From Up on Poppy Hill coming in 2013!

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Amazon Pre-order is now up with a release date of September 3rd, 2013.

From Up on Poppy Hill Blu-ray


Great news Studio Ghibli fans! It was just announced that From Up on Poppy Hill will be making its theatrical and home video debut in North America in 2013. This comes courtesy of GKIDS Films who confirmed the release on their twitter account.

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GKID's has announced that it will have over 3 hours of extras!

The Blu-ray and DVD release of FROM UP ON POPPY HILL contains over three hours of bonus materials and includes: original Japanese language and English language versions with subtitles and dubtitles; feature-length storyboards; celebrity cast recording featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews; an interview with Goro Miyazaki; original Japanese trailer and TV spots; the music video for the theme song by Aoi Teshima; and a featurette about Yokohama, exploring the history of the sea-side setting where the film takes place. Bonuses exclusive to the Blu-ray edition include a staff speech and press conference by Hayao Miyazaki days after the Fukushima earthquake; and a 20-page booklet containing the original project proposal by Hayao Miyazaki and a letter from Goro Miyazaki.

Plot Summary: Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club president Jun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood.

(credit to chronclast for sharing the link in the Grave of the Fireflies thread!)