Tales from Earthsea.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEyklVEVkygQhhrxcV``x1162851526``xlatestnews``x "Grave of the Fireflies" on Turner Classic Movies 12 November``xllin``xTurner Classic Movies is showing the English dub of Grave of the Fireflies Sunday night, November 12 at 10:00 EST.

Thanks to Larry Virden for posting the news to the MML.``xEEykupEZkluXojMPkO``x1162401728``xlatestnews``x Tears from the Production Staff``xllin``xTranslation of the of October 10 production diary:

B-part of the storyboard of the next film was completed.
We production administrative staff are glad because it's a very good pace in comparison with previous films. But, the contents of the storyboard is incredible! Tears flow when I think about hardship of the production staff (laughs). We all talked heartily about, "We want to be the audience this time", while copying the storyboard at midnight.

Studio Ghibli announced that NTV will air a HD version of Pom Poko on November 10.

Shitateya Ghibli (Tailor Ghibli) website has been overhauled.

Iwanami Shoten puts the pictures of Miyazaki's manga "Blackham's Wimpey".
http://www.iwanami.co.jp/hensyu/jidou/j0610/024632.html

In further "Blackham's Wimpey" news Asahi.com has a bomber diagram drawn by Miyazaki while Iwanami Shoten has uploaded samples from the manga.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEyEkllVuyyWzyLjWF``x1161288546``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's Clock``xllin``xGhibli World has details an unusual Miyazaki project - a large clock for the NTV tower in Tokyo.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEyEEAZylFJXpEzWoP``x1161197683``xlatestnews``x New York Times article about "Gedo" and Goro Miyazaki ``xhairston``xMovie critic (and Miyazaki fan) Charles Solomon has written an article about Gedo Senki (Tales From Earthsea). The article covers the history of the production and interviews Goro Miyazaki about the film and Toshio Suzuki about the Japanese fans' reactions. Solomon also talked with Ursula LeGuinn about her reaction to the film (and the fans' reactions to her reactions). She repeats the news that the film will not be released in the US until SciFi Channel's rights to the Earthsea series expire in 2009.

Thanks to the Anime News Network for the news.``xEEyEEpAlpuKBkIVJVm``x1161109804``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's work featured in radio documentary``xhairston``xAmerican Public Radio's series "American RadioWorks" has released an hour-long documentary about the rise of anime and manga worldwide called "Japan's Pop Power." It will be playing on numerous public radio stations around the US in the next few months, but you can hear the whole program now on-line at the program's website. About 10 minutes of the program is devoted to Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (including a segment about the reporters walking right past the studio without recognizing it). The Miyazaki segment starts at about 29:45 into the program. You can download the entire program as an mp3 file here or read the transcript here. The Miyazaki part is at the beginning of Segment C.
``xEEypVAFuEuUyVhyRFZ``x1160593414``xlatestnews``x Book Releases, Popularity``xllin``xAnime News Network reported on the results of a anime/manga survey held in Japan for the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival. Nausicaa placed 8th on the manga list and 2nd on the anime list with Laputa 3rd and Totoro 8th.

A new German book on Miyazaki is available:
Julia Nieder: Die Filme von Hayao Miyazaki. Marburg (Schueren Verlag), 2006. 160 pp. ISBN: 3-89472-447-1


Review 1
Review 2

The table of contents and other details from the publisher.

"Blackham's Wimpey" by Robert Westall was recently published by Iwanami Shoten (224 pages, ISBN 4-00-024632-1). Miyazaki illustrated the cover (clearer scan) and the book also contains "Westall's fantasy -Trip to Tynemouth-", an illustrated essay by Miyazaki based on a visit to Westall's birthplace.

Thanks to Aidan Mowat, Freddy Litten, and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEypVpkkpEMVCJsEMU``x1160502201``xlatestnews``x More Production Details``xllin``xAccording to the October 2 production diary, animation production of the next film (title still unannouced) has begun. Hayao Miyazaki explained the film's contents and a production policy to the staff while showing a test cut of the film in the morning in the underground preview room of the second studio.

