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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: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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