Question:
I have The Castle of Cagliostro R2 and Princess Mononoke R1 DVD's already and I saw My Neighbor Totoro on sky ages ago and I thought all three where great movies.
But now the im intrested in Miyazaki’s other films. I have the new R1 special edition of Grave of the Fireflys on order and was going to wait to buy the other films from the us when released, untill I read this http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=3056&mode=threaded&order=0&thold=0.
The ones i am intrested in are:
Spirited Away
Crimson Pig
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds
What i need to know is which region has the best version of each of these film and where i could buy them from.
Thanks for your help
Nausicaa is not yet out and Laputa is due first week of October in Japan where the best quality Miyasaki’s can be found. www.amotokyo.com and www.cdjapan.co.jp and www.amazon.co.jp all carry them. You may want to hold off from the JapR2 of Spirited Away as there is a French disc scheduled which will apparently not have the slight red tint which affects the Japanese disc.
Be warned, the Japanese discs are expensive and if cost is a factor you may want to consider the R3 versions.
If you're looking for the best copies out there, then it's Japanese R2 all the way - a wealth of extras (okay, they're in Japanese, but for most of them it doesn't matter) and utterly perfect picture and sound.
They're not cheap, but they are the best.
The R3 have fine transfers and are much cheaper than the the Japanese R2. So unless you HAVE to have every extra know to man these are the ones to go for.
Of course if you can wait a few months you could see what Disney do with Spirited Away on R1. ( As much as i hate Disney and dubbing. Spirited Away is a film that kids must see and your not gonna get many 8 year olds watching a subtitled film)
But now the im intrested in Miyazaki’s other films. I have the new R1 special edition of Grave of the Fireflys on order and was going to wait to buy the other films from the us when released, untill I read this http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=3056&mode=threaded&order=0&thold=0.
The ones i am intrested in are:
Spirited Away
Crimson Pig
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds
What i need to know is which region has the best version of each of these film and where i could buy them from.
Thanks for your help
Answers:
Nausicaa is not yet out and Laputa is due first week of October in Japan where the best quality Miyasaki’s can be found. www.amotokyo.com and www.cdjapan.co.jp and www.amazon.co.jp all carry them. You may want to hold off from the JapR2 of Spirited Away as there is a French disc scheduled which will apparently not have the slight red tint which affects the Japanese disc.
Be warned, the Japanese discs are expensive and if cost is a factor you may want to consider the R3 versions.
Answers:
If you're looking for the best copies out there, then it's Japanese R2 all the way - a wealth of extras (okay, they're in Japanese, but for most of them it doesn't matter) and utterly perfect picture and sound.
They're not cheap, but they are the best.
Answers:
The R3 have fine transfers and are much cheaper than the the Japanese R2. So unless you HAVE to have every extra know to man these are the ones to go for.
Of course if you can wait a few months you could see what Disney do with Spirited Away on R1. ( As much as i hate Disney and dubbing. Spirited Away is a film that kids must see and your not gonna get many 8 year olds watching a subtitled film)
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