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Angry Spirited Away Fans Strike Back

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the colorized-classics dept.

peter_gzowski writes "Anime News Network is reporting that, 'The Japanese consumers in the Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures of Japan have filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Japan over the red tint on the Japanese DVD release of Spirited Away.' Japanese consumers who purchased the Spirited Away DVD were very disappointed when they discovered a red tint to the film. A hundred thousand consumers complained, but Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan (a subsidiary of Walt Disney) pretended nothing was wrong with the disc. The original source of news of the suit can be found (in Japanese) at Mainichi. No response from Disney yet."

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  1. Red faced? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet this will leave Disney red faced ;-)

  2. Didn't "see" the problem? by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Hayao Miyazaki didn't notice the problem with the red tint in his movie for obvious reasons. ;-)

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  3. Not the first time they've run into "red tint" by Adam.Steinbaugh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disney had a similar problem with "Pocahontas" a few years ago, with thousands of Americans complaining about a "red tint" in the film.

    These complaints stopped, however, when Disney admitted they were trying to portray "Native Americans". Consumers were simply mistaken -- the rest of the movie suggested they were Americans of European descent.

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  4. watch out by rudiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    hell hath no fury like a thousand angry anime fans.

  5. Re:Hi! by Aronymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gotcha.

    Watch for my next story submission, "Playstation Bluetooth Tenchi DMCA Beowulf Strikes Back. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

    from the now-you've-got-our-attention dept.