My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988).

[BluPix]

The blu-ray for one of the more popular films from Studio Ghibli, My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)—directed by Hayao Miyazaki—is now available for preorder for the UK market.

More information about the film is available at Blu-ray.com and IMDb.com.

Coming from Studio Canal, as part of its continuing Studio Ghibli series, the release date is currently listed at Amazon UK as Monday, November 12th, 2012.

[Gosszilla]

Both of my kids grew up with the original 2002 dvd from (Fox) English dub track which has been completely abandoned by Disney for a new one created in 2010 for the remastered dvd release. Unfortunately, I hate this track--which I am guessing will not be included in the UK version (since this is not a Disney release). I could live with just the Japanese audio (subbed in English)--but I would be very happy if this includes the first American dub track produced.
Please be true!

[tuxqi]

Originally Posted by Gosszilla

Both of my kids grew up with the original 2002 dvd from (Fox) English dub track which has been completely abandoned by Disney for a new one created in 2010 for the remastered dvd release. Unfortunately, I hate this track--which I am guessing will not be included in the UK version (since this is not a Disney release). I could live with just the Japanese audio (subbed in English)--but I would be very happy if this includes the first American dub track produced.
Please be true!

The last UK DVD release used the Disney dub.

[GrinwithoutaKat]

My favourite Ghibli title! <3

[BluPix]

Looks as if Studio Canal is the go-to studio for all (western-friendly) things Studio Ghibli. Disney truly has been far too slow compared to the Studio Canal juggernaut. Studio Canal also generally has nicer packaging and stronger cover graphics. Just as I imported Arrietty and Howl's Moving Castle, I'll also import My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies, which was also announced today.

I haven't yet seen either of the last two. Ironically the preorder availability happened to start on the same day Totoro arrived from my Netflix queue (it had been added to the queue months ago as part of my own personal lineup of Studio Ghibli films). Talk about coincidence.

I hope Princess Mononoke (my favorite Ghibli title) and Spirited Away are not too far away. I could also use Only Yesterday.

Just last weekend, I watched Pom Poko, which is by far the funniest Ghibli film I've seen, though also slightly unnerving at times.

[OAXACA]

Originally Posted by BluPix

I hope Princess Mononoke (my favorite Ghibli title) and Spirited Away are not too far away. I could also use Only Yesterday.

I second this, MONONOKE & SPIRITED AWAY are probably their most commercially successful films, here in the UK at least. ONLY YESTERDAY is one of only a few Ghibli's I haven't yet seen, what's it like? Is it more in the style of say Whisper of the Heart?

[kristoffer]

I finally rewatched this yesterday on BD. It looked great for the most part, but I did miss some grain in the images. It looked a little DNRed especially compared to the clips in the extras.

[Norbie]

It is one of the better U.K. Studio Ghibli releases.

[CelestialAgent]

Is the Elysian/Anonymous Content DCP in cinemas at the moment the same master and subtitle translation as the Blu-ray? I think it likely is as there’s some wobble and not really any grain outside of the opening titles (it looks pretty good and no real complaints), only thing I noticed is the subtitles use Neighbor rather than Neighbour.