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Miyazaki Region 1 DVDs at Last?
PinkStainlessTail writes " Ain't It Cool has a "story" (or baseless rumor, it is AIC after all) claiming that Miyazaki's SPIRITED AWAY, CASTLE IN THE SKY (aka LAPUTA), and KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE will be released on 2 disc region 1 DVD sets from Disney in April of this year. The original story comes from comic artist Steve Bissette's message board. " Here's hopin'
I already got my Region Free copy DVD from beijin
If the rumor is based on reality I'm definitely preordering the DVD's. =)
Anyone who hasn't seen Castle in the Sky will be in for a treat--it has some of the most AMAZING hand-drawn backgrounds you've ever seen.
DAMMIT! WHERE IS NAUSICAA!?
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Why don't you just get a multi-zone DVD player and get a disc that works with any region?
THE GREATEST DVD NEWS OF THE YEAR... so far THE GREATEST DVD NEWS OF THE YEAR!! Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab. This letter makes me giddy: HAH!! This is famous comic book artist Stephen Bissette writing at his message board: "I'm very happy to announce that a FAX arrived at work today from our Disney rep, who knew I'd been pushing him and the studio for years now on the matter. The FAX states that this April, Disney is releasing the Hayao Miyazaki Collection 1 on DVD. Though details are sketchy, there will be three titles in this first set - SPIRITED AWAY, CASTLE IN THE SKY (aka LAPUTA), and KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE - and each DVD will be a two-disc special edition. This is indeed worthy of celebration, and goes a looooong way towards rectifying what has been, until now, a frustrating and oft-infuriating situation." source: Here Wow. I was just talking about this the other day with a friend who was good enough to loan me his box of Region 0 Miyazaki DVDs. No special features to speak of, but who cares? It was a collection of all of his movies up to PRINCESS MONONOKE. Now, we're going to get 2-disc special editions of three great films at once? Oh, please, let this mean that they're going to do TOTORO, PORCO ROSSO, and NAUSICAA in the future. I know Fox just released one last edition of their horrifically dubbed TOTORO, and now they don't have the rights anymore, allegedly because they've been granted to Disney as part of their overall Ghibli deal. I've seen this version of CASTLE IN THE SKY theatrically, and I really like the work they did on KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE, too, but a 2-disc set may mean that fans will get to choose to see the films in their original languages, too. Man, to think this release is just a few months off... ... well, like I said... giddy!!
"Moriarty" out.
DeCss.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
Man do I feel stupid. I had some idea about DVD Regions when I got my player a year or so ago, but didn't give it much thought. This article forced me to go look-up a few sites that offered information on exactly what the mention of DVD Regions in the
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I picked up Kiki on the old VHS... I had sort of figured that Disney had decided against releasing these on DVD... about time. Now hopefully they won't require you to watch with English voices... please put in sub titles with the original voice acting! :P
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Or I don't know if it is actually illegal, but our RIAA equivalent claims that to sell anything other than R2 discs violates some license and the threat of law suits has made all the shops to take R1 discs off the shelves.
Does anyone know what "license" are they talking about?
Since the video tracks on the DVD (VOB files) are encrypted, how much space does this eat up? Encrypting something tends to increase the size of the data being encrypted, after all.
How much higher quality video could be put on a DVD if CSS/region encoding were completely abandoned?
My wife found it somewhere. Evidently it was just recently released. Although Totoro was Fox in the US, wasn't it? I also don't think there is an option to watch it in the original Japanese, which was a little disappointing. Thankfully, the voice-acting for Totoro was pretty good.
As for Kiki, I prefer the Japanese. I'm not a big fan of movie or television stars performing the voices for animated characters. Unless the actor is able to actually enhance a character with their voice, I don't usually like it. Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob is an example of an actor enhancing an animated character.
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I picked up my copy of Spirited Away while in Tokyo. Pretty expensive by american standards at 4,700yen.(with an exchange of about 118yen to 1$ US) It has english subtitles, but it is a region 2 dvd. Thank god for the British and thier remote hacks! Now if only i could figure out how to navigate the second disk...
***There is no point in asking, you'll get no reply***
Its _GRAVEYARD_ of the fireflies.
I certainly hope that the DVD release is better that the terrible Fox DVD release of My Neighbor Totoro, which was a pan-and-scan version with no Japanese language track or extras.
