OMG, Ghibli release dates?!

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:40 pm

http://animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=5709

Unfortunetely, Totoro won't be released, but The Cat's Return will.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:55 pm

I'm more excited about this one.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:20 pm

Kalium wrote:I'm more excited about this one.

x2, although considering that the release date for these movies has been changed more times than Arafat's life expectancy, I won't believe anything I hear until I see the DVDs on the shelves.

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:21 pm

dokool wrote:
Kalium wrote:I'm more excited about this one.
x2, although considering that the release date for these movies has been changed more times than Arafat's life expectancy, I won't believe anything I hear until I see the DVDs on the shelves.

Agreed!

Now the wait...

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:04 pm

I'm more excited about this one.

o.0
I'm more excited about the upcoming release of Ghibli's new film.
I absolutely cant WAIT till the
new movie comes out.
Argh! 10 more days!

But anyways, great additions of movies to be produced/
Hopefully Disney will do a great job.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:43 pm

AMVfreak wrote:
I'm more excited about this one.
o.0
I'm more excited about the upcoming release of Ghibli's new film.
I absolutely cant WAIT till the
new movie comes out.
Argh! 10 more days!

10 more days... here. Just bought tickets yesterday, my family's coming to visit for Thanksgiving and we're going to see it on Saturday evening.

Is there a US release date yet?

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:17 pm

dokool wrote:10 more days... here. Just bought tickets yesterday, my family's coming to visit for Thanksgiving and we're going to see it on Saturday evening.

Is there a US release date yet?

Yeah, 10 more days in Japan...
I'm growing really really envious of the location you live in dokool.
:p
first the Pillows concert and now this.....mutter..mutter..

As for an US release date, I do not know of any that will premiere "Howl no Ugoku Shiro" any time soon.
I'm under the assumption that the Japan DVDs will come out before it premieres here. So I'm planning to buy an import DVD of that from Jp as fast as I can get my hands on it.
And besides, I won't be able to stand watching a subbed or dubbed japanese anime in a movie theater.
:p

Ahh well, nonetheless, it's still exciting for me to
wait for the movie to premiere out, even if its happening in Japan.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:16 pm

AMVfreak wrote:I'm under the assumption that the Japan DVDs will come out before it premieres here. So I'm planning to buy an import DVD of that from Jp as fast as I can get my hands on it.

It's so weird walking through the DVD stores and seeing the racks of Ghibli stuff (Including tons of Ghibli movies I've never seen and/or heard of).

In terms of how long you might have to wait for the DVD, I just looked up the dates for Spirited Away as comparison: Opened in theaters on July 20th, 2001, JP R2 DVD released on July 19th, 2002. Exactly one year.

However, this year, the Casshern movie (live-action and kickass) was released in theaters on April 24th and released on DVD on October 23rd, which is exactly 6 months.

So, when Howl comes out on DVD is anyone's guess. I'm willing to bet closer to 6 months than one year, but I doubt I'll be able to pick it up here.

-DOKool