The Studio Ghibli (HK) Discussion Thread

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by burnin-snikers

Hi, guys!
Japanese editions of "Totoro" and "Fireflies" both includes a short "Making of" promo extra on production of these films (with interviews with Miyazaki, Takahata, Nosaka etc.) Does any of HK or TW editions includes it (it should be 15 min. length)? Are any kind of subtitles available to it (Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese.. Any?) Thanks in advance for any info!

Totoro's HK edition only has storyboards.

The TW edition of Totoro appears to have storyboards, creditless opening/closings, teasers/trailers, and a promotional video, based on rough transitions of the text in the spoiler:

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特別收錄:
*繪本動畫
*無字幕片頭
*無字幕片尾
*第1波劇場版特報
*第2波劇場版特報
*劇場版預告
*宣傳影片

It appears that Totoro's TW edition may have the same bonus features as the Japanese edition. However, despite the fact that Deltamac Taiwan distributes Ghibli titles on behalf of Walt Disney Home Entertainment Taiwan, it is not the same disc as the Japanese edition (as the only spoken language options are Mandarin and Japanese, while the JP edition has many dubs on its release).

I don't own the TW edition of My Neighbor Totoro, but I own other Ghibli TW editions. The TW editions only have Traditional Chinese subtitles for the bonus features, while the movies themselves has Traditional Chinese subtitles, Tradtional Chinese Dubtitles, English Subtitles, and Japanese Subtitles. So expect only Traditional Chinese Subtitles on Totoro's Taiwan edition bonus features. Also the JP editions don't tend to have English subtitles on most of its supplements.

As for Grave of the Fireflies, I don't know if the HK edition has any supplements (its not listed in the description on YesAsia). There appears to be a TW release of Grave of the Fireflies, but it is not released by Deltamac Taiwan, so I can't vouch for its release.