If Disney are releasing it directly, then there is some chance they might do a good job, but I'm certainly not preordering anything until the details are clear...
Ain't It Cool has a "story" (or baseless rumor, it is AIC after all)
Now if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is.
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there you go americans.. already starting to mess with the original title... "Hotaru no Haka"... BAM!
I'm still waiting for the region 1 DVD though. I'm just afraid it will also have the infamous red tint that everyone got in Japan.
If, like me, you live in Region 2 (Europe and Japan; handy, that), you don't care. But then, you haven't cared for a long time, cos they're all available at cdjapan.co.jp. Two-disk sets of Totoro, Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa, Spirited Away, Whispers and probably others are currently residing on the DVD case.
Note: even though they're region 2, they're also NTSC, so you'll need compatible equipment. That's not a problem for Americans with multi-region players, though.
The films are in Japanese with optional english sub and dub, and the second disk is all in Japanese.
In case you're interested, I'm a big fan of cdjapan, especially now that the exchange rates are going my way. They're extremely efficient at getting the stuff out, and my first stop for those hard-to-find films that aren't generally available elsewhere.
Right now my daughter needs to watch her DVDs off my wife's iBook hooked up to the TV, all because we can't play Japanese DVDs on our North American player. And it's not like the movies are cheap, coming from Japan. But the amount of wiring that needs to be done isn't worth the effort.
Someone bought her the Fox copy of Totoro a few months ago on DVD, thinking it would be a good replacement for the older VHS she got when she turned 1. She put the DVD in the player, turned it on, and within 5 minutes she came up to me and said, "Daddy, this movie is wrong." (the English voices were godawful)
If this is true, and she can get these movies on DVD with Region 1, they had better have the original voice tracks on them.
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Is it posted on nausicaa.net yet? No? Probably BS then.
Miyazaki's stuff is pure genious. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest directors that ever lived. This is good for everyone, not just anime fans.
Ive already imported all these movies, and I will probably wind up buying the r1s as well. I sure hope that they have all the extras that were on the japanese dvds. Tons of cool stuff on the dual disk sets.
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I'm holding in my hand a boxed set called "Archives of Studio Ghibli", published by Anime Cartoon International. It's got 6 DVD's, each with two films. It doesn not include the newest film, or Castle Cagliostro (which is separately available). The DVDs have Japanese menus, and offer English or Chinese subtitles with the Japanese soundtracks.
DeCSS. :)
Wow, another anime basher who obviously hasn't watched a single cell of anime in his life!
:)
You just go right on thinking that, the rest of us can enjoy some decent entertainment
That's the one I've really wanted to see released on DVD. It's hard enough to find it on video; however, if I'm going to collect it, I can only do so in the more compact medium.
Been entranced by that title ever since I saw a still from it at the Cartoon Art Museum.
One word. Bukakke.
Sorry, you lose... 'haka' means grave, not tombstone. Tombstone would be 'boseki' or 'hakaishi' (both use the same kanji; they're alternative readings).
I've yet to hear a single explaination from an "anime" fanboy about how these particular shows are different from cartoons. Does the fact that they're from another country somehow make them "cool"? All of these shows and movies are little more than next generation Smurf episodes.
Twas my intro to anime some 18 or so years ago (yes, it was the crappy chopped version on HBO). I'd love to be able to watch a pristine DVD version someday. SVCD just doesn't do it for me. I want to see and hear the fire god nuke the Ohmu in 5.1 surround! There's something about that particular explosion that always gave me chills, although Evangelion and FLCL have beautiful explosions too.
And you say:
(or baseless rumor, it is AIC after all)
What a freakin hypocrisy. I hate to tell you, but the only "journalism" site with less credibility than AICN is Slashdot.
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One day I decided to look around ebay to see if I could find Laputa (Castle in the Sky) on DVD. I ended up getting a shrink-wrapped copy for $7.50; region-less, both Japanese/English audio/subtitles. It doesn't look dodgy: Proper covert art, packaging, silkscreening and so on, though the quality of the transfer leaves something to be desired it was worth the price. I didn't think much of it until this /. post, so I googled around for the companies credited on the DVD (Japan Another DVD Inc., Manga Animated Cartoon DVD) - to no avail, save for the obvious Studio Ghibli. Did I end up getting some kind of dodgy copy, or has this movie already been released with regionless encoding?