The October 3 diary mentions that saku-uchi[1] of the A-part[2] of the film was almost finished. B-part of the storyboard is not yet completed.

The October 4 diary mentioned that Studio Ghibli is also working on another film. It is a new animation part for the "Film Guruguru" project at the Studio Ghibli Museum. 2,500 animation cells were used for a single cut of the new animation project. The entire film is about 5 minutes and consists of the following sections:

1. Kareinaru Butoukai (Splendid Dance)
2. Ranputan no Bouken (Adventure of Ranputan)
3. Sakana no Sakana (Fish of Fish)
4. Takolator
5. Piyo Piyo Baba
6. Boubou-kun

Staff:
Director and storyboards: Hayao Miyazaki
Key animator: Atsuko Tanaka
Sound producer: Mito (Clammbon)

Initial a silent film, sound was added in March 2003.

The character of Piyo Piyo Baba is Yubaba of Spirited Away.
The character Boubou-kun was used as Calcifer in Howl's Moving Castle.

[1]: "saku-uchi" is "sakuga uchiawase", it means "animation meeting". Hayao Miyazaki and key animators meeti and discuss how to draw a cut based on a storyboard.

[2]: The storyboards from a Miyazaki film usually consists of 'A' through 'E' parts. Unlike American animation projects the storyboards are not completed before final production begins; he draws the storyboards while making the film. September 5 production diary mentioned that the 'A'-part is 282 cuts and about 20 minutes.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.
``xEEypEVpplFnEmIPzsi``x1160150083``xlatestnews``x Iblard DVD, Hisaishi Website``xllin``xNaohisa Inoue's website announced that an Iblard DVD produced with Studio Ghibli is scheduled to be released simultaneously with Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) DVD next summer. The DVD contains about 80 works and the clouds, water, and light in the pictures are animated by Ghibli. New music has been composed for the DVD.

Composer Joe Hisaishi's website received a Flash-y redesign.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.

``xEEVAAlFFAFfAUVaqxE``x1159983393``xlatestnews``x Production on Studio Ghibli's Next Film``xllin``xAccording to the production diary of September 26, the storyboards from Miyazaki's next film are watercolors. They're printed with a color copier and distributed to the main staff as special editions. The diary says, "Even we have not seen a colored storyboard very much. Of course it is the first time in Ghibli films".

The September 27 diary mentions that the expression method of the film is ambitious. Since the staff have to confirm the processing method of every cut, production is hard. Therefore, it is very difficult to manage the production period.

According to the production diary of September 29, animation production begins in next week.

If this film will be released in summer 2008, production term is about 20 months.
This is longer than Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
Suzuki mentioned in his interview, "It hasn't changed that we release a film every 2 years".

The titles of Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle were announced before animation production began, but the title of the next film will probably not be announced until December.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVAyppFkkMRGuDoat``x1159600322``xlatestnews``x Tetsuro Tamba Passes Away``xllin``xThe voice actor behind the Cat King in The Cat Returns passed away at age 84. He was more widely known for his work in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.

BBC News article
CNN article
Official obituary (in Japanese)

Thanks to Chris Kuan, Heather Brennan, and Felix Wong for the news.
``xEEVAVVkVEumNSKmDyD``x1159552514``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Director's Diary Complete``xllin``xAll entries from Goro Miyazaki's blog are now translated.

Team Ghiblink extends a huge thank you to Paul Barnier for his fabulous work. Paul translated over 140 entries weighing in at over 250 KB.``xEEVAullEFkwMBJIpnZ``x1159488132``xwhatsnew``x News Briefs``xllin``xA Studio Ghibli triple-bill (5 pounds/film, 12 pounds/day pass) is scheduled for the 2006 Bradford Animation Festival in celebration of International Animation Day on 28 October 2006.

Ghibli World has news on Tales from Earthsea at the Venice Film Festival and the 2007 Ghibli calendars.

