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Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle Open in Japan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tapping-my-toes-impatiently dept.

blamanj writes ""Howl's Moving Castle" (Howl no Ugoku Shiro), is the latest animated epic from Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli. In a departure from his usual sources, this time Miyazaki has adapted a story by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The reviews look good." CT: Apparently Howl's opened a few weeks ago.

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  1. Opens today? by delirium_9 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're kidding right? This thing has been out for a month. Before it came out there was a lot of hype but from the people I know who've seen it the movie wasn't very good.

    But it did do well in the box office:
    http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5 ?nn20041124b1.htm

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  2. Funny, I thought it opened on Nov 20th... by relayer · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latest_ne ws.shtml#newsitemEEpEEFukyFuAXaDnpx

    November 22, 2004 "Howl" Breaks Japanese Weekend Box Office Record
    From Kyodo Press Flash24:
    Toho announced :
    'Howl' earned 1,400 million yen (~$13.5 million USD) at the box office in the first day of release and its next day (Nov 20, 21). This is the highest new record at a Japanese movie.

  3. Trailers by Andorion · · Score: 4, Informative

    Website

    Quicktime 4 Trailer

    XviD Teaser

    ~Berj

  4. Re:The biggest concern... by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 3, Informative
    I didn't see anything on it, but have they done any dubbing? I personally prefer subtitles, but they may try to pull a "Must appeal to a wider audience" when they pull it over to the states.
    Howl will almost certainly be released in the same way that Miyazaki's other movies have been here in the states: the DVDs have both english and japanese audio tracks, and English subtitles as well. As for whether the dub will suck or not -- so far, most of the dubs have been very good. The only exception, in my opinion, was Castle in the Sky, which had a pretty poor dub.
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  5. Re:I'll skip it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Except that before 2024, they will have successfully lobbied to have their copyrights, trademarks, etc., extended again.

  6. Re:The biggest concern... by UWC · · Score: 4, Informative

    Disney has exclusive US distribution rights to all Ghibli work (note that the Miramax label, under which Princess Mononoke was released, is owned by Disney), so there shouldn't be a problem with signing. I think Spirited Away was in US theaters within a year of its Japanese release, wasn't it? I hope this sees a similarly speedy release. Spirited Away's critical success bodes well for a fairly wide release.

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  7. If you can't wait for the latest Miyazaki movie by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...pick up the four volumes of _Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind_. It's the graphic novel's answer to _Lord of the Rings_. Miyazaki creates technologies, ecologies, empires, religions... and really, really cool villains: there's the vixen princess who lives on hatred, a bored, psychotic immortal king, and a three hundred foot tall cyborg. And I'm not a big fan of most Japanese comic art, but Miyazaki has a very organic drawing style heavily influenced by Moebius, and his art is incredible.

  8. Tonari-no Totoro by InThane · · Score: 2, Informative

    My ex-girlfriend (who was Japanese) told me that he made the film to show that there are wonderful things in nature that need to be preserved - and apparently, a good chunk of the proceeds from the film went to buy up some forests near Tokyo, or something like that. It's been around 10 years, so I'm not real clear on it, but I kinda sorta remember that much...

    Once again, "don't damage the environment" is the message.

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  9. Howl's Moving Castle Official Website by echocharlie · · Score: 2, Informative

    You forgot to link to the Official Japanese Website for Howl's Moving Castle For those who are Japanese-impaired, the first 4 links along the bottom edge of the letter read thusly: Info | Story | Character | Staff&Cast | ...

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  10. Re:I'll skip it by tdelaney · · Score: 2, Informative

    Buy it from Australia when Madman releases it here.

    Madman does a superb job on their discs, at very reasonable prices. They're currently in the process of releasing 10 Studio Ghibli shows. The first four - Kiki, Laputa, Mononoke and Spirited Away - have been out for a couple of months now. Actually, Spirited Away was released about the same time it was released in the US, but it was re-released with the other three.

  11. Re:Miyazaki's films always have a moral by leuffi · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, the main character boy's name is Haku, which has nothing to do with the word "aku". Maybe you're refering to someone else, but I can't remember anyone who fits your description.