If I could, I would mod you up. I seriously need to update my preferences so I don't see this anime crap news...
Disney recalls all Miyazaki DVDs because its too much of a competitve threat to them. According to this article (Fox-News): We are seeing lower revenue to Disney since the release of these dvds. It threatens Disney because Japanese cartoons are better. Disney plans to bounce back by producing Gargoyles on DVD... Oh wait.. still bad idea.. Oh nevermind we'll just whine instead.
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we're not paying 20$ for CDs, etc..., anymore.
in fact, we're not going to 'deal' with them at all. most of US, are going to deal directly, with the artists themselves, from now on.
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I live in North America and buy all my movies here. So region codes are the least of my concern. What I am looking for is a DVD player that doesn't give a damn about what the disc wants or where it came from. It's my copy of the movie, my DVD player, my TV and home theater system. So, why can't I pull up the DVD menu any time I damn well feel like it? Does anyone know if there is such a device?
Don't most geeks and nerds gave DVD players that aren't bound by the limits of region codes?
---- "Excuse me. Where's the children's gun section?"
Here's the article from Anime News Network, just posted about half an hour ago, with more concrete news on the Kiki and Castle in the Sky DVDs. As you can see, there's nothing said about a Spirited Away DVD release, though :/
Region 1 DVD's at last??
Ahh... I understand, in America, the land of the free, there are no region-free DVD-players available? You have the corporations dictating you instead of politicians.
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I bought this bundle in the US last month - http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_detail.asp?dvd no=1696
They are listed as 'All code, Region Free' on the website. The only problem I've had is that the "Spirited Away" discs do not play on my PC's DVD drive (a pioneer drive). 'Spirited Away" does play in my Playstation 2. So take that for what it's worth.
I've enjoyed every movie so far and I'm half way throught the set.
How is Anime different from American Cartoons?
1. More mature. Yes their is porn, but you also have stories that are not meant for children. Meaning that people can die, grow old, kill, blood, really good love stories... etc.
2. Character Development. If you have ever watched a really good anime you find yourself loving or hating certain characters. In one anime I watched the main character died at the endo of it(2 OVAs and 94 episodes later... any guesses).
3. Unbelievable Soundtracks. Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Kenshin, Macross Plus, Lain, Spirited Away, Totoro, Initial D. A lot goes into making the music fit the anime. I can't tell you how much I can recollect on a series just by hearing music from it. Think... the Star Wars use the force music... how that can send shivers down your spine(John Williams is a genious).
4. Funny and Serious. Anime is not restricted to a specific genre at all. They can be funny and then be serious one minute. That makes for some great entertainment.
5. Facial Expressions and Emotions. I already mentioned the character development, but a huge trait of anime is the facial and body expressions. Especially when they have a close up of view of the face.
I am sure that their are others. Blind Ignorance is scary. If you are going to say that something sucks... watch it and make sure.
Places like http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/ sell the original japanese editions. They're region 2, with dual Japanese and English audio and subtitles. Menus are in Japanese though; extra fun :)
I've ordered several Studio Ghibli DVDs from here... Totoro and Kiki's delivery service most recently. Took a while, but no problems.
Because the article's submitter and the editor clearly appear to believe it is.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Actually...
Spirited Away
Kiki's Delivery Service
Castle in the Sky
We're not boycotting DVDs today.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
When I saw that there was an anime related thread I was wondering how long it was going to be before we'd hear "get a life" or "who cares." A long time this time, but we have one insecure teenage boy-child who hit both in one message! Congratulations! That's a twofer!
Since everyone seems to think the bootleg versions are official releases, here are the lists of (legal) available versions of Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, and Kiki. If you have anything else, you got scammed.
"Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity" -Alvy Ray Smith
Being in Europe, I don't give a rat ass about what region DVDs are! Ha-hah!
J.
I just don't believe it. Until the information comes from a more reliable source, it is probably just someone's wishful thinking. I find it very difficult to believe anything that they tout as 'news'. Didn't AIC report that there would be a sequel to Cowboy Bebop too?