Thanks to Tom Woolley and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEVlVEpyuAuHoZRtbc``x1158510649``xlatestnews``x "Tales of Earthsea" at the Venice Film Festival``xllin``xAnime News Service has links to a not-so-positive Variety review as well as an interview with Goro Miyazaki.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter and Michal Durys for the news.``xEEVZVVpkAkBjOrpDTP``x1157550292``xlatestnews``x Updated: "Totoro" in Finland``xllin``xAn official Finnish site for My Neighbor Totoro is open at www.totoro.fi.

The film will be shown at the Helsinki Film Festival which runs from September 14 - 24. Screenings of the Japanese dub and Finnish dub are likely.

Screenings outside of the festival begin on Spetember 29.

Thanks to Taneli Palmen for the news.
``xEEVZpFlFyusQoanNHq``x1157038364``xlatestnews``x "Whisper" Screenings in California``xllin``xWhisper of the Heart will be screened on September 23 at 3:00pm at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica and on September 24 at 7:30pm at the Egyptian Theater.

The second screening is part of a "Unshown Cinema: The Animated Films that Got Away" series and promises that "rare Miyazaki promotional merchandise will be given away at the screening!"

Both screenings will use the English dub and a panel interview featuring some of the cast and writer Charles Solomon follows the Aero showing.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter and Michael Kaye for the news.``xEEVyukZupEtkoOdXRB``x1156427401``xlatestnews``x "Nausicaa" in French Theaters``xllin``xKnown in France as Nausicaa de la vallee du vent, a new French dub was created as well as new subtitles for the release on 23 August. More information.

Thanks to Xavier Roche and Tybalt for the news.``xEEVyEFykyAgOslVJyg``x1156136269``xlatestnews``x Le Guin's Take on the Film``xllin``xUrsula K. Le Guin has posted her impressions of the film on her website.

Besides her impressions it appears the film will not be released in the US until 2009 due to contractual issues with the Sci-Fi Channel version.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt from Ghibli World for the news.``xEEVVVZklEVzPNunNVx``x1155572815``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Tidbits``xllin``xGhibli World has details on the recently released "Art of Tales from Earthsea" book as well as the latest sales stats for the single CD and box office.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEVVuVlylywnnpVifP``x1155458686``xlatestnews``x Next Miyazaki Film Details``xllin``xThe normal production diary from June were uploaded today.
http://www.ghibli.jp/15diary/

According to this diary, next Miyazaki's film seems set in around Kobe city, Japan.
http://feel-kobe.jp/english/index.html

A rough translation of the July diary:

July 6:
The main staff, Kondo-san, Yoshida-san, art staff and Inamura-san went to XXX (somewhere) for location hunting on the next film, and joined Miyazaki-san who came earlier. They went around the places Miyazaki-san recommended. According to them, although they had doubts, the small coffee shop on a mountain was good.

July 18:
The preparation room (for next film) that had been set up on
the second floor of Nibariki moved to the second floor of the first studio of Ghibli.
Though the beginning of animation production is a little more ahead, the imageboards put around the main staff's desk make us feel that we gradually rushing into the production of next film.

July 21:
After checking DLP at Kobe, and after having taken the catnap at a hotel, we went to XXX for location hunting. We joined Takeshige at the XXX station and went to the mountain where XXX is able to be commanded.
Though we went to the place where Miyazaki-san recommended, we were not able to see the panorama of XXX because of the mist. We also stopped in the mysterious cafe on the mountain where the staff who had gone to location hunting in the beginning of this month mentioned.
This cafe seems to be managing by an elderly couple, and looks old. It was a very open-hearted place where stray dogs and cats freely roam in and out in the shop.
After we had a dinner at the hotel, we strolled in the town of XXX at night.

July 22:
Today, we got up at 5am to do location hunting of XXX at daybreak. The scenery of the sea changing little by little at the sunrise was so beautiful.

