Ocean Waves (1993) - April 18, 2017

[eightslicesofpie]

lol I forgot this was coming out so soon until I got the shipping notice from Amazon yesterday, I'll have to make some time to watch it this week!

[PGW]

I struck out trying to find this in brick-and-mortar stores this morning. Tried Best Buy, Walmart, Target and B&N. The closest I got was Barnes & Noble... but they only carried it on DVD (!).

[shinobipopcorn]

I got the Momo DVD at Target, maybe the Poppy Hill DVD as well, but I can't remember if I bought Kaguya there... I know I got the other GKids Ghibli BDs from Amazon. A little too niche to hope to find in stores. (Though I was shocked that my WM had Hokusai. They didn't even have Pocahontas or Mulan!)

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by PGW

I struck out trying to find this in brick-and-mortar stores this morning. Tried Best Buy, Walmart, Target and B&N. The closest I got was Barnes & Noble... but they only carried it on DVD (!).

I was shocked Wal-mart didn't get this in.

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by Autumn Shroud

Got mine from Amazon today, and it has the slipcover.

In fact, I never receive new releases without a slipcover...and I do 99.9% of my Blu-ray shopping at Amazon.

Mine came with slip from Amazon too.

[Vintrus]

Can someone confirm its region locked status please?

[Zen_Amako]

I gave this Blu-ray a spin tonight. To me, this movie was always known as I Can Hear the Sea (a more literal translation of the Japanese title, Umi ga kikoeru). The official English title Ocean Waves may take some getting used to. The transfer is terrific--no complaints there. It destroys my old region 2 DVD. I was disappointed that the song that plays during the end credits was not translated or subtitled. The song is subtitled on my 25 year old fansub, but not on this Blu-ray. I always liked that song enough to listen to the whole thing. Ocean Waves is a little nostalgic for me because the very first issue of Animage magazine I picked up back in 1993, which my local comic shop had accidentally ordered, featured a piece of the original novel along with illustrations in the same style you see at the end of the movie.

[blacktrinary]

Saw 2 at BBY. One of the slip is little bit torn so picked up one with better condition. Btw I price matched with Amazon. Check your local BBY. They may carry couple of them.

[shinobipopcorn]

I got mine in the mail today (a surprise). It had a slipcover in very good shape.

PG-13 still mystifies me, but it has to be the drinking I guess.

[PGW]

I received it today as well (from Amazon). Slip cover present. Now I can sleep tonight...

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by Vintrus

Can someone confirm its region locked status please?

Region A locked

[svenge]

Here's an abbreviated BDInfo scan:

Disc Title: OCEAN_WAVES_BD
Disc Size: 46,606,253,035 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00021.MPLS
Size: 20,499,750,912 bytes
Length: 1:12:37.227
Total Bitrate: 37.64 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 33984 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1759 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle: English / 26.901 kbps

[goofystitch]

I really enjoyed this movie and was really impressed by the 45-minute 10-year reunion bonus feature. It was neat getting to see the real locations that inspired the film and how accurately the artists recreated them. The Ghiblies: Episode 2 was pretty funny as well. Its inclusion makes me wish they would do a collection of Ghibli shorts. I do wish G-Kids had given some background info on it as I had to look it up. It debuted in theaters with The Cat Returns and is the follow up to a 12-minute TV special.

[shinobipopcorn]

Yeah, there's not a lot of info about Ghiblis I out there, it would have been nice for some of that. I have the original Cat Returns DVD that includes episode 2, they went all out with it and that's why some might find it strange that the short has a 5.1 soundtrack but Ocean Waves only has 2.0.

[anthonyls]

Ummm, why is this movie called "Ocean Waves?" They never once go to the ocean and play on the beach. The only scene involving the ocean is when they go to Hawaii... and they don't even go to the beach... and we never see any waves at all. The scene on the cover of the blu ray is not even in the movie. I'm very confused. It doesn't make any sense!

[shinobipopcorn]

It's always been romanized as Ocean Waves. The Japanese is umi ga kikoeru which is roughly "you can hear the ocean". (It's an odd verb form to translate.)

[anthonyls]

Still confused... this movie has NOTHING to do with "hearing" the ocean or the sea. Like I said earlier, there is one small scene that takes place "close to the ocean" (while they're in Hawaii), but that's it!!! Rather, this movie should have been called "Three kids in School."

I think I'll make a movie entitled, "The Monster of All Monsters" and then not have any monsters in it.

[animefan77]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

Still confused... this movie has NOTHING to do with "hearing" the ocean or the sea. Like I said earlier, there is one small scene that takes place "close to the ocean" (while they're in Hawaii), but that's it!!!

I think I'll make a movie entitled, "The Monster of All Monsters" and then not have any monsters in it.

Don't take it so literally. I haven't seen this movie yet, but obviously it's symbolism or some type.

Maybe the ocean represents something ever changing, not stopping, something deep. Sometimes calm (also sound of ocean can be calming) or sometimes rough, dangerous, unpredictable that life can be or how the characters go through in life, etc.

Again, I didn't see this movie, so I can't say exactly what it is. And maybe it doesn't really have an answer and it's just opens to individual's interpretation. Just think about the symbolism of it and DON'T take it literally.

[shinobipopcorn]

The movie takes place on Shikoku island during the flashback segments, that could be why.

Other Ghibli films have odd titles. Whisper of the Heart's title is literally "if you listen closely" which is just a throwaway line in Shizuku's script that has nothing to do with her plot.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

I think I'll make a movie entitled, "The Monster of All Monsters" and then not have any monsters in it.

There's never a scene on a reservoir in Reservoir Dogs. Come to think of it, no dogs, either.