Studio Ghibli's 'The Tale of Princess Kaguya' (Chloe Moretz)

[jvince]

Genre:
Animation | Drama | Fantasy

Synopsis:
Based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,
the oldest surviving Japanese narrative,
about a mysterious, possibly extraterrestrial girl who,
as a baby, was found in the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

Director:
Isao Takahata
('Grave of the Fireflies')

Writers:
Isao Takahata
Riko Sakaguchi

Voice Cast:
Chloe Moretz
James Caan
Mary Steenburgen
Darren Criss
Lucy Liu
James Marsden
Beau Bridges
Oliver Platt
Daniel Dae Kim
John Cho
Dean Cain

Trailers:

YouTube

YouTube

Release Date:
October 17, 2014 (US)

[Jafar]

So looking forward to it! Love everything by Takahata and have already heard great things about this one. Glad GKIDS picked it up. I see it getting a glorious Blu-ray treatment post theatrical release

[Foggy]

Wow, beautiful. Is this Ghibli's final film?

[Jafar]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Wow, beautiful. Is this Ghibli's final film?

Nope. "When Marnie Was There" is a more recent Ghibli film. Final or not, nobody knows for sure

[Elandyll]

Wow. Such an amazing love letter to traditionnal hand drown animation.. reminds me of some of the little gems I have seen over the years at the Annecy Animation film festival...

I fear that apparently lacking flashy CGI and SFX, and not being apparently very kid friendly, it will not really be a big drawn to theaters, but in any case it should be a great Blu-Ray when it releases

Anyone knows why Disney isn't actually distributing/ marketing it?

[Monterey Jack]

Hope it gets a release wide enough for me to see it in theaters.

[Hubunkey]

This looks beautiful and even my 9 year old son said the trailer was cool

[Mandalorian]

This is beautiful. I can't wait to see it.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

Anyone knows why Disney isn't actually distributing/ marketing it?

They don't seem as invested with taking on Ghibli films like they used to, after letting Poppy Hill go. Only reason they took on The Wind Rises because it was hailed as Miyazaki's last film. With the animation on this one, I'd imagine they see it as hard to market, and thus with an easy to predict low box office, it's not a worth while investment for Disney.

[JavaJulien]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Hope it gets a release wide enough for me to see it in theaters.

Agreed.

Part of what I miss about living in Tampa is that it was a big enough city where limited releases would be playing in at least one of it's many theaters. Now I have to cross my fingers and pray that the AMC and Tally will show it.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Hope it gets a release wide enough for me to see it in theaters.

With GKIDS's roadshow distribution, the number of theaters will be limited and certain cities/theaters will get the film before other cities/theaters over a period of two or three months or so. So the release wouldn't be wide enough to do a TV campaign like The Wind Rises.

That said, looking forward to see how Studio Ghibli's third English dub turns out. Although GKIDS does produce dubs such as Ernest & Celestine, Studio Ghibli has been producing the English dubs to their films (with frequent dub producer Frank Marshall) since Poppy Hill.

[celticmoon]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Hope it gets a release wide enough for me to see it in theaters.

I believe the widest distributed GKIDS film is From Up On Poppy Hill, and the most theaters it ever had during a single weekend was 49 according to Box Office Mojo. I somehow doubt Kaguya will go wider than this.

If any of the theaters in your area played Poppy Hill, Ernest & Celestine, A Cat In Paris, Chico & Rita, or The Secret of Kells, there's probably a pretty good chance they'll get Kaguya. Fortunately, a couple of theaters in my area have gotten at least a couple of these, though a lot of them never lasted long enough for me to catch them in theaters...

[SirMontyPython]

I really hope this gets released in theaters! This deserves to be put in theaters!!

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by SirMontyPython

I really hope this gets released in theaters! This deserves to be put in theaters!!

If you have a theater nearby that shows art films or independent films but hasn't shown a GKIDS distributed film, I suggest letting the theater know that you are interested in seeing Kaguya.

[disneywildcat]

The Tale of Princess Kaguya is now available to preorder from Amazon USA!

Looks like it may also be the first Studio Ghibli film in the US to have a digital copy included with Ultraviolet. Although Cinedigm is the distributor for GKids, it does seem that Universal handles distribution for Cinedigm similar to how Anchor Bay's distribution is handled by Fox. No release date has been set.

Also, it seems that the Kingdom of Dreams and Madness will at least be available thru digital distribution in the US, as Amazon Instant Video has a SD preorder with a release date of December 9, 2014.

Update: GKids confirms on Twitter that no digital/UV copy will be included with Kaguya, and that the release is still being finalized.

[Monterey Jack]

This never opened anywhere where I could see it.