jmj713

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...-editions.html

animatedude

argh...why a re release? can't we just get a proper Miyazaki boxset will all of his films?

kstublen

If Disney does a box set Lupin and Mononoke won't be included.

tylergfoster

Why wouldn't Mononoke be included? It was last at Miramax, they should still own it.

dx23

This re-releases have been known for a long time now. The only one of those films that went OOP was My Neighbor Totoro. A Disney insider mentioned in another forum that Blu-ray releases for these films will also be released either later this year or in 2011.

critterdvd

In all honestly that's what I'm waiting for. I have SPIRITED AWAY and PRINCESS MONONKE on DVD and that's good enough until a blu-ray set comes out.

TomOpus

Another in the "why?" camp. I have most of the movies on DVDs (in nice 2-disc sets). Just waiting on Blu now.

ReduxGuy

Maybe it's just me, but maybe Princess Mononoke might be TOO dark a Miyazaki film for Disney to distribute on DVD. This is, after all, the same company that keeps screwing over its Black Cauldron fans.

tylergfoster

I don't think they would have a problem since they can brand it as part of the Ghibli line.

WTK

FWIW, there was a Borders exclusive of a Studio Ghilbi boxset back in late 2007. The listed price back then was $207.99.

IanUngstad

Princess Mononoke is a Miramax title. Disney is in the midst of selling off it's Miramax library....someone else will end up with the rights. I secretly hope somehow it winds up with Criterion.

WTK

The other two films can be considered as OOP though they can still can be had with most retailers.
I haven't hear of this one. Were you referring to the 3 re-releases or maybe Spirited Away?

animatedude

WOW.

i didn't know about this! this should've been a major release not border exclusive.i wonder if i can find one now...hmmm

WTK

It's rather expensive to buy the boxset now (example). The artbox isn't that sturdy from what I can recall. You're better off buying the releases separately. This past summer was the best time buy Ghilbi movies since they were discounting them while cross-promoting Ponyo. Maybe they will discounted them when Ponyo comes out in March.

animatedude

bu i think a bigger boxset with ALL the Studio Ghlibi releases is much better.

manicsounds

Strange that the above boxset didn't have Porco Rosso included... wasnt that released at the same time as Nausicaa?

tylergfoster

Just because Miramax is being absorbed by Disney is no reason to think that Disney is selling the titles. I know that Disney closed the Miramax offices, but the library of Miramax films is probably worth billions to Disney. I would be shocked if they sold the rights to any of their films, really.

Of course, it's totally possible you've read something I haven't, but if you're just extrapolating from the news that Miramax is going under, I wouldn't jump to conclusions.I guess they figured Porco Rosso was a "lesser" title, like The Cat Returns, Pom Poko, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbors the Yamadas. The ones in the box set are essentially the well-known "classics".

kstublen

I don't really even consider that Borders Exclusive a box set; it's just the individual releases housed in an oversized slipcover. I understand people's desires for complete box sets, but wouldn't it be best to wait until Miyazaki is done making movies before getting such an encompassing collection? If they released box set with everything through Ponyo it would be incomplete when his next movie came out.

I don't know why that "box set" wouldn't have Porco Rosso, but the reason it doesn't have The Cat Returns, Pom Poko, Whisper Of The Heart, or My Neighbors The Yamadas is quite simple - that is a Miyazaki box set and despite his involvement with some of those movies, none of those were actually directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

jmj713

I would love EVERY Studio Ghibli film (and short) on Blu-ray.

slop101

I'm in for a blu-ray box set - otherwise, I'm happy with the DVDs I already have.