiro (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro)
1984-Kaze no tani no Naushikâ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
1986-Tenku no shiro Rapuyta (Laputa-The Castle in the Sky)
1888-Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
1989-Majo no Takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service)
1992-Kurenai no buta (Porco Rosso)
1997-Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
2001-Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
2004-Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle)

Then there is the co-founder of the studio, Isao Takahata, sadly enough less well-known

1968-Taiyô no Ôji : Horusu no Daibôken (The Adventures of Hols, Prince of the Sun )
1972-Panda Kopanda (2 short movies )
1981-Jarinko Chie (Chie the Brat)
1982-Sero hiki no Gôshu (Gauche the Cellist )
1987-The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1888-Hotaru no haka ( The Grave of the Fireflies )
1991-Omohide poro poro (Only Yesterday)
1994-Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko (Pom Poko )
1999-Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas)

Then there are some less famous but still good director, such as

Yoshifumi Kondô : 1995-Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart)

Hiroyuki Morita : 2002-Neko no ongaeshi (The Cat Returns)

and Goro Miyazaki : 2006-Gedo Senki (Tales of Earthsea)
Tales of Earthsea are still to be released in UK so I guess no proper dubbed or subtitled version to be found yet.

CelticKnight

25-02-2007, 02:24 AM

I like Miyazaki-san's work. He also likes Wales, which is nice.

Ellie.B

25-02-2007, 06:47 PM

They've been showing some Studio Ghibli films on Channel 4 in the mornings this week.

They've had The Cat Returns, which I didn't watch because I missed the start, and My Neighbour Totoro yesterday which I didn't know was on. Laputa: Castle In The Sky is on now.

I loved the Cat Returns :happy: I don't think it hugely matters if you miss the start, the plots are never uber complicated. Laputa was cool :yesey: Id only seen Spirited- and Hal's moving castle before these channel 4 ones but the channel 4 ones have been quite good :)

Wowee Zowee

25-02-2007, 08:21 PM

I really want to see Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

San

25-02-2007, 09:53 PM

I really want to see Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

It's a really great one. Saw it 3 times when we had it on cinema here. Music has badly grown old but for the rest you wouldn't say it's from 1984.

A dvd already exists in UK :)

I'm currently going through the 7 comic books of the manga version of this anime, far more complex but so great to.

Wowee Zowee

26-02-2007, 08:54 PM

It's a really great one. Saw it 3 times when we had it on cinema here. Music has badly grown old but for the rest you wouldn't say it's from 1984.

A dvd already exists in UK :)

I'm currently going through the 7 comic books of the manga version of this anime, far more complex but so great to.
I intend on buying it when i get paid although the shop i work for sells it for £16:(

San

26-02-2007, 09:15 PM

I intend on buying it when i get paid although the shop i work for sells it for £16:(

well, that would be quite the price here too when it'll be sold.

bargain on amazon though less than 8£ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nausicaa-Valley-Of-The-Wind/dp/B000ANVNH6/sr=8-1/qid=1172527974/ref=pd_ka_1/203-7073226-4621552?ie=UTF8&s=dvd), and I saw a couple on e-bay for low prices too.

glasskite

26-02-2007, 09:21 PM

Beast Love

26-02-2007, 09:23 PM

I intend on buying it when i get paid although the shop i work for sells it for £16:(

should have got it in HMV when they were selling ghibli dvds for £9.99. BARGAIN compared to their normal prices.

I'd love to see a decent animated film at the cinema. Stupid town doesn't show films like that really though.

San

26-02-2007, 09:25 PM

I love Nausicaa. :happy: One of my first memories was watching that film at the cinema.

Despite the bad reports, I'd still quite like to see Gedo Senki, since I'm a big fan of the books its been based on.

my sis saw it at a premiere and she told me she couldn't get why some critics had been that harsh. It didn't sound like she thought it's a masterpiece but it sounded definitly not like it was bad either.

she's going to interview Goro :happy:

Wowee Zowee

26-02-2007, 09:32 PM

should have got it in HMV when they were selling ghibli dvds for £9.99. BARGAIN compared to their normal prices.

I'd love to see a decent animated film at the cinema. Stupid town doesn't show films like that really though.
musiczone had them all for a price like that..i might just get it off amazon/play.com like san said:D

San

20-03-2007, 05:31 PM

New Hayao Miyazaki film announced !

Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on a cliff) to be released on summer 2008, will tell the story of Sosuke, a 5 yo child (inspired by Goro), and the Golden Fish Princess Ponyo who wants to become human.
80% of the scenes should take place in sea waters, and it will be 100% hand-drawn (no computing this time).

http://www.buta-connection.net/accueil/news_images/20070319_01.jpg
Princess Ponyo in a bucket hold by Sosuke.

crazybobbles

21-04-2007, 09:06 AM

hmmm got myself Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle and Little Norse Prince on DVD :D (still waiting for Howls and Little Norse Prince though)

Going to add to my collection and all :D

Hopefully on August, Film4 will do that Somerset House thing again where they screen some really good films on a giant outdoor screen where you just lie in and watch. Twas fucking amazing last year, made me wish I had saw Howls Moving Castle there :(

Wowee Zowee

24-04-2007, 10:19 AM

its great having every ghibli film on dvd:D

glasskite

25-04-2007, 04:20 AM

crazybobbles

23-05-2007, 11:46 AM

its great having every ghibli film on dvd:D
i bet you dont! theres also unreleased studio ghibli films that they show only on the ghibli museum! my friends got to see it the lucky bastards

but yeah, I now own EVERY Uk released studio ghibli dvd! woo! Need to see My Neighbour Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbours the Yamadas and Only Yesterday sometime after tomorrow. I've seen the rest hehe

San

23-05-2007, 03:39 PM

i bet you dont! theres also unreleased studio ghibli films that they show only on the ghibli museum! my friends got to see it the lucky bastards

Mei to Konekobaso (Mei and the bus- kitty ) looks deadly cute
http://j.knoertzer.free.fr/film%20ghibli%203%20meinekobus.jpg

I'm so jealous of the giant fluffy bus-cat in which the kids can play in the museum ...

28-05-2007, 01:57 AM

I just watched Howl's Moving Castle and I really liked it. It's very impressive visually and of course all the little ideas and quirks are very charming and imaginative. I'd probably need to give it anoter watch sometime...

Now to get Spirited....

Strawberry_Juice

28-05-2007, 06:04 PM

Just watched it, too.
Didn't really get little bits of it, but it was such EYECANDY. :stunned:
Seriously. I could watch a Ghibli film on mute and still be enthralled.

*OoS*

03-06-2007, 12:58 PM

San

03-06-2007, 06:33 PM

Hey is there anywhere you can buy something like a box-set of all the SG films? Like HMV, instead of buying them one-by-one?

They had an SG season on Film4 but I couldn't watch it for some reason lol I think I was away...

I don't think there is. In France we had tiny boxes where the films were by 2, but that was just for Xmas and didn't lower the price much more than if buying one by one...

Static Shadows

03-06-2007, 11:37 PM

Hey is there anywhere you can buy something like a box-set of all the SG films? Like HMV, instead of buying them one-by-one?

They had an SG season on Film4 but I couldn't watch it for some reason lol I think I was away...

My sister got a load of them in a white box set thing from the internet with laputa, grave of the fireflies, totoro, mononoke, porco rosso and..er..something else i think.. maybe spirited away or kikis delivery service, but i'm not sure. No idea where from tho.

Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle and Laputa Castle in the Sky are easily my favs tho! :happy:

San

02-08-2007, 09:05 PM

My sister and bro in law came back from Japan with gifts for me from the Ghibli Museum souvenirs store :happy:

A Totoro towel and a Koneko-Bus fluffy toy :happy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/ghiblis.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/totoro-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/konekobus.jpg
:pussy:

Beast Love

02-08-2007, 09:13 PM

That's so cool! I want to go.

I bought My Neighbour Totoro a few days ago, it's one of my favourites that I've seen

*OoS*

05-08-2007, 02:35 PM

You might like to know they have an offer on Studio Ghibli DVDs in HMV - but not the whole collection :( does anyone know of a good torrent of ALL SG films? I've given up trying to find a box-set or complete collection...

glasskite

05-08-2007, 03:00 PM

My sister and bro in law came back from Japan with gifts for me from the Ghibli Museum souvenirs store :happy:

A Totoro towel and a Koneko-Bus fluffy toy :happy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Eloisefr/ghiblis.jpg
:pussy:
Eeee! Jealous! I really want a fluffy set of Totoro + the chibi totoros. But people think I'm mad.

