It's about time it got some well deserved recognition by the masses. A shame it got shafted in the distribution process.

And it's about time to an Oscar re-release too, I think.

Wins what category? Yes I can look in another thread I'm sure, but I think that this thread would be more comprehensive if it was stated.

This was the first pleasant surprise of the evening. I was almost certain that Di$ney was trying to sabotage its chances.

That would be Best Animated Feature.

Only thing that sucks is that he wasnt there to get it in person and on another note, those real people/cartoon things never look good in my opinion.

Best Animated Feature.

This was a pleasant surprise. This ensures that Disney will push the home video release, and now a lot of kids (and adults) will get a chance to see this great movie.

I am so glad this won, none of the other movies in the category even compared. Spirited Away should have been nominated for best picture as well, but at least it won something and Miyazaki got an oscar he so deserves.

BOO-YAH!!!

Spirited Away owns, and I haven't even seen it yet .

Yay - the ONLY picture I would have accepted as an alternative was Lilo & Stitch.

But I'm glad Spirited Away won. Was there anything neat about the presentation?

I'm glad that Spirited Away won but I was really disappointed that Miyazaki wasn't there to accept it because I was curious to see what he looks like (altho I'm going to look up his picture on the net right now)

I didn't even watch the Oscars, but my ten-year-old son ran in all excited, "Spirited Away Won!"

I had made him go see it in the theaters even though he was doubtful and he absolutely loved it.

The US DVD release is soon, April 15, I think - we have pre-ordered it.

Bill Chance
The Daily Epiphany

Yeah! I'm glad I saw it at the theaters. I did make a booboo of ordering the Miyazaki DVD set with Die Another Day to get a good deal with coupons from Amazon with free shipping. Hope they choose to send the Miyazaki set early and not wait until June when DAD comes out!

Wow...a true quality film gets rewarded for once in a notoriously fickle category.

I am so relieved that this won.

Nice to see the recognition for Miyazaki.

-doc

Am seeing rumours already of a new theatrical run for it and a delay in the DVD release. Maybe I wasn't doing such a bad thing ordering the Miyazaki set from Amazon with Die Another Day after all.

http://animationinsider.net/forums/i...t=0&#entry3927

It's only too bad that Buena Vista/Disney couldn't have seen fit to give it a decent promotion/release effort the first time around so that there wouldn't be as much pressure to delay the release of the DVD... We already had to have Princess Mononoke delayed...

It is extremely doubtful this close to DVD release that they would delay it, especially with Kiki's Delivery Service and Laputa: Castle in the Sky coming out on the same day as SA (all 3 in 2-disc sets). I actually think that it bodes well for the DVD release as people now see that it won the Oscar and will be up to checking it out on DVD release.

In fact, if Disney is thinking of promoting this movie on DVD they now have a chance to paste the "Winner, Best Animated Feature Oscar" tagline to it.

And everyone is right...the distribution was bad on this movie. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters and will be right there to pick up the DVD.

Isn't this only the second year they've had this category?

Yeah, but think of all the notiorously fickle winners of the past.....Shrek...and....Shrek.

It won twice?

Maybe if they promote it right, Spirited Away will get a lot of people to try Kiki and Laputa as well!

Damn. I'd rather have any of the others win. I hated Spirited Away. Plot just sort of rambled around. I admit the art was nice but boring I almost fell asleep because it was so boring. Was pretty much a Japanese Alice in Wonderland.

Perhaps a lot of intelligent retailers will also offer deals on Princess Mononoke when that release week hits as well...

My daughter liked that film and we meant to watch but didn't have time. Should we rent it again?