02-05-2004, 08:32 AM
Disney has had the North American rights to all Studio Ghibli movies for over a decade now. It's only been pressure from SG that got KiKi and Laputa released last year at the same time as Spirited Away.
Disney has been claiming that there isn't an audience and that the cost of producing the other movies for the North American audiences would be a waste of time. Most of the releases that have come out had controversy surrounding them just prior to production. Usually because Disney was going to release the DVDs with dub only and not even include the original language track.
I can go on about this at length but I'll stop here.
Fox has a nice dub of Totoro available. I quite enjoy the voice actors they chose for this release.
Grave of Fireflies was released by Streamline video on VHS. I'm not sure if this is available on an R1 DVD or not (I don't think so).
Pom Poko, Porco Rosso, and the rest of the unrleased movies continue to sit in limbo. You will hear rumours about release dates for them but don't believe anything until you see them on the shelves.
Disney has been claiming that there isn't an audience and that the cost of producing the other movies for the North American audiences would be a waste of time. Most of the releases that have come out had controversy surrounding them just prior to production. Usually because Disney was going to release the DVDs with dub only and not even include the original language track.
I can go on about this at length but I'll stop here.
Fox has a nice dub of Totoro available. I quite enjoy the voice actors they chose for this release.
Grave of Fireflies was released by Streamline video on VHS. I'm not sure if this is available on an R1 DVD or not (I don't think so).
Pom Poko, Porco Rosso, and the rest of the unrleased movies continue to sit in limbo. You will hear rumours about release dates for them but don't believe anything until you see them on the shelves.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.