I forget whether we're allowed to put torrenet links up on here. http://www.mininova.org/tor/510409

Has anyone else watched Gedo Senki? I am not happy at the hash job. Its what happens when you try and cram in contents from 4 books into one. Its like someone did some skim reading and that was that. Definitely lacking the heart other Ghibli films posess.

San

05-08-2007, 07:31 PM

Eeee! Jealous! I really want a fluffy set of Totoro + the chibi totoros. But people think I'm mad.

Has anyone else watched Gedo Senki? I am not happy at the hash job. Its what happens when you try and cram in contents from 4 books into one. Its like someone did some skim reading and that was that. Definitely lacking the heart other Ghibli films posess.

Saw it without knowing the book. I didn't really like it, it shows Goro has some capacity but the film clearly miss the little something that his father or Takahata can give to their own. And without knowing the book, there were bits that were so not clear ...

glasskite

05-08-2007, 09:55 PM

Saw it without knowing the book. I didn't really like it, it shows Goro has some capacity but the film clearly miss the little something that his father or Takahata can give to their own. And without knowing the book, there were bits that were so not clear ...
Aye, its like the odd refence to things that weren't going to be in this story, like Tenar telling the boy that Ged had rescued her from the Tombs of Atuan didn't even need to be there, and anyone who hadn't read the book wouldn't have known that. And the significance of the dragons didn't come into it. And the whole splitting of the soul thing made no sense to me at all. I know where they got the concept, but it was so poorly explained it was just eugh. Ditto with the issue of the True Names/power bit.

It was just poorly put together and just disjointed in so many places.

San

06-08-2007, 07:37 AM

Aye, its like the odd refence to things that weren't going to be in this story, like Tenar telling the boy that Ged had rescued her from the Tombs of Atuan didn't even need to be there, and anyone who hadn't read the book wouldn't have known that. And the significance of the dragons didn't come into it. And the whole splitting of the soul thing made no sense to me at all. I know where they got the concept, but it was so poorly explained it was just eugh. Ditto with the issue of the True Names/power bit.

It was just poorly put together and just disjointed in so many places.

yeah, that's precisely those bits that didn't make too much sense for me, but my sister who had read the books said it was alright for her, so I thought they just poorly choose what to use and what to disregard in the books' story ... quite hard to enjoy the film with all that...
Anyway, not my fave ghibli clearly, but hopefully the father or Takahata will do another one again before to retire (and find good successors!)

XxsnowflakesxX

07-08-2007, 09:39 PM

I've seen Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away ---- loved them both. Spirited Away stood out for me though. :)

San

12-10-2008, 09:12 AM

There's going to be a Ghibli video game, here's the trailer for it:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2nDzZdIKc1oGGNwGR

Anyone in a country where Ponyo has been already shown ? How is it ?

Finlay

12-10-2008, 09:17 AM

When's the last movie coming out? :$

San

12-10-2008, 09:46 AM

When's the last movie coming out? :$

where in the world are you ?

Ponyo On the Cliff by the Sea was out in Japan in July this year, will be out in France in April next year, date is still tba in the US/UK...

seregon

12-10-2008, 10:30 AM

I haven't seen many Studio Ghiblis but I should I guess. The only one I've seen is Nausicaa of the valley of the wind I enjoyed it a lot.

crazybobbles

12-10-2008, 10:32 AM

There's going to be a Ghibli video game, here's the trailer for it:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2nDzZdIKc1oGGNwGR

Anyone in a country where Ponyo has been already shown ? How is it ?
yeah i saw that, damn it if it's not released in europe though :D

Spiral

25-05-2009, 08:11 PM

Ponyo was supposed to be released in theatres in April and now it was postponed to October.. :indiff: Hopefully some distributor will release Ghibli films on blu ray in the meantime.

San

25-05-2009, 08:30 PM

Ponyo was supposed to be released in theatres in April and now it was postponed to October.. :indiff: Hopefully some distributor will release Ghibli films on blu ray in the meantime.

in Japan, Ponyo on blue ray will be out in december, but regular dvds will be out before that.

Spiral

25-05-2009, 09:14 PM

in Japan, Ponyo on blue ray will be out in december, but regular dvds will be out before that.

That will be the first Ghibli (Miyazaki to be more precise) blu ray then, right? I can't wait to see it. Of course there won't be a huge difference but I'm looking forward to it anyway. Gosh, that will be the third time we buy the films.