Aren't geeks supposed to have region-free DVD players????
actually, there are a few places where you can get REGIONLESS import anime dvds (that means you can watch it on any region player).
www.discountanimedvd.com
you can get any of those ghibli imprts for a fraction of disney's hiked-up price (without the benefit of dubbing, but with subtitles)
i already have all the ghibli movies including sen to chihiro no kamikakushi (spirited away) and even have lupin the third, uniyasha, and hokuto no ken (fist of the north star) tv series
Anime != news for nerds. It's more like news for 33 year olds who are still living at home and enjoy masturbating to hentai and old man screwing.
What happened to the stories of interesting tech? This site has declined seriously in the last few years. It once was a place where it was good to be a member. I haven't even bothered to login in 6 months now, as the site has gone to hell.
Go back to posting actually useful information, and I'm sure the users on this site would appreciate it.
Here:
http://www.inmatrix.com/genie/
Just FYI, these are bootlegs made from the laserdisc editions and the existing Japanese DVD's. None of the money went back to the creators of the films, and in addition, the video is rife with edge enhancement, block crawl, and other artifacts.
I'm impatient for a legit release, but until then, these bootleg copies of Laputa and Totoro will have to do.
Even Jesus hates listening to Creed.
According to what I've heard on the Miyazaki mailing list, the "Spider Man: Return of the Green Goblin" animated VHS tape includes a trailer for Laputa that says it's coming soon, and the insert on the "Country Bears" R1 DVD claims Kiki's is coming soon, "for the first time on DVD."
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You're totally right! Given the total consideration that Disney has shown to Miyazaki during every step of this project and the timely manner in which they have conducted themselves, i would _never_ imagine Disney failing to keep everyone fully updated as to what their plans are.
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On region 3 DVD from Hong Kong! Go to dddhouse.com - they sell em for about US$12 a pop. All two disc sets pressed legitimately by Buena Vista/Intercontinental Video. They all have English subtitles, but lack an English dub.
I Don't understand why people are waiting for those DVDs, I purchased a long time ago a multi system, multi region DVD player, and I have had most of these DVDs a long time ago, and these aren't bootlegs they're official releases. If people are waiting for them so bad why not just pay the extra money for a universal DVD player. I have even had the Spirited Away DVD for a while now, which I ordered from france. The movie has a french DTS track, but it also has a Dolby Digital English and Japanese tracks. Just Import it, in this day and age I can order anything from around the world and have it in a week.
actually they reported about the Cowboy Bebop movie. which DOES exist, you moron.
actually they reported on the Cowboy Bebop movie. which DOES exist you moron.
DVD regions just make me wish the MPAA was required to release Region 0 DVDs 2 years after the release of a movie anywhere.
I hate their arguement that regions are needed to allow movies to be released in theaters before you can buy them. What I hate about the arguement is what about old movies?
Why is Gone With The Wind: DVD Deluxe Collector Box Set (1939) a region 1 dvd? They've had 64 years to play it in every country.
Of course their other arguement is regions protect prices. Region 1 dvds cost more. Well, if they are only going to release the DVD in one region anyway, why not put it in Region 0? If there's not enough of a market in other regions, then release it in region 0 and pool everyone together.
sorry, I'm just annoyed by all the region stuff....
"Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain
It's a fairly simple thing to remove region encoding on modern DVD-ROM "RPC2" drives. This site has firmware for practically every DVD-ROM drive available, patched to RPC1, which does not check for region encoding on the DVD. Couple this with a software DVD player such as InterVideo WinDVD and it's a simple matter to go into the registry and delete the key that tells the player how many times you can change the region encoding. You can even use this tool to do it automatically. I'm not positive about the legality of this, for IANAL, but I don't believe after recent rulings on DeCSS (which this does not bypass) that there is much of a risk of any kind of legal problem.
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I wouldn't worry too much about this idiot. Looking at his previous posts this is his basic reply to everything. Either he is a bot or braindead. Here are his previous post topics:
Screw Japanese Cartoons
Screw DVDs
Screw CNN...
Screw Region Free DVDs...
Wow what a bunch of intelligent posts.
I use the word 'hack' very liberally. Many times, it's just a few buttons on the remote.
While you're at it, desable Macrovision, and if you're in the market to buy a DVD player, use that site so that you buy a DVD player that plays SVCD's... thus allowing you to skip the whole buying DVD's-to-replace your VHS collection.