Thanks to T.Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVVpuVEEVLhTcmNil``x1155045115``xlatestnews``x Updated: FilmFour Showing Both Japanese and English Audio``xllin``xDub:
Fri 04 4:55 PM Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
Sat 05 4:45 PM Kiki's Delivery Service
Sun 06 4:30 PM Princess Mononoke
Mon 07 4:55 PM Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Tue 08 5:10 PM My Neighbour Totoro
Wed 09 4:45 PM Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Thu 10 5:15 PM Porco Rosso

Sub:
Fri 11 4:45 PM Princess Mononoke
Sat 12 2:05 AM Grave of the Fireflies
Sat 12 5:05 PM My Neighbour Totoro
Sun 13 4:55 PM Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Mon 14 0:45 AM Grave of the Fireflies
Mon 14 5:05 PM Kiki's Delivery Service
Tue 15 4:45 PM Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Wed 16 4:45 PM Porco Rosso
Thu 17 5:10 PM Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

Thanks to Jordan Scott, Tom Maughan, and Yasser Sheikh for the updates.
``xEEVuAkuVAywyBgnDCz``x1154924596``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki Meets Le Guin``xllin``xAccording to Goro's August 6 diary, he and Suzuki arrived in Portland, Oregon at 8:30 am on the 5th. They showed "Gedo Senki" to Le Guin on the afternoon of 6th and had dinner together.

Goro mentioned "It is terrible that tomorrow comes."

Thanks to T.Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVuAEuFuAnXCffqLJ``x1154914349``xlatestnews``x Additional Somerset House Details``xllin``xSelected text from the press release, Howl's Moving Castle airs on August 16:

Film4 Summer Screen returns for nine nights in August, transforming the magnificent 18th century courtyard of Somerset House into a full-scale, open-air cinema with state-of-the art giant screen, 35mm projection and surround-sound.

This year's outdoor experience brings together everything you love about films, with a line-up of classic thrillers, amazing flights of fantasy, crowd-pleasing comedy, chilling horror and astonishing alien action. Relax and soak up the atmosphere with good food, drinks and DJs before the film.

Tickets: 12.50

All web and phone bookings carry a 1.75 transaction fee per booking, not per ticket

No glass or bottles allowed on site

Doors 6.30pm; DJs from 7.30pm; Film 9pm

Rugs available to buy or bring your own

Tickets: Ticketmaster 0870 4000 603

Book on-line: www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Thanks to Cathy Gallagher for the news.``xEEVuZEyZuFdeXjOhPp``x1154716743``xlatestnews``x Reminder: Miyazaki Films on FilmFour Starting 4 August``xllin``xA list of the films being shown over the next two weeks can be found here.``xEEVuykAylpvldPNvmG``x1154629680``xlatestnews``x Updated: "Tales from Eathsea" News Flood``xllin``xThe release of "Gedo Senki" (Tales from Earthsea) in Japanese theaters produced a number of related news tidbits.

Proceeds from the first day at the box office beat "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and Toho (the film's distributor) estimates a final tally of over 10 billion yen. "The Cat Returns" pulled in 6 billion yen while "Howl's Moving Castle" raked in 19 billion yen.

Last weekend's box office results (July 29, 30):
1st: Gedo Senki (435 screens, 672,696 people, 905,335,600 yen)
2nd: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (750 screens)
3rd: Sinking of Japan
4th: Pokemon
5th: MI3


"Tales from Earthsea" will screen at the 2006 Venice Film Festival but not as part of the competition due to the film opening in Korea before the festival.

An English language interview with Goro Miyazaki is available from the Daily Yomiuri. The newspaper also carries one of the first published English reviews of the film.

A new production diary will begin in August. Translators needed!

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEVuFypkpAHFSJRtqq``x1154360209``xlatestnews``x "Pom Poko" Screening in Belgium``xllin``x17th August 2006 at 8pm Pom Poko will be played at the local cinema Euroscoop - at C-Mine, Genk - Belgium.

This is an initiative of Projector, a collaboration between the culture-centre of the city of Genk and the non-profit organisation TOR. The admission is 5.50 euro (5 euro for students, childeren under the age of 12 can get a ticket for 4
euro). The cinema-complex is situated near the Dutch and German border (30 km). The movie will be shown with Japanese audio and Dutch subtitles.