San

26-05-2009, 09:28 AM

That will be the first Ghibli (Miyazaki to be more precise) blu ray then, right? I can't wait to see it. Of course there won't be a huge difference but I'm looking forward to it anyway. Gosh, that will be the third time we buy the films.

yeah, I think it will be the first time they do that.

glasskite

26-05-2009, 10:16 AM

*sigh* When I was in HK earlier this year it turned out I'd just missed the Ponya screenings. They were all onto that Monsters vs Aliens by that point, although I saw photos of my little cousin next to all the promo statues and stuff from when it was on. :(

mr.jingles

26-05-2009, 04:15 PM

San

26-05-2009, 05:23 PM

yeah, their change of font and colors is so obvious...

a Jonas and Cyrus ? But they're way to old to do 5 years old kids :stunned:

New Born Lee

26-05-2009, 05:29 PM

Ah, what a coincidence to see this at the top. It was only yesterday I expressed my desire to get all of these films. :happy:

I've got Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

Spirited Away is probably the best because I didn't think Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind ended well, wheras with Spirited Away I really LONGED to go back to the magical world she found. :(

Next one I'd like to get is Princess Mononoke. I'd sure like one of those box sets though.

glasskite

26-05-2009, 05:47 PM

I don't think any of the boxsets are official? At least, there's definitely not an official UK boxset release.

San

26-05-2009, 06:11 PM

New Born Lee

26-05-2009, 06:41 PM

Depends on what he means by box sets.
If he means several films in one box, there's no official one indeed, only HK's products which are of a very low quality.

But maybe he means one of the collector boxes though, like this one:

http://www.manga-news.com/public/images/dvd_volumes/mononok_collec.jpg

Lols, as nice as that looks there, if I can't get boxsets I'd be looking for some kind of online bundle to save money on buying them. Amazon's fairly cheap but I'd think about looking around. I've been overspending lately though, it'll have to wait a while. :)

*OoS*

26-05-2009, 07:32 PM

I've got them all downloaded on my external hdd, must watch after exams :happy:

HMC, CC + SA <3

Wowee Zowee

26-05-2009, 07:48 PM

I don't think any of the boxsets are official? At least, there's definitely not an official UK boxset release.
I got a chinese boxset where half of the dvds dont work :LOL:

seregon

27-05-2009, 04:58 PM

San

27-05-2009, 05:29 PM

Spiral

27-05-2009, 10:11 PM

It's funny how everyone LOVES Spirited Away and it's always everyone's favourite, when it's actually the one I like less :$
Just feels like a Japanese version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland :unsure:

My favourite is Totoro (and Howl, it's hard to decide which one I like more) but you're right, most people would mention Spirited Away. Probably because it is newer, more popular than the old ones and because it won a damn Oscar, wohoo.

thom yorke

28-05-2009, 12:08 AM

its true that Spirited Away is the most popular and a lot of its fans have probably not seen Miyazaki's or Ghibli's older work, but i still think its his best.

for me it represents everything good about the studio in one very well made package

Strawberry_Juice

14-07-2009, 03:05 AM

Looks like Disney truly wants to promote Ponyo as the Japanese 'Finding Nemo'

http://incontention.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ponyo.jpg

Of course, they had to put the Cyrus and Jonas younger siblings to do the voices. I Hope there will be theaters showing the subtitled version of the film.
Haha, I noticed that with the text...

I really want to see it subtitled. I was actually really impressed with the dubbing for Spirited Away, but there's something special about seeing a film with original voices.
The film looks absolutely adorable, I'm so excited for it.
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Official English trailer-
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Wingardium LevioSIA

14-07-2009, 09:39 PM

I'm not reading the whole thread to see if I have something new and/or interesting to add, but I am a big fan. :)

xuwang

17-07-2009, 06:25 PM

thom yorke

23-08-2009, 07:11 AM

my review.

Many have called this a "lesser" work of the master. I prefer "familiar;" many of Miyazaki's staples are seen here, such as a child protagonist and some light environmental messages (though the absence of his signature motif, flight, is notable). So Ponyo is pretty much business as usual with Studio Ghibli. Business as usual that is, with one of the most consistently creative and charming film studios in the world. Expect beautiful animation (here traditionally hand-drawn), endless expression, and a whimsical romp through the glowing eyes of youth.