I agree with parent comment. Yeah, sure the letter of the law might be violated when you do the bootleg thing. But what about the "rights" of consumers to, well, consume? If the IP holder is unwilling to share the IP, then as consumers I think we have every right to get it from alternative channels.
The whole "region coding" thing is the biggest farce. It made sense that once upon a time there were different formats for the different regions -- because different standards were adopted for TV broadcasts. Region Coding is a (possibly illegal) added layer of technological obscurity designed to HINDER our rights.
But, back to bootlegging. Once upon a time, my roommates found this audio tape. We have no idea where it came from. We loved it, and listened to it over and over again. Eventually we were able to find out who the band was and miraculously one roommate had a friend who collected vinyl, and he just happened to have the album. So we bought it, secondhand (or maybe third or fourth who knows).
Then we burned CDs of the vinyl because the tape was getting worn out, and now we all live in different parts of the country anyway. In fact I just burned another copy over the holidays (a copy of the copy) because my old roommate stole my last one...
I have looked for this album in used CD shops, on Ebay, wherever. It is simply not available. While I might technically be commiting a crime by copying the original, I really don't see what else a consumer is supposed to do. Go without a great record because nobody will sell it to me?
All you people who point accusing fingers at people who are bootlegging need to consider where your blind allegiance is taking us. So far it's given us artificial and abritrary Region Coding, the DMCA, and it's upgraded copyright violation from a civil crime in which harm had to be demonstrated to a federal felony where no harm needs to be shown and prosecution cost is paid with your tax dollars. Next stop is TCPA and Palladium. Care to take your heads out of your asses now?
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Ooooh best sig ever!
The EXACT translation from "LAPUTA" to spanish is...
The hore
I swear, The funny thing is, I have read about a car that's named like that, the "mazda laputa"
I dont know how they plan to market that kind of name here in chile, but I hope they do a little research first....
...because 2 weeks ago, I finally gave up and made my purchased Kiki VHS into a DVD. Heavy tweaked filtering, it looks pretty good, 40 hour encode... Yeah, after that I'd expect the whole effort to be made moot.
If they can relegate 99% of bsd, mac, etc. stories to their own sub sites why can't they do that with anime crap that only 1% of slashdot readers actually care about.
Quiero ver ese trailer de "Laputa"...por favor, ponga un link de donde podamos bajarlo. A proposito, es rubia? morena? pelirroja?
So, they dumbed down 'em for region 1 viewers at last! A European perspective on the stereotype "americans". Sorry. ;)
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And presumably Disney will use the profits to further Walt's totalitarian ambitions by vigourously pursuing commie mutant traitors who use DeCSS or p2p file trading.
Having this story on the same page as the latest MPAA and RIAA efforts is illustrative. The outrage only lasts until the next fasionable release.
Xix.
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
Over at animeondvd.com they have the following post up on the main news page -
Right Stuf confirms Miyazaki DVDs (04:45 PM EST): While no features have yet been delivered to retailers (a standard practice for Disney; announce title, then a few weeks later provide details), Shawne Kleckner over at Right Stuf has confirmed that both VHS and DVD versions of Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Castle in the Sky are due out in region one on 04/17/2003.
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Col. Jeff Cooper
I'll guess no red-tint either.
Spitired Away
Sir, the correct spelling is "Linu$".
Bullshit. I used to think there might be something in this anime shit. But a couple weeks ago I saw Neon Genesis Evangelion and I can't believe anyone but a high-functioning mental retard could think it was worth watching. Arse.
I was not refering to the Cowboy Bebop movie. I was talking about this:
"Big O2 as commissioned by Cartoon Network, enabling it to be made despite a lack of demand for the series in Japan. Likewise, although the series creators expressed their desire last year to not make any new Cowboy Bebop animation, the Cartoon Network is apparently pressuring Sunrise Animation to create new Cowboy Bebop episodes specifically for American release."
Sorry I couldn't find the link when I posted before.
ah... yes... You repeat yourself well.
And, you call me the moron?
Have you compared the translation (subtitles) on the pirate version to the official one?
I'm always interested in finding good translations...
I'm especially interested in the Myazaki box set (that has ALL of the movies except "Sprited Away").
