The Studio Ghibli (JP) Discussion Thread

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by joelgutheil

When do you thin we'll see news of the next releases? Around February I'm guessing.....

If they're following their usual release pattern, then we'll probably see From up on Poppy Hill in June or July, with a catalog release or maybe two around the same time. Wouldn't think we'll hear about them until April, March at the earliest...

[joelgutheil]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

If they're following their usual release pattern, then we'll probably see From up on Poppy Hill in June or July, with a catalog release or maybe two around the same time. Wouldn't think we'll hear about them until April, March at the earliest...

There's still so many to release, it makes me wonder whether they'll get round to getting the full catalogue out before the next mdeium comes along

One thing I was saying to my friend the other day is how I'm not looking forward to spending £60 on Pom Poko - I almost detest that film, but I'm sure I'll see it in a better light in HD! Just like I am with Earthsea - it's almost a different movie in 1080p.

Does anyone know how well these blu rays actually do when released in Japan? I'd like to think the Japanese public are as crazy about these discs as us, but I'm guessing. They must do well enough for them to release them so gradually and at such a high price eh?

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by joelgutheil

There's still so many to release, it makes me wonder whether they'll get round to getting the full catalogue out before the next mdeium comes along

One thing I was saying to my friend the other day is how I'm not looking forward to spending £60 on Pom Poko - I almost detest that film, but I'm sure I'll see it in a better light in HD! Just like I am with Earthsea - it's almost a different movie in 1080p.

Does anyone know how well these blu rays actually do when released in Japan? I'd like to think the Japanese public are as crazy about these discs as us, but I'm guessing. They must do well enough for them to release them so gradually and at such a high price eh?

They'll probably have them all out before Disney have released all of their animated classics on blu, within 3 years or so, and I don't think you have to worry about a new format any time soon, as blu-ray will probably be the last "physical" format. From here on out it'll probably be download only, and blu-ray won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

I think the blu's are doing good in Japan. They might be slow burners, meaning they stay in the lists over the long haul and not just the initial release month, so they'll at least continue to keep selling for some time to come.

[filmmusic]

Does anyone know from which site is it the cheapest to buy the Japan version of the Ghibli Blurays?

oh, and i wanted to ask another thing:
as time passes by prices drop in Japan too?
Eg we may see them next year in half price? or this is not an option at all?

[BettiePage]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Does anyone know from which site is it the cheapest to buy the Japan version of the Ghibli Blurays?

oh, and i wanted to ask another thing:
as time passes by prices drop in Japan too?
Eg we may see them next year in half price? or this is not an option at all?

If your in JP you can buy it and dont need to pay for shipping em back... that would be the cheapest... outside of that...

Amazon JP or HMV JP

Amazon JP has em for sale/preorder for up to 26% off retail and no consumption tax if you ship em outside JP. They ship international express mail via DHL thou so that is gonna cost ya, but it's cheaper if you buy 3 or 4 items since the cost is spread out for each additional item.

HMV JP normally has multi buy sales... but it's often 15% off or so... unless they have a Ghibli sale which is 25% off... they once had a sale for all DVD/BD that has been released at 30% off... but I've only seen them do that once. Also no consumption tax if shipped outside JP. HMV ships via EMS only.

Regardless of which way you guy... shipping is gonna cost ya if you buy 1 BD at a time. Best to save up and buy 4+ at once.

Oh be sure to use a CC that has no or low international fees. Capital One is the way to go if your gonna import, it's 0%.

As far as I know... JP DVDs/BDs do not go down in price over time... Only way they do is if they reissue the title at a lower price point. Then the title will have a new catalogue number and UPC code etc... it'll be a new SKU.

[Jacob The Great]

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%27...rvice#Releases), Kiki is yet to appear in Blu-ray (Rumor), and also an upcoming live action remake by Disney.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by BettiePage

If your in JP you can buy it and dont need to pay for shipping em back... that would be the cheapest... outside of that...

Amazon JP or HMV JP

Amazon JP has em for sale/preorder for up to 26% off retail and no consumption tax if you ship em outside JP. They ship international express mail via DHL thou so that is gonna cost ya, but it's cheaper if you buy 3 or 4 items since the cost is spread out for each additional item.

HMV JP normally has multi buy sales... but it's often 15% off or so... unless they have a Ghibli sale which is 25% off... they once had a sale for all DVD/BD that has been released at 30% off... but I've only seen them do that once. Also no consumption tax if shipped outside JP. HMV ships via EMS only.

Regardless of which way you guy... shipping is gonna cost ya if you buy 1 BD at a time. Best to save up and buy 4+ at once.

Oh be sure to use a CC that has no or low international fees. Capital One is the way to go if your gonna import, it's 0%.

As far as I know... JP DVDs/BDs do not go down in price over time... Only way they do is if they reissue the title at a lower price point. Then the title will have a new catalogue number and UPC code etc... it'll be a new SKU.

Thank you for the detailed information.
I live in Greece.
YEsasia has free shipping, and Amazon has lower prices in blurays, so i don't know if in the end the price is the same (blurays +shipping) either from Amazon or Yesasia.

[mikezilla2]

im still not srue if i should wait for madman to make some sort of a boxed set ? or jump at the local versions or a grab a JP version that has English audio ?