Some will find the story simplistic and pointless, but those with an eye for nuance will see Miyazaki's gift for situation and presence on par with his masterful My Neighbor Totoro. I responded best to scenes reminiscent of my own childhood (and others of theirs I'm sure), for instance the respective feather-ruffling of parents or the excitement of exploring a new friend's home. Both were nostalgic illustrations of particular instances I had long forgotten, and am now glad to remember. Because of this focus more still will miss the sweeping epicness of say Laputa or Mononoke, however they will also miss the point. This is thoroughly a family film, its themes paternal and its conflicts relative. See it with your family. Grab some kids and join their wide-eyed ranks for 90 minutes.

amused232

16-09-2009, 03:05 AM

I absolutely *love* Howl's Moving Castle, though it's obviously the least Asian feeling one (no surprise since it's based on a Diana Wynne Jones book!) I actually didn't love Spirited Away and there was always something about the end of Mononoke that didn't do it for me.

I'd say Nausicaa and Totoro are my favourites! :) Looovvveeeeddd Nausicaa.
Did anyone see the Castle of Caliostro (sp?), I don't think it's Studio Ghibli but I think it's Miyazaki? Or maybe it's Ghibli but not Miyazaki... either way I really enjoyed it but the animation isn't as good as the other Ghibli/Miyazaki ones

San

16-09-2009, 09:36 AM

Did anyone see the Castle of Caliostro (sp?), I don't think it's Studio Ghibli but I think it's Miyazaki? Or maybe it's Ghibli but not Miyazaki... either way I really enjoyed it but the animation isn't as good as the other Ghibli/Miyazaki ones
Castle of Cagliostro is a Miyazaki, but the Studio had not been founded yet. It's from 1979 so I'm not surprised the animation isn't as good as latter films.

bridgee

21-09-2009, 05:48 AM

studio ghibli movies <3. i live for them. i want to see ponyo. is it worth it?

New Born Lee

22-09-2009, 01:59 AM

I recently picked up Pom Poko for £2! :happy:

thom yorke

22-09-2009, 05:23 AM

studio ghibli movies <3. i live for them. i want to see ponyo. is it worth it?

yes. see it

bridgee

24-09-2009, 02:30 AM

okay i will thanks

tryangle

24-09-2009, 06:39 AM

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New Born Lee

24-09-2009, 08:49 AM

I was registered at your forum. I have printed the test message. Do not delete, please.

We get signal.

Mozzie

24-09-2009, 01:09 PM

Wingardium LevioSIA

24-09-2009, 09:09 PM

I love Studio Ghibli, seen a few movies such as; Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Grave of the Fireflies. I have to say, out of all the ones I've watched so far, I enjoyed Grave of the Fireflies the most. :happy:

Is "enjoy" really the right word to use when talking about that film? :stunned:

bridgee

25-09-2009, 12:51 AM

Why have I not seen this thread before? :eek:

I love Studio Ghibli, seen a few movies such as; Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Grave of the Fireflies. I have to say, out of all the ones I've watched so far, I enjoyed Grave of the Fireflies the most. :happy:

grave of the fireflies :(. i cried so much it is a great movie though in the sense of the way it is made. and howl's moving castle *sigh* dont get me started

New Born Lee

25-09-2009, 01:00 AM

I badly need to see Grave of the Fireflies. Heard so much about it, by reputation it's the saddest movie I've ever heard of.

bridgee

25-09-2009, 03:37 AM

it is so sad i took me a few times watching it before i was actually able to see it to the end. :(

Mozzie

25-09-2009, 09:30 AM

Is "enjoy" really the right word to use when talking about that film? :stunned:

Probably not, but I couldn't really think of anything else. Emotional is a better word.

New Born Lee

18-10-2009, 10:58 PM

Pom Poko shocked me. It's really quite direct with the whole 'Save the Environment' theme Studio Ghibli use, and it's in general a very unpredictable and unusual film, and that's besides the giant raccoon testicles.

It's so unusual that it's quite alienating though, what with it's constantly changing art style used for the raccoons (I know what it means by it, but for me that doesn't make it any less distracting) and a plot that constantly seems like it's going to end but doesn't (which is both a good thing and a bad thing about it). It's a good, inventive film but I wouldn't be very inclined to rewatch it.

But it can be funny, the characters are endearing and typically of a Ghibli film it's so strange how very attached to the raccoons you become.

Out of the four Ghibli films I've seen (Naus, Spirited, Kiki and this), this is my least favourite so far, but it was still very much worth watching.