As far as I know, that's only available from the Hong Kong pirates and probably has some movies that are not available anywhere else.
Rocky J. Squirrel
Yes I'm willing to risk my precious karma to spit at the raging moralists waging their fingers at you for buying the pirated boxed set.
/. community basically supports mp3s, divx, tivo and hates the riaa... but how dare you buy a hong kong version of say, shoulin soccer instead of waiting for Disney to censor, mutilate and redub it and use regions to force it down your throat!
How dare you enjoy these masterworks when:
1. this is probably the only way you can get some of these films, at least the only way you'll find them in japanese with english subtitles
2. you may not be able to afford to buy all of the official copies
the
It's much easier to mod me down than to post an intelligent reply
Rocky J Squirrel
Oohhh, no pink problem.
Don't the french have these wierd ancient high definition TV's?
Does that effect the resolution/frame rate of the DVD's made for them?
Rocky J. Squirrel
Except for the last but one scene being completely mistranslated and the sense of it ruined (and one minor mistranslation early on) the Disney dub is amazingly good.
It's the best dub done yet and certainly good enough that you can proudly show the movie to people who don't like subtitles.
Rocky J. Squirrel
Then the terror-, sorry, the MPAA - have already won.
Not such a big issue here (languages and all) but something to bear in mind. I live in Region 2 (as decreed by the DVD powers), but I buy almost all of my disks as Region 1 (or when possible, region 0 or unregioned) and have them posted from Hong Kong, as soon as possible. The message: market segmentation isn't going to work any more. Stick to global release schedules, you chiselling bastards.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Or maybe it's beyond your comprehension.
I don't import, so I hope this is true. I like Mononoke(And own it on VHS), and I liked what I saw from the Sprited Away trailer (Available in QuickTime 5 from Apple). But I mean, it's hard to pick a single greatest director of all time. Akira Kurosawa is considered the greatest director of all time. And Katsushiro Otomo is considered to be the greatest anime genius to ever walk the face of the earth. I'm inclined to agree with all three views. (Kurosawa, Otomo and Miyazaki are some of the greatest)
As far as all the Japanese specials go, BRING IT ON. The japanese often include everything from the film's trailer, to Coca Cola commercials featuring thier characters (Sorta like Square did about Final Fantasy IX soundtrack: They included the Coke ad music) I'm one of those guys who sits there are trolls through all the specials. Even on my little brother and sister's Monsters Inc. disc. However, they just murdered it. But then again, there's some films where I don't want to see the specials (I.E. Spider-Man) and some where I wish I had bought the two disc set instead (I.E. Akira). If you ask me, the proper way for taking DVDs from another country and moving it to another country is to make an exact duplicate of the disc. Then, translate everything, but offer the original version. I'm always paranoid about improper conversions/translations. My fears came true when I got the Roshomon DVD, and I had proof that it had happened with Akira. I'd seen it once before on VHS. When I looked at the DVD features for Roshomon, it said it had an original Japanes track, Original English Dub track, and a new Subtitle track with an improved translation. Also, Pioneer re-dubbed Akira and redid the translation from scratch. I'm always leary about translations. That, and I'm always interested in seeing the originals, just to compare.
Rawr
Those bastards, it's getting harder and harder to get anime without financing the domestic terrorists (AKA the MPAA).
`Lasu' Releases SAG 0.3 -- Freeware Book Takes Paves For New World Order ...
by staff writers
The central Superhighway site called ``sunsite.unc.edu''
collapsed in the morning before the release. News about the release had
been leaked by a German hacker group, Harmonious Hardware Hackers, who
had cracked into the author's computer earlier in the week. They had
got the release date wrong by one day, and caused dozens of eager fans
to connect to the sunsite computer at the wrong time. ``No computer can
handle that kind of stress,'' explained the mourning sunsite manager,
Erik Troan. ``The spinning disks made the whole computer jump, and
finally it crashed through the floor to the basement.'' Luckily,
repairs were swift and the computer was working again the same evening.
``Thank God we were able to buy enough needles and thread and patch it
together without major problems.'' The site has also installed a new
throttle on the network pipe, allowing at most four clients at the same
time, thus making a new crash less likely. ``The book is now in our
Incoming folder'', says Troan, ``and you're all welcome to come and get it.''
-- Lars Wirzenius
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