[backslashio]

Originally Posted by mikezilla2

im still not srue if i should wait for madman to make some sort of a boxed set ? or jump at the local versions or a grab a JP version that has English audio ?

A boxset of Ghibli titles will never happen - except for that pirated version

Just buy them from wherever's convenient & cheaper, I'd go with the UK releases

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by backslashio

A boxset of Ghibli titles will never happen - except for that pirated version

Just buy them from wherever's convenient & cheaper, I'd go with the UK releases

Why couldn't it happen?
Once all of them have been released a couple of years down the line, if Madman still owns the distribution rights, then nothing stops them from bundling them together in a box set, or am I missing something here?

[Marten]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Why couldn't it happen?
Once all of them have been released a couple of years down the line, if Madman still owns the distribution rights, then nothing stops them from bundling them together in a box set, or am I missing something here?

Obviously nothing set stone. But judging from the fact that a DVD boxset was never released anywhere could be an indication that a Blu-ray boxset isn't on the horizon anytime soon. Besides, Ghibli titles are too numerous to bundle in one boxset.

[stobbart]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Thank you for the detailed information.
I live in Greece.
YEsasia has free shipping, and Amazon has lower prices in blurays, so i don't know if in the end the price is the same (blurays +shipping) either from Amazon or Yesasia.

generally if you are buying more then one it is cheaper to go through Amazon. The international shipping is like $30. Yesasia has the titles for about $90 and Amazon has them for about $75. So if you buy two it would be the same price, maybe a dollar more or less, but you will get them a lot faster then you would through Yesasia. However, if you buy 3+ then it becomes significantly cheaper then Yesasia.

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by Marten

Obviously nothing set stone. But judging from the fact that a DVD boxset was never released anywhere could be an indication that a Blu-ray boxset isn't on the horizon anytime soon. Besides, Ghibli titles are too numerous to bundle in one boxset.

Well, here in Sweden there are at least a couple of box sets on DVD with 4 Ghibli titles each.
There's this and this for example...

[Marten]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Well, here in Sweden there are at least a couple of box sets on DVD with 4 Ghibli titles each.
There's this and this for example...

Maybe it's just semantics or different interpretations of a what boxset should be. When I think of boxset I think of an all-encompassing collection - or almost all-encompassing - with a unifying theme such as the Stanley Kubrick Film Collection, Criterion's The Films of Akira Kurosawa Collection, The Harry Potter Collection, Trilogy/Quadrilogy boxsets such as Alien, LOTR, Vengeance, Bourne, Jurassic Park, etc.

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by Marten

Maybe it's just semantics or different interpretations of a what boxset should be. When I think of boxset I think of an all-encompassing collection - or almost all-encompassing - with a unifying theme such as the Stanley Kubrick Film Collection, Criterion's The Films of Akira Kurosawa Collection, The Harry Potter Collection, Trilogy/Quadrilogy boxsets such as Alien, LOTR, Vengeance, Bourne, Jurassic Park, etc.

Yeah, well, it could still happen. Including From up on Poppy Hill, there are 19 films that are Studio Ghibli-produced. It would be a huge box set, yes, but when you look at, for example Criterion and their 25-disc Kurosawa box set on DVD like you mentioned, it really doesn't seem all that improbable or even unlikely if you ask me...

I for one can't be bothered waiting for something like that though. I need my Ghibli fix as soon as they are released individually

[mikezilla2]

are the madman discs the same in content as the UK ones ? i would like to go with them but theres at least 3 Ghibli films that i would sooner buy boxed as im no so big on them

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by mikezilla2

are the madman discs the same in content as the UK ones ? i would like to go with them but theres at least 3 Ghibli films that i would sooner buy boxed as im no so big on them

Yes, the Madman discs are the same as the Optimum UK discs

[Marten]

Originally Posted by Anamnesis

Yes, the Madman discs are the same as the Optimum UK discs

....and almost twice the price

By the way, it looks like the UK Laputa Blu-ray is out of stock in many online stores.

[backslashio]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Yeah, well, it could still happen. Including From up on Poppy Hill, there are 19 films that are Studio Ghibli-produced. It would be a huge box set, yes, but when you look at, for example Criterion and their 25-disc Kurosawa box set on DVD like you mentioned, it really doesn't seem all that improbable or even unlikely if you ask me...

Ghibli would never officially release a boxset that looks as ugly as that Sweden one

Seriously its just so unlikely - I'm 100% sure it'll never happen and of all the places it does happen its in Sweden but nowhere else Waiting years & years for a boxset that will cease to exist is a big waste of time when you could be watching the movies on bluray already

[GC Riot]

Originally Posted by backslashio

Ghibli would never officially release a boxset that looks as ugly as that Sweden one

Seriously its just so unlikely - I'm 100% sure it'll never happen and of all the places it does happen its in Sweden but nowhere else Waiting years & years for a boxset that will cease to exist is a big waste of time when you could be watching the movies on bluray already

There was an official Ghibli box set in Hong Kong containing 11 films way back in 2004 seen here. I can understand if you think it looks like a bootleg, with some titles being represented twice on the pictures etc. but I can assure you it was real, and since IVL was and still is, to my knowledge, the official Ghibli distributor in Hong Kong, this was a legit release.
You may think a complete box set will be unlikely, well I don't. Either that, or they could release 2 with 10 films each or so when everything is out on blu (as I'm sure there will have been at least one more theatrical release until then).