Ghibli's Laputa and My Neighbours the Yamadas - 9th May

[Yami]

Pre-Order:
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
My Neighbours the Yamadas

Laputa is my number 1 most wanted Blu-Ray of the year, totally excited about this.

[Icedburden]

Originally Posted by Yami

Pre-Order:
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
My Neighbours the Yamadas

Laputa is my number 1 most wanted Blu-Ray of the year, totally excited about this.

I really hope they will be region-free.

[thewerepuppygrr]

Hooray! Finally some more Ghiblis! I was just thinking about when there would be some new ones coming. Thanks.

[tuxqi]

YES! all I can say

I knew it wouldn't be far off Australia's release.

[marcoooliveira]

would really love to see the same digipacks as they did with Ponyo, but after Nausicaa I think i've lost the hope of an Amazing UK Ghibli Collection.

Let's see how the German releases look like

[tuxqi]

knowing Optimum it will just be the same DVD cover art.

[zombeaner]

Originally Posted by Icedburden

I really hope they will be region-free.

I can almost guarantee they'll be locked.

[Chief.]

£17.99 each! What a joke.

[tuxqi]

When Nausicaä was released on Amazon the pre-order price was 10.93, hopefully Amazon will give us the same deal this time.

[DaveSimonH]

Slightly off topic question but how do you guys pronounce Ghibli?
I've always said jib-li, probably closer to how the Japanese pronounce it. But I suppose gib-li would also work.

Originally Posted by IbanezACA

£17.99 each! What a joke.

Yeah I won't be buying at £18 each.

[tuxqi]

It's should be a soft g so 'jib'.

On the Nausicaä Blu there is an extra about the birth of the studio and briefly mentions the confusion of correct pronunciation.

Although I too pronounce it with a hard g sometimes out of bad habit.

[tuxqi]

pre-orders on Amazon now up too:

• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laputa/dp/B004OQJSLS/
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamadas/dp/B004OQJSFY/

sadly still no cheaper than 17.99

[GrinwithoutaKat]

Set both of these to high priority on Love Film. I've been working my way through Ghibli's catalog as they've been showing a lot on Film 4. Would love to see Totoro and Kiki turn up on Blu soon.

[tuxqi]

Don't think it's known yet which are the next to be released in Japan.

So far when a Ghibli film is released in Japan, it takes about 4-5 months to be released in Australia/UK.

and we still have a while to go:

1)Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
2)Castle in the Sky
3)Grave of the Fireflies
4)My Neighbour Totoro
5)Kiki's Delivery Service
6)Only Yesterday
7)Porco Rosso
8)Ocean Waves
9)Pom Poko
10)Whisper of the Heart
11)Princess Mononoke
12)My Neighbours the Yamadas
13)Spirited Away
14)The Cat Returns
15)Howl's Moving Castle
16)Tales from Earthsea
17)Ponyo
18)The Borrower Arrietty

(and I wonder in optimum will change the numbering to be chronological rather than the strange numbering they use at the moment.)

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by tuxqi

knowing Optimum it will just be the same DVD cover art.

knowing Optimum, the discs will be region B locked.

[tuxqi]

Zavvi pre-order at 15.85 (lowest price I have found so far)


http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/laputa-.../10369701.html
http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/my-neig.../10369702.html

[rezpekt]

Sounds like these will be Blu-ray + DVD combo packs, at least Optimum calls them "double play". List of special features:

Laputa: Castle in the Sky:
Storyboards (PiP)
Promotional Video (12 mins 38)
Behind the Studio (11 mins 46) (new):
The World of Laputa
Creating Castle in the Sky
Character Sketches
Producer's Perspective:
Meeting Miyazaki
Textless Opening and End credits
TV Spots
Original Japanese Theatrical trailers

My Neighbours The Yamada's:
Storyboards (PiP)
NTV Special Program:
Super TV 15 months exclusive coverage:
Secrets of My Neighbours the Yamadas (45 mins) (new)
Behind the Microphone (68 mins) (new)
TV Spots
Original Japanese Theatrical trailers

[Chief.]

For the likes of Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle I will pre-order. But these ones which aren't meant to be as good I can wait until they are around £8.

Hopefully they carry on with Slipcovers so that they look nice and uniformed. (You listening Disney?!!!)

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by IbanezACA

For the likes of Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle I will pre-order. But these ones which aren't meant to be as good I can wait until they are around £8.

Hopefully they carry on with Slipcovers so that they look nice and uniformed. (You listening Disney?!!!)

They're only distributed by Disney in the US, we get them via Optimum. The Disney ones have nice slips and are region free, but I hear the audio isn't as good or something. Annoying! I wish they released them all like Ponyo...

[tuxqi]

Well Laputa is very good and I am tempted to buy it for 15.85... Yamadas I can wait for the price to drop.

I believe Optimum and Madman (Australia) work together on releases, both being in PAL regions and to halve costs of mastering.