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NNUfergs
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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Location: Nampa, ID
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 Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:07 pm
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Does this mean Disney will no longer be licensing/distributing Ghibli titles? That make me kinda nervous. I know people like to complain that Disney takes forever to release those title but they have the budget and resources to do such a fantastic job. I know John Lasseter has developed a personal relationship with Hayao Miyazaki and is big fan of his. I hope GKIDS can meet our high expectations.
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Egan Loo
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:15 pm
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| NNUfergs wrote: | | Does this mean Disney will no longer be licensing/distributing Ghibli titles? That make me kinda nervous. I know people like to complain that Disney takes forever to release those title but they have the budget and resources to do such a fantastic job. I know John Lasseter has developed a personal relationship with Hayao Miyazaki and is big fan of his. I hope GKIDS can meet our high expectations. |
Disney still retains the home video rights for these films, and it still has all the distribution rights for the three most recent films with English dubs: Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and Arrietty. (Neither Disney nor GKids has Grave of the Fireflies.)
Here is a sample of the films that GKids has released over the years.
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NNUfergs
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:05 pm
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| Egan Loo wrote: | | Disney still retains the home video rights for these films, and it still has all the distribution rights for the three most recent films with English dubs: Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and Arrietty. (Neither Disney nor GKids has Grave of the Fireflies.) |
Yeah, I guess I jumped to conclusions there, thanks for the explanation. Looking forward to seeing these films in theaters. Of course they probably wont come to little old Idaho. :(
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:43 pm
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| Egan Loo wrote: | | (Neither Disney nor GKids has Grave of the Fireflies.) |
Can't say I didn't expect it. Ghibli left that control to Shinchosha, who produced it. Ala work-for-hire, Ghibli only made GotF --even went to Shinchosha to pay for the production-- in order to support Totoro.
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Here is a sample of the films that GKids has released over the years. |
For ya guys here who are fans of animation, The Secret of Kells and Sita Sings the Blues are some of their films you must see. 
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rootsofjustice
Joined: 06 Nov 2009
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:14 pm
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So does this mean that Disney still has the rights to Princess Mononoke? I know it's been in limbo since the Miramax library buyout from Lionsgate.
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