GKids/Studio Ghibli Release Thread - Wave 1 - October 17th, 2017

[Gold Ranger]

Studio Ghibli will now longer be released through Disney, but instead GKids.
The first wave of Blu-Rays are coming October 17th, 2017
The Second wave is October 24th, 2017

See Next post for detailed info on releases.

[Gold Ranger]

OCTOBER 17th, 2017
Howl's Moving Castle

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Howls-Moving-Castle-Blu-ray/dp/B074121MFS?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B074121MFS&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Kiki's Delivery Service

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Kikis-Delivery-Service-Blu-ray/dp/B074128LDG?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B074128LDG&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

My Neighbour, Totoro

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/My-Neighbor-Totoro-Blu-ray/dp/B074128LDH?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B074128LDH&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Nausucaa of the Valley of the Wind

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Nausicaa-of-the-Valley-of-the-Wind-Blu-ray/dp/B074121MFQ?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B074121MFQ&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Ponyo, on the Cliff, by the Sea

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073ZWT5X3?tag=blurayforum-20

Princess Mononoke

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Mononoke-Blu-ray/dp/B073ZWK3FK?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B073ZWK3FK&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Spirited Away

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-Blu-ray/dp/B074121MFR?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B074121MFR&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Continuing to update, not finished yet...

[Gold Ranger]

Castle in the Sky

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/Castle-in-the-Sky-Blu-ray/dp/B073ZTMJN3?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag =bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creative ASIN=B073ZTMJN3&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Gold Ranger]

Porco Rosso

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074JV6XY6?tag=blurayforum-20

Secret World of Arrietty, The

$29.95 @ Amazon:

[Show spoiler]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074JVGCRJ?tag=blurayforum-20

[Gold Ranger]

final reserve slot

[Hek_qwerr]

will there be any differences im discs?disney vs gkids

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by Hek_qwerr

will there be any differences im discs?disney vs gkids

Not sure right now. As more info becomes available, I will be updating the posts.

[Heapashifter]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Not sure right now. As more info becomes available, I will be updating the posts.

This has been discussed for the last 3 days in the "Studio Ghibli Collection Discussion" thread. There's some good info there. I'm not sure if we needed another thread.

[Jim Purcell]

Wow, they are NOT pacing these out at all. I really wanted to get all of them to replace my Disney releases, but that is not going to be practical.

[InuYashaCrusade]

I never thought I'd see the day where Disney lost these rights, consider me very surprised. I preordered Spirited Away unless the current Disney release drops before it goes oop.

[Gold Ranger]

I'll be adding in more pre-order links

[Herry Dunston]

*looks at cover arts*

Darn it, they still kept the promo art for Totoro.

Love the new Mononoke art, though. It may not be the blood on the mouth San that people find memorable, but I doubt the Target stores would keep it, so it's a fine alternative.

[alvarez468]

Great choice on the ponyo cover.

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[Porco Azzurro]

I really want these, but it's like some Pavlovian reaction because I really don't need them at all. A Ghibliian reaction!

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by Herry Dunston

It may not be the blood on the mouth San that people find memorable, but I doubt the Target stores would keep it, so it's a fine alternative.

Sick country we live in, a cartoon with a bloody mouth is dangerous ,but a man in the ladies bathroom is safe.

[Gold Ranger]

Well now. That is interesting.
The Cover art all changed...
Those were not the images a few hours ago.

[jala12]

I wonder if the Nausicaa one will have the new color timing from the Hayao Miyazaki Collection.

[One-Eye]

I will probably pick up Princess Mononoke because of the subtitles, the new cover art and because its my favorite. But I'm not going to triple dip on everything else I already have.

[Asuras]

Never got around to ever puchasing the movies because I could never find the slipcovers when I finally decided to buy them. Good opportunity for me to finally get them with the new slips

[Asuras]

Via WTK:

https://www.facebook.com/GKIDSfilms/...54633365227213

A NOTE ON STUDIO GHIBLI BLU-RAYS:

First thanks to everyone for your kind words and enthusiasm!! It's surreal to have gone from owning a VHS tape as a kid to putting our logo on the same film decades later. Literally a dream come true.

I wanted to provide some quick answers to frequent questions:

- we may have gotten carried away with "ALL FILMS". The actual press release is more specific... we will now have all films in our collection except Grave of the Fireflies (always excluded due to the fact it is not represented by Ghibli in USA), and The Wind Rises, which is still new. And we are not going to re-release our current Ghibli titles (Poppy, Ocean Waves, Only Yesterday, Kaguya, Marnie). I'm proud of them, think we did a great job, and there's nothing I'd change yet.

- there will be three subtitle streams on every film: English for Japanese audio (translation), English SDH (aka "dubtitles"), and French

- if it's on the Japanese Bluray (from Ghibli), we probably have it. If it's not, sorry, I wouldn't expect to see it at this time. Old dubs, old tweaks etc. Ghibli is extremely particular about their masters and what is "studio approved." While I share some fondness/nostalgia for previous versions of things, Ghibli is particular about the dub you hear and the presentation you receive. In a good way. These editions will be "studio approved." We are carefully reviewing transfers, updating subtitles (where appropriate) and going nuts on the QC process. And pushing some buttons on requests every now and then. If you already own these releases, I don't expect a double dip... yet. We are going to try to earn it : )

- We are starting to release the catalog titles in October and will release a few new ones each month with a goal to get them all on shelves by end of Q1 2018.

- Yes this includes Yamadas on Bluray. I am really looking forward to spreading the joy of that film across the land.

- Artwork is going to be similar to previous US editions on some releases, different on others. It will be revealed this week for the October titles. Every Bluray will have a translated booklet, DVD and BD combo will have O-cards (slipcovers).

GKids releases via Amazon:

- Castle in the Sky (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/24/17
- Castle in the Sky (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/24/17

- Howl's Moving Castle (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- Howl's Moving Castle (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17

- Kiki's Delivery Service (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- Kiki's Delivery Service (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17

- My Neighbor Totoro (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- My Neighbor Totoro (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17

- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/24/17
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/24/17

- Ponyo (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- Ponyo (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17

- Princess Mononoke (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- Princess Mononoke (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17

- Spirited Away (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - $29.95 - 10/17/17
- Spirited Away (DVD) - $19.96 - 10/17/17