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

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Originally Posted by svenge

Just as a quick reminder, the following GKIDS "Wave 1" titles had flawed Disney BD releases:

• Castle in the Sky / Laputa (dubtitles)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (dubtitles)
• Nausicaa (burnt-in dub credits)
• Princess Mononoke (dubtitles)
• Ponyo (Lossy JP audio)

Unless you're a dub-only watcher, I'd recommend selling your Disney BDs of those releases and replace them with the GKIDS ones posthaste.

Note that the Disney BD releases of Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, and Spirited Away were fine, so there's no need to replace them unless you are really enticed by GKIDS' treatment for these films.

One last thing: It's interesting that the only available Miyazaki film (i.e. excluding Castle of Cagliostro and The Wind Rises) that's not included in GKIDS' "Wave 1" is Porco Rosso. I wonder what's up with that. If I were to select one film to get delayed, it would be Howl's Moving Castle which IMO is his worst film (in terms of narrative) by far.

We still don't know if they'll have any flaws yet. Maybe on Ponyo for now since it might get a lossless JP audio.

So far I'm not selling my Disney collection to get these.