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Alright, Ghibli newb question here : I own Ponyo already. Wanted to pick up a few more at Costco. They had them all (didn't have the Blus out, only the DVDs. I had to tell them to go find the Blu Rays). Anyways, I picked up Totoro, Naussicaa, and Mononoke. Did I buy the right three to start out with?
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You can't go wrong with those 3. Totoro is my favourite Ghibli but I'm also fond of Castle in the Sky and Kiki's Delivery service.
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Originally Posted by hdnmickey
(Post 12415959)
Be careful not to buy the DVD version you linked to. If I didn't already have so many of the Disney BD releases, I may have gone with with that option (on BD) as well.
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138
(Post 12416285)
Is that in Australian or American dollars :eek:?! Any reviews of these versions? The offer is tempting, I must say....
There are no reviews yet, since it's more than a month away from release date. For the Japanese and UK Hayao Miyazaki, you can see the specs here at the DVDCompare listings, but all the special features were dropped from the existing Blu-rays. But according to the Madman website, it will have All special features from all special edition versions of the featured films. plus a bonus disc as well. Sounds like Madman is making the most definitive version. As for the quality of the Madman discs, they are pretty much ports of the UK Studio Canal discs. |
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It makes me sad thinking that Marnie could be the last feature film from Studio Ghibli.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 12414167)
Costco will also take debit cards or American Express (but no other credit cards). You need to have a membership card in order to check out.
Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
(Post 12415574)
It wasn't because you weren't a member, it's because you kept bringing up George Lucas refusing to release the OT.
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12416208)
Alright, Ghibli newb question here : I own Ponyo already. Wanted to pick up a few more at Costco. They had them all (didn't have the Blus out, only the DVDs. I had to tell them to go find the Blu Rays). Anyways, I picked up Totoro, Naussicaa, and Mononoke. Did I buy the right three to start out with?
Originally Posted by manicsounds
(Post 12416478)
Obviously it's in AU$ since it's the Madman website.
There are no reviews yet, since it's more than a month away from release date. For the Japanese and UK Hayao Miyazaki, you can see the specs here at the DVDCompare listings, but all the special features were dropped from the existing Blu-rays. But according to the Madman website, it will have All special features from all special edition versions of the featured films. plus a bonus disc as well. Sounds like Madman is making the most definitive version. As for the quality of the Madman discs, they are pretty much ports of the UK Studio Canal discs.
Originally Posted by LorenzoL
(Post 12424902)
It makes me sad thinking that Marnie could be the last feature film from Studio Ghibli.
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Discotek Media releasing Cagliostro on April 28:
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 12414167)
Costco will also take debit cards or American Express (but no other credit cards). You need to have a membership card in order to check out.
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The Cat Returns isn't worth a bluray, but why is Spirited Away just now coming out? Jesus fuck.
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Pre-ordered Spirited Away, I haven't seen The Cat Returns.
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Cat returns is excellent.
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It isn't bad, but it just felt like 3rd rate Ghibli to me.
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Finally Spirited Away, my favorite Ghibli.
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I was really hoping that Disney would instead release another set of 3, so that "My Neighbors the Yamadas" would have also been upgraded to blu-ray.
If they had, this would be all of the Disney Ghibli releases finally upgraded to blu-ray. Maybe, however doubtful it may be, they are planning on finally releasing "Only Yesterday" along with upgrading "My Neighbors the Yamadas" later to try and tie in with GKIDS releasing "When Marnie Was There" when it hits blu-ray in the U.S. :shrug: |
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Spirited Away drops tomorrow. any word if they fixed the tint issue of the original dvd (too red)
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
(Post 12509088)
Spirited Away drops tomorrow. any word if they fixed the tint issue of the original dvd (too red)
My bigger concern is the English subtitle translation. Has Disney shafted another Ghibli disc with lousy "dubtitles"? |
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 12509246)
The Japanese DVD had the red tint issue. Disney corrected that for the American DVD release.
My bigger concern is the English subtitle translation. Has Disney shafted another Ghibli disc with lousy "dubtitles"? On the bright side, the PQ & Audio looks amazing! http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...ay_blu-ray.htm |
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Originally Posted by Ringmaster
(Post 12509257)
According to Dvdbeaver, it's dubtitles. It's not that big of a deal for me because I love the English dub, but they should have the proper subtitles for the Japanese track.