Thanks to Reulens Kristof for the news.
``xEEVuppZEuAHcSmbfkz``x1154007149``xlatestnews``x NHK "Professional" Show Coming to DVD, Aoi Teshima Interview``xllin``xGhibli World notes that the "Professional" episode featuring Toshio Suzuki arrives on DVD September 22 for 3675 yen. The activities surrounding the NHK film crew are mentioned in Goro's Miyazaki blog.

English subtitles are unlikely.

A link to a Yamaha Channel interview with Aoi Teshima is also provided.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEVFluAZyFrNIYEHMg``x1153849763``xlatestnews``x Various UK Screenings``xllin``xFilmFour is showing a slate of Miyazaki-directed films in August. The preliminary schedule is:

Fri 04 - 4:55 PM - The Castle of Cagliostro
Sat 05 - 4:45 PM - Kiki's Delivery Service
Sun 06 - 4:30 PM - Princess Mononoke
Mon 07 - 4:55 PM - Castle in the Sky
Tue 08 - 5:10 PM - My Neighbour Totoro
Wed 09 - 4:45 PM - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Thu 10 - 5:15 PM - Porco Rosso
Fri 11 - 4:45 PM - Princess Mononoke
Sat 12 - 5:05 PM - My Neighbour Totoro
Sun 13 - 4:55 PM - Castle in the Sky
Mon 14 - 5:05 PM - Kiki's Delivery Service
Tue 15 - 4:45 PM - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Wed 16 - 4:45 PM - Porco Rosso
Thu 17 - 5:10 PM - The Castle of Cagliostro

An open-air screening of Howl's Moving Castle takes place on August 16 at Somerset House, tickets are 12.50.

Thanks to Jordan Scott and David Bate for the news.``xEEVFZyAuypWHvzWQlQ``x1153769460``xlatestnews``x Next Miyazaki (Hayao) Film Preparations Begins``xllin``xThe TBS program R30 featured Toshio Suzuki on tonight's broadcast.
At the end of the show, after the discussion on Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea), the interviewer asked:

Q: Is Hayao-san thinking about his next film?

Suzuki: He is full of fight (about Goro). He believes that he cannot be defeated by his son. We have already begun preparations for the film, we started a bit earlier than usual. I cannot say anything about it yet, it's a secret.

Q: Is "no" (の) part of the title?

Suzuki: Yes.

Q: something "no" something?

Suzuki: The title contains two "no".

Q: Wow, it will surely be a big hit.

In Japan, Miyazaki's films are known for containing at least one "no" in the title. Something akin to the theory that only "Star Trek" films ending in an even number are good.

Rupan Sansei: Terebi to Kariosutoro no Shiro (Castle of Cagliostro)
Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaa)
Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky)
Majo no Takkyuubin (Kiki's Delivery Service)
Kurenai no Buta (Porco Rosso)
Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)
Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle)

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVkAEkApkOTMLchEW``x1152912902``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Featured at the Ghibli Museum``xllin``xAccording to Studio Ghibli Museum website,
11 background paintings from Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) are displayed on the 1st floor. 10 imageboards are displayed in the library while storyboards, character boards, and other assorted art resources are displayed on the 2nd floor.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVkuAZuFVhhLIAHsZ``x1152497435``xlatestnews``x Ghibli Channel Updates``xllin``xCH1 of the Ghibli Channel uploaded a 4 minute movie clip of the event to announce completion of Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea). It was held on yesterday at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.
Aoi Teshima sang "Therru's song" at the preview, the first ever live performance.

CH4 of Ghibli Channel uploaded a 5 minute movie clip of an interview with John Lasseter.

How to register for the Ghibli Channel.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVkklVVFFzfhuhOoa``x1152285533``xlatestnews``x Updated: "Tales from Earthsea" Coming to a Theater Near You (Hopefully)``xllin``xGhibil World has video clips from the press conference.

A press conference announcing the completion of "Gedo Senki" (Tales from Earthsea) was held yesterday. Toshio Suzuki announced plans to release the film about 50 countries but did not mention specifics beyond South Korea which opens on August 10.

