Howl's Moving Castle - 5/21/13 Pre-order - Blu-ray Forum

Oscar Rothman · 02-15-2013, 04:57 PM

Howl's Moving Castle Blu-ray

MifuneFan · 02-15-2013, 04:59 PM

YES!

It's not even one of my fav. Ghibli movies, but I'm so glad Disney is still continuing to release these.

Sinthetic · 02-15-2013, 04:59 PM

The best Ghibli.

tonylopez · 02-15-2013, 05:12 PM

Honestly, one of my favorite films of all time. I have the UK bluray but I'll double dip for this. Next film I hope they release should be Spirited Away.

Destinys Memory · 02-15-2013, 05:13 PM

Wonder if this means that From Up on Poppy Hill will release on the same day? 2 months from theater to blu-ray? Arrietty took 3 months, IIRC.

MifuneFan · 02-15-2013, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tonylopez

Honestly, one of my favorite films of all time. I have the UK bluray but I'll double dip for this. Next film I hope they release should be Spirited Away.

They can't since Spirited Away has to be released in Japan first, and that's not scheduled for release over there yet.

Shanderson88 · 02-15-2013, 05:17 PM

I was just recently wondering when films like this and Spirited Away would get blu ray releases. Awesome.

EricJ · 02-15-2013, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Destinys Memory

Wonder if this means that From Up on Poppy Hill will release on the same day? 2 months from theater to blu-ray? Arrietty took 3 months, IIRC.

It's possible--Tales From Earthsea, which Disney did do the dub but had no intention of taking wide, played a few art theaters as "billboard release" to qualify for Oscar status, but was being lined up for quick, quiet disk release as soon as possible.
Poppy is making a brief arthouse run in March/April, and is another local-tastes Goro Miyazaki entry that Disney didn't even consider worth their time to take wide, so it's likely we'll get the trifecta.

And yes, Howl's is a lazy mess (at least Arietty stayed reasonably close to its book), but what's the reasonable expectation for the "classic" retro pre-Mononoke title to round out the three?--Totoro's out in Japan, isn't it?

MifuneFan · 02-15-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by EricJ

It's possible--Tales From Earthsea, which Disney did do the dub but had no intention of taking wide, played a few art theaters as "billboard release" to qualify for Oscar status, but was being lined up for quick, quiet disk release as soon as possible.
Poppy is making a brief arthouse run in March/April, and is another local-tastes Goro Miyazaki entry that Disney didn't even consider worth their time to take wide, so it's likely we'll get the trifecta.

And yes, Howl's is a lazy mess (at least Arietty stayed reasonably close to its book), but what's the reasonable expectation for the "classic" retro pre-Mononoke title to round out the three?--Totoro's out in Japan, isn't it?

Totoro is coming May 21st too.

OrlandoEastwood · 02-15-2013, 07:22 PM

Yes, May will be a great month.

Dubstar · 02-15-2013, 07:30 PM

curious to know the audio specs, since the JPN and HK blus sport 6.1 ES mix. (Disney is notorious for not exactly porting over direct comparative audio mixes).

Monterey Jack · 02-15-2013, 09:27 PM

More Miyazaki on Blu is a good thing.

BohemianGraham · 02-15-2013, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EricJ

It's possible--Tales From Earthsea, which Disney did do the dub but had no intention of taking wide, played a few art theaters as "billboard release" to qualify for Oscar status, but was being lined up for quick, quiet disk release as soon as possible.
Poppy is making a brief arthouse run in March/April, and is another local-tastes Goro Miyazaki entry that Disney didn't even consider worth their time to take wide, so it's likely we'll get the trifecta.

And yes, Howl's is a lazy mess (at least Arietty stayed reasonably close to its book), but what's the reasonable expectation for the "classic" retro pre-Mononoke title to round out the three?--Totoro's out in Japan, isn't it?

Eh, Howl's still fun, and I'm a huge Diana Wynne Jones fan. Nice to hear someone else has actually read the book for a change! Most people don't realise it had a literary source (not only that, but one that had been around for almost 20 years by the time the film was adapted.)

EricJ · 02-15-2013, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Eh, Howl's still fun, and I'm a huge Diana Wynne Jones fan. Nice to hear someone else has actually read the book for a change! Most people don't realise it had a literary source (not only that, but one that had been around for almost 20 years by the time the film was adapted.)

Yes I confess: When the first Harry Potter books came out, I was one of those Wynne-Jones fans who said "Eh, JK was just ripping off 'Witch Week' and the Chrestomanci series!"