On the bright side, the PQ & Audio looks amazing! http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...ay_blu-ray.htm |
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Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 12509457)
He writes "He believes it's dubtitles" which makes no sense, just flip on the English audio and do a quick comparison.
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
(Post 12510532)
per the blu-ray forum if you go into the menu, there are 2 subttile tracks, the litteral translation and the dubtittles
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The DVD of SA has SDH English subs based on the dub and a proper translation based on the Japanese dialogue. Same with PM. Apparently, the PM DB omitted the proper translation track :(.
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138
(Post 12510973)
The DVD of SA has SDH English subs based on the dub and a proper translation based on the Japanese dialogue. Same with PM. Apparently, the PM DB omitted the proper translation track :(.
The sad fact of the matter is that current management at Disney do not value the foreign-language titles in their catalog and treat them as Second Class properties behind English-spoken productions. They routinely relegate native language tracks to lossy audio while prioritizing dubs with lossless, and dumb down subtitles to simplified translations even when better translations are available. |
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I would love it if someone knowledgeable could put together a comprehensive list of Ghibli Blu-rays that catalogs all the flaws in the Disney releases (dubtitles, lossy audio, bad transfers, etc.) and points out which foreign releases are the best English-friendly alternatives.
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Have there been any bad transfers with the Disney Ghibli BluRays? They've actually been respectful to the look of the films, by refraining from DNR and not boosting contrast or saturation levels, like they've done with their own titles.
edit: I found this. It doesn't have the most recent releases, but it might be a good starting point. |
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Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
(Post 12511319)
edit: I found this. It doesn't have the most recent releases, but it might be a good starting point.
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A poster on AVSForum claims that Spirited Away has dubtitles. :(
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/150-bl...l#post35130714
Originally Posted by Jon S
(Post 35130714)
Just an FYI... I picked up the Disney releases of The Cat Returns and Spirited Away. The transfers are excellent. Unfortunately, the subtitles on Spirited Away are the notorious dubtitles (i.e. subtitles made from the dubbed audio track similar to Princess Mononoke) and are not the same as the subtitles from the Japanese release of the movies which were much more descriptive and literal. The dubtitles are very brief and not that descriptive at times. I cannot comment on The Cat Returns as I did not own the Japanese version of the movie.
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While I don't have the Japanese blu-ray release to compare, I do have the original Japanese Ghibli Collection DVD and from doing a little spot checking, the normal English sub track from the blu is almost the same as the English sub track on that (no English audio). It swaps a few 'She' and 'Her's and things here and there like that, but overall it's the same, and where it differs it's much closer to that than it is the dub track on the blu where practically every line I saw was off in some way or another. Perhaps the poster from AVS might have just checked out the English for the hard of hearing sub track and not both? Or he's listening to the English dub and noticing instances where the English dub sometimes embellishes where the Japanese subs do not?
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The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki (Amazon Exclusive) [Blu-ray]
Out in the US on 11/17/2015 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...IL._SL500_.jpg No word whether the movie discs will include the special features from the individual sets (like the Australian set) or if the new discs will have all special features removed (like the Japanese and UK sets) |
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They appear to be exactly the same BD discs as the individual Disney releases. Reasonable to expect that the same features will be on each disc.
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GKids/Universal will release "When Marnie Was There" on October 6th in the US
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FyL3HFQYL.jpg Looks like all the Japanese extras are being carried over, and adding foreign trailers and the English dub featurette. |
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Do Studio Ghibli films go on sale? I might pick up Spirited Away this week.
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Did that Madman set ever hit? I haven't heard any reviews of it.
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Originally Posted by the General
(Post 12651144)
Do Studio Ghibli films go on sale? I might pick up Spirited Away this week.
Costco sometimes has them. There were also a few titles at $11.99 back in October at Best Buy. |
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Yes, I was talking about region 1 releases.
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Originally Posted by manicsounds
(Post 12562887)
GKids/Universal will release "When Marnie Was There" on October 6th in the US
Looks like all the Japanese extras are being carried over, and adding foreign trailers and the English dub featurette. |
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