Ghibli World sends word the release of "Taneyamagahara no Yoru" by Kazuo Oga on DVD and a possible third poster for Tales from Earthsea.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEVkkkVZZpapkyXPFx``x1152225770``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki Invited to Join the AMPAS``xllin``xHayao Miyazaki is one of 120 people to receive invitations to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The AMPAS is best known for selecting the Oscar winners.

More info:
Hollywood Reporter
LA Times

Thanks to Daniel Zelter and William Raymer for the news.``xEEVkEAZAyuFPbAWMTO``x1152197964``xlatestnews``x INOUE Naohisa's "Tales from Earthsea" Impressions``xllin``xINOUE Naohisa (who created the backgrounds in Whisper of the Heart) gave his impressions of the film in his July 4 blog post:

"Density of finish in the first half and the latter half.
Relation between the color of the background paintings and the modern paintings.
The breathtaking scenes. The moving scenes. I think my heart was filled only with these.
However, the extreme in this film is the philosophy of life and the world view.
I don't say any more."

Asahi soft drinks released a second TV spot featuring "Voice recording".
Studio Ghibli announced this it was not a true voice recording scene, just one created for the commercial.

The official website of Rio Yamase, player and composer of Water spider Monmon (short featured at the Ghibli Museum), announced that she is featured on the "Gedo Senki" soundtrack.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVkEkpZVkjNGXxfHd``x1152120752``xlatestnews``x Hayao Miyazaki's Surprise Visit``xllin``xShinichi Takahashi of Rapha, operator and a designer of the Studio Ghibli website, reported on the first preview and his very good impression about Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea).

He talks about his impressions on an internet radio station for about an hour:
http://c-radio.sakura.ne.jp/podcast/tokuban_20060701_1.mp3

According to Takahashi, on the day (June 28) of the first preview Hayao Miyazaki suddenly appeared and went into the preview room together with the camera crews. It had been reported that he would not attend the preview.

The preview was divided into three groups and Takahashi was waiting with the second group in the lobby. Miyazaki came out of preview early and smoked alone in the lobby. He smoked in silence while staring straight ahead.

Then the staff who were waiting for the second preview gathered around him and he began chatting and laughing. Takahashi's impression was that Miyazaki seems to have accepted Goro. According to Takahashi, the camera crews recorded this scene from far away.

Toshio Suzuki reports the party celebrating completion of Gedo Senki with 300 staff members took place in a hotel on July 1st. He will keep writing the diary until the end of July.

Suzuki says the party was very moving. According to him, Michiyo Yasuda, chief color designer at Ghibli (Miyazaki calls her
a "war buddy"), was late and came to the party with a message from Miyazaki to Goro.

Since Miyazaki left in the middle of the preview, the staff had fallen into a state of uneasiness.

It was very short message, "It was an honest way of making, and good."
When it was read out by Yasuda the hall quieted down for an instant. Then, one of the staff applauded. It became big applause and spread through the hall.

Goro says, "I was glad for father's words and near tears" in today's diary (not yet translated).

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVEAuEElAxkULuYGV``x1151941189``xlatestnews``x Visual Media for "Tales from Earthsea"``xllin``xA commercial that Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) supports is now online.

Voice of Bunta Sugawara as Gedo:
"Flap slowly, you can fly far away. Fly away!"

White characters:
"We agree with Gedo on the whole."

Narration:
"We Yomiuri Shinbun support Gedo Senki."

The song in this commercial is "Dragon" from Aoi Teshima's first album "Gedo Senki song collection".

Ghibli World has a 3.5 minute clip that contains some new film footage as well as scenes showing Pixar director John Lasseter visiting Hayao Miyazaki.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVElVAEVVLYWpUlYl``x1151859155``xlatestnews``x Semi-Random News Bits``xllin``xThe title of today's production diary is "The final production diary of Gedo Senki". The characters on the picture say "Gedo Senki complete!" A preview of the film for production staff was held today.

