tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post6088376340818612114..comments2024-03-04T21:27:50.503+09:00Comments on jojoebi designs: Ghibli museumjojoebi-designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17585345777385016260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-87229780782483403922008-06-05T22:37:00.000+09:002008-06-05T22:37:00.000+09:00Grave of the Fireflies is very sad and disturbing,...Grave of the Fireflies is very sad and disturbing, but I think it is one of those that's important for people to watch once to get them thinking about the kinds of things we don't like to think about.<BR/><BR/>My favorite non-Miyazaki Ghibli film is Only Yesterday. I haven't heard yet whether Disney plans to release that one in English. I hope they do. I especially like the contrast between the little girl in Only Yesterday and Chihiro in Spirited Away. I think it shows how much kids' attitudes have changed in the last couple of decades.Evensporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005685575858296425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-91560468656076467242008-06-05T07:04:00.000+09:002008-06-05T07:04:00.000+09:00Machiruda - the catbus ne? BabyEbi loved it, I was...Machiruda - the catbus ne? BabyEbi loved it, I was a bit worried because he had been up in the night with nose bleeds and could see the catbus getting covered in blood! Luckily the catbus escaped the bloody nose this time, I don't actually like the catbus, it freaks me out a bit.<BR/><BR/>The book was written before the Disney contract was made and it speculates what would happen if the two met.<BR/><BR/>I can't decide which is may favourite, I still have a soft spot of Mononoki and I love Grave Of The Fireflies which was directed by Miyazaki's colleague Takahata and released as a double bill with Totoro. It is the saddest film EVER, I am not one to cry at films but I sobbed through it.jojoebi-designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585345777385016260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-45218216840704184342008-06-05T04:16:00.000+09:002008-06-05T04:16:00.000+09:00Ah, I love the Ghibli-museum, it's fabulous!So unf...Ah, I love the Ghibli-museum, it's fabulous!<BR/>So unfair, though, that us grown-ups aren't allowed to play in the life-size neko-basu :-(machirudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10187308392401792963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-70652515354924825992008-06-04T22:30:00.000+09:002008-06-04T22:30:00.000+09:00We love Miyazaki. My son's favorites are Totoro an...We love Miyazaki. My son's favorites are Totoro and Kiki. Mine are Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away. I would love to go to the Ghibli Museum some day.<BR/><BR/>About the editing - releases in the US in the 80's probably had things edited out. Any of the recent releases by Disney/Buena Vista will not have anything edited out, because that is part of the contract Ghibli made with Disney. Well, they can't have any scenes edited out. There may be something lost in the translation. We wondered how Pom Pokko could get a "G" rating. They use the phrase "racoon pouch" instead of something else.Evensporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005685575858296425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-72346787335481286482008-06-04T07:13:00.000+09:002008-06-04T07:13:00.000+09:00ahhh, I have dug the book out. It was Nausicaa tha...ahhh, I have dug the book out. It was Nausicaa that was edited and US companies wanted to edit out the bath scene and the scene of Mei and her sister jumping around on the tatami in Totoro but Ghibli company put their foot down and said no (they considered the editing done in Nausicaa to be butchery). The US companies thought the two scenes would not be understood by American audiences.<BR/><BR/>Taken from Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animationjojoebi-designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585345777385016260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-82100215572987079302008-06-03T20:12:00.000+09:002008-06-03T20:12:00.000+09:00sorry to comment a third time but a little bit of ...sorry to comment a third time but a little bit of internet research has turned up that it was not edited out. but there is some 'ill feeling' about it.illaheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109064612619771372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-88586338998408108132008-06-03T13:23:00.000+09:002008-06-03T13:23:00.000+09:00oh, and my favorite miyazaki film is nauscia (sp?)...oh, and my favorite miyazaki film is nauscia (sp?) and the valley of the wind. i cry every time i watch it!!illaheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109064612619771372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-66535556801612033112008-06-03T13:21:00.000+09:002008-06-03T13:21:00.000+09:00i went to see it waaaaay back when, in the theater...i went to see it waaaaay back when, in the theater, back home, and i don't remember if they cut the scene out or not. i think not. i had seen it on video at my friend's house (in japanese, obviously) so i think i would have remembered if it was gone or not.<BR/><BR/>then, when it came out on video, i bought it and it's there. maybe since then it was edited out, but it sounds like maybe not? i can't remember the japanese version (i bought that on video when i first came to japan, but the kids wrecked it a few months ago, taking out the tape, so i threw it away)but, IIRC, i think the scene was edited just a bit. i can't remember how, though.illaheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109064612619771372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-21101305548330706072008-06-03T12:47:00.000+09:002008-06-03T12:47:00.000+09:00I seem to remember it was the first release that t...I seem to remember it was the first release that the edited it out, if not all of it, parts of it to make it more 'tasteful'. I haven't seen the edited version so I'm not 100% sure how they did it.jojoebi-designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585345777385016260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055098504138674669.post-87855752936672000182008-06-03T12:05:00.000+09:002008-06-03T12:05:00.000+09:00We have a Disney release of Totoro, it says '2006 ...We have a Disney release of Totoro, it says '2006 DVD' on the back, and that does have the bath scene in it. So I guess they put it back in at some point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com