Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (JP)

[Clueless_Monkey]

According to AV Watch, Hayao Miyazaki's latest work Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea will be released in Japan on Blu-ray Disc in December!
The DVD version will be released in July and will include English subtitles, let's hope the same goes for the BD.

http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n...401_80163.html
http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2...disc-december/

[jkwest]

oh lord...plz say this will be region free...

I have given up on Disney....

[OrlandoEastwood]

^ If you're in California, then all you have to worry about is if the Blu-Ray will have English subtitles.

EDIT:

What the hell? Are they still doing VHS in Japan? Click on that first link and see.

[Jeff Kleist]

The Blu-ray will almost certainly come out in the US at or around the same time, the theatrical release is in August here, only a bloody year late, but this is the first one with John Lassetter's personal pimpage and they're going to be shouting it out hardcore to the masses. They'll ship the same disc to both countries, so don't worry about whether it'll have english subs. They're far more concenred with keeping Japanese people from importing US discs than Americans importing Japanese. That's why all the Ghibli DVDs carried English subs

I'm suprised by the VHS edition as well, but there's a lot of people in rural areas in Japan who still use it, and Miyazaki movies are one thing everyone agrees on

[Kyo28]

Another must-have blu-ray. I'll wait for the cheaper US release and I hope they'll keep all the features intact.

[HumanMedia]

And reading the article there is a 12 hour, 2 x BD disc (or 5 DVD) Poniyo "Making Of" documentary coming on Jul 3!

[Joe Cain]

US theatrical release dated August 14 here along with a low-rez trailer.

[Alex DeLarge]

I'll wait for Blu-ray because I always watch the original language track. I like in a rural area where cool films are never shown, only the blockheaded blockbusters. I've seen so many Japanese films that you'd think I could speak the language by now Of course, I'm at the mercy of the person translating the dialogue and hopefully this is better than the fiasco of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

[EvilSLJ]

it is 8,931 YEN for the Blu-Ray... a bit more than I expect hmm

[AnimeOnBlu]

Originally Posted by EvilSLJ

it is 8,931 YEN for the Blu-Ray... a bit more than I expect hmm

That is not for the movie. That price is for the making of blu-ray. There is no pre-order for the actual movie on Blu yet.

[EvilSLJ]

you're right, that's a blu-ray of how he create and plan Ponyo....

[Happy_Evil_Dude]

Edited accordingly, thanks AnimeOnBlu

What appears to be:

normal edition (5234 yen)


making of documentary (8312 yen)


collector's edition (13545 yen)


But then again I don't speak japanese so what do I know?

[AnimeOnBlu]

The first picture is just the movie (normal edition).
The second picture is the making of documentary --no English Subs.
The third is the collector's edition (which includes both of the above).

[AnimeOnBlu]

http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Latest_News

This release will NOT have the English Dub. It will have English subs. You will have to wait for the domestic release by Buena Vista to get the Dub.

[Chiyo_chichi]

Not surprised about that. With a rather niche audience, it would nearly nullify a domestic release.

Hopefully the US release is nearly simultaneous.

[singhcr]

Let's hope the US version has lossless Japanese audio, as the JP BD's are pricey.

[Morphine]

That limited edition looks pretty, but seriously who`s going to give $190 for that :S

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by Morphine

That limited edition looks pretty, but seriously who`s going to give $190 for that :S

I know. It's not worth it. Hell, even $63 for a Japanese Godzilla Blu-ray is pushing it for me.

[BlackDevil]

Originally Posted by AnimeOnBlu

http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Latest_News

This release will NOT have the English Dub. It will have English subs. You will have to wait for the domestic release by Buena Vista to get the Dub.

In case anyone is interested this is totally wrong.

The release does include the English Dub, its included as an extra, probably because Disney changed all the Japanese text in the film to english.

It's stated right in the press release: http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n...01_312030.html

So I'll be picking this up, because I don't want to wait until March 2010 for the NA version

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by BlackDevil

The release does include the English Dub, its included as an extra, probably because Disney changed all the Japanese text in the film to english.

Disney has done that with all the films, going all the way back when their subsidary Miramax did Princess Mononoke. They have the "Viewing Angles" which if you select Japanese audio, it'll display the Japanese characters over the English and the other way around for the English audio.