Howl SHOULD have been good source for an animated film if it'd been directed by someone who sensed the Harry/Sophie resemblances and knew where to take the tone and Jones' complex interconnecting Harry-like plots, after we'd already gotten a whimsically self-referential taste of Hogwarts--But that depends heavily on sharing DWJ's distinctly British sense for parodying European fairytale cliche's, which the Japanese aren't quite as culturally up on.
Miyazaki may have been attracted by the plot, but he stayed on the surface and went more for "It's a wild, swirling, spiritual world of MAGIC!" as with the wizard in Tales From Earthsea, and just assaulted us with strange and mystical happenings for no reason (except when he heard "War" and slipped in all his old Mononoke curses)--Until, as even loyal Ghibli fan Roger Ebert put it, you just don't care anymore and give up trying

Scruffy Nerf Herder · 02-15-2013, 10:30 PM

YES! I love that film. Definitely going to pick it up eventually.

Now hopefully we can get Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.

KFelon · 02-16-2013, 02:33 AM

I'll get Howls Moving Castle for sure. Does Disney have Princess Mononoke or does someone else still have the rights? That one's the one I would like most.

MifuneFan · 02-16-2013, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by KFelon

I'll get Howls Moving Castle for sure. Does Disney have Princess Mononoke or does someone else still have the rights? That one's the one I would like most.

No one knows. I think it might be in licensing limbo right now unfortunately

rexxriot · 02-16-2013, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by KFelon

I'll get Howls Moving Castle for sure. Does Disney have Princess Mononoke or does someone else still have the rights? That one's the one I would like most.

According to this article, Disney still owns the rights.

jala12 · 02-16-2013, 06:10 AM

Already have the JP release for this, but debating on whether to double dip because of the lossless English dub.

Clark Kent · 02-16-2013, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jala12

Already have the JP release for this, but debating on whether to double dip because of the lossless English dub.

It's one of the best English dubs produced for the Ghibli movies.

02-15-2013, 04:57 PM	#1
Oscar Rothman Active Member Member since:Apr 2012 Location:Hawaii Blu-ray collection:230	Howl's Moving Castle - 5/21/13 Pre-order Howl's Moving Castle Blu-ray Last edited by Deciazulado; 02-15-2013 at 09:06 PM.

02-15-2013, 04:59 PM	#3
Sinthetic Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2011 Location:UK Home Theater Gallery:215 Blu-ray collection:844 PS3 collection:23 Trading Score:8	The best Ghibli. Ghibli Collection Disney Collection SIN has 160+ Asian films on Blu-ray.

02-15-2013, 05:13 PM	#5
Destinys Memory Expert Member Member since:Jun 2012	Wonder if this means that From Up on Poppy Hill will release on the same day? 2 months from theater to blu-ray? Arrietty took 3 months, IIRC. Ygritte: "I could teach you how to do it." Jon: "I know how to do it." Ygritte: "You know nothing, Jon Snow."

02-15-2013, 07:22 PM	#10
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Mexico, OH Home Theater Gallery:76 Blu-ray collection:450 DVD collection:2 PS3 collection:18 Blu-ray reviews: 73 Trading Score:20	Yes, May will be a great month. TRAUMATIC POSSESSION 2D: THE TAPE - UNRATED Now Available on DVD! "I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

02-15-2013, 09:27 PM	#12
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:33	More Miyazaki on Blu is a good thing. First, ye rubs something furry t'get a charge...then ye picks yer target...! Digital Copies for sale: -Titanic iTunes ($1.75) -Django Unchained iTunes ($2.25)

02-15-2013, 04:59 PM	#2
MifuneFan Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City Blu-ray collection:192 Trading Score:8	YES! It's not even one of my fav. Ghibli movies, but I'm so glad Disney is still continuing to release these.

02-15-2013, 05:12 PM	#4
tonylopez Senior Member Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Redding, CA Blu-ray collection:943	Honestly, one of my favorite films of all time. I have the UK bluray but I'll double dip for this. Next film I hope they release should be Spirited Away.

02-15-2013, 05:17 PM	#7
Shanderson88 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Chicago Blu-ray collection:240 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:1	I was just recently wondering when films like this and Spirited Away would get blu ray releases. Awesome.

02-15-2013, 07:30 PM	#11
Dubstar Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:846 DVD collection:265	curious to know the audio specs, since the JPN and HK blus sport 6.1 ES mix. (Disney is notorious for not exactly porting over direct comparative audio mixes).

02-15-2013, 10:30 PM	#15
Scruffy Nerf Herder Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:108 DVD collection:8 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:7	YES! I love that film. Definitely going to pick it up eventually. Now hopefully we can get Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.

02-16-2013, 02:33 AM	#16
KFelon Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Gulf of Mexico Blu-ray collection:318 DVD collection:12	I'll get Howls Moving Castle for sure. Does Disney have Princess Mononoke or does someone else still have the rights? That one's the one I would like most.

02-16-2013, 06:10 AM	#19
jala12 Active Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Ontario, Canada	Already have the JP release for this, but debating on whether to double dip because of the lossless English dub.

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