The title of the June 27th director's diary is "To reporters".
In the entry Goro mentions that he is tired of the amount of reporter's questions about his relationship with his father.
Since he wrote about it on his blog, he hopes reporters read it and change their questions.

Goro and producer Toshio Suzuki are currently traveling around Japan to promote the film.

Studio Ghibli announced a special program featuring PIXAR's latest film CARS will be aired July 1 on NTV.
According to Ghibli, John Lasseter and other PIXAR staff members visted Tokyo on a promotional trip and spent a holiday at the studio; the visiting scene might aired on the special program. Studio Ghibli mentioned that Hayao Miyazaki saw CARS, and said "Good job. I got tears!"

Noriyuki Kitagawa from the system management section of Studio Ghibli held a special lecture about the studio's digital production system. Ghibli World has additional details on the inner workings (servers, network, workstations, etc) as well as pictures from the "Tales from Earthsea" press kit.

Special column "How Gedo Senki is born"

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVEVEVppEPLVHDavW``x1151515001``xlatestnews``x New "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer``xllin``xGhibli World is reporting about the upcoming third trailer for Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) that hits theaters on July 8.

Goro Miyazaki's blog post on June 21 mentioned that all production work for the film is finished.
A preview for the production staff will be held next week.

The advertisement program related to Gedo Senki by NTV starts.

July 15th : "6 days to Howl's Moving Castle" 24:50 - 25:05
17th : "4 days to Howl's Moving Castle"
18th : "3 days to Howl's Moving Castle"
19th : "2 days to Howl's Moving Castle"
20th : "1 day to Howl's Moving Castle" 21th : Friday special roadshow
"Howl's Moving Castle" 21:00 - 23:34
it includes the latest information about Gedo Senki.

24th: "5 days to Gedo Senki" 23:55 - 24:04
25th: "4 days to Gedo Senki"
26th: "3 days to Gedo Senki"
27th: "2 days to Gedo Senki"
28th: Friday roadshow "My Neighbor Totoro" 21:00 - 22:54
"1 day to Gedo Senki"
29th: Gedo Senki special program 10:30 - 11:25

This is the first time that HMC has been aired on TV.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEVEkZkZppcthKnKHp``x1151272700``xlatestnews``x News Roundup``xllin``xDaniel Zelter picked up the following at http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/michael_howe/archive/2006/05/29/2608.aspx
through http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lupinthethird/message/7218

Q: I know you're a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki. Is the Fiat 500 named Luigi a reference to Miyazaki-san's film ("The Castle of Cagliostro")?

A: No, it's not a reference to it, though I love "Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro." I love that film. But his movies mean so much to me, he's a filmmaker and he's great.

Chris Meadows noted that the real-life Mehve project received some coverage at Slashdot

T. Ishikawa sent two pieces of news:

1) CH4 of Ghibli Channel uploaded a interview clip of Hayao Miyazaki talking about the Ghibli Museum short films.
http://image.space.rakuten.co.jp/lg01/83/0000314683/48/img12c244fclghhz3.jpeg

Miyazaki says, "I'm thinking of making 12 short films in all."

The Ghibli Channel is managed by 4Cast of NTV group, Studio Ghibli only cooperates.

2) Video clip of the "Gedo Senki" special day press conference at Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo.
``xEEVpyEVAVAdGYGuLvN``x1150615959``xlatestnews``x Oshii on "Tales from Earthsea"``xllin``xCH4 of Ghibli Channel uploaded a four minute intervew clip with Mamoru Oshii (director of "Ghost in the Shell") in which he discusses expectation about Goro Miyazaki's Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea).

The following are some of his comments.

Oshii: I'm considerably interested in Gedo Senki which Goro-kun is making now. I know his father well, and it's a very interesting movie after a long time. There is nothing as interesting as a parent/child fight.

Q: What do you think about the younger generation making a movie?
O: I don't have a sense of impending crisis like Miya-san (Hayao Miyazaki). He has the sense of crisis that he is being driven into retirement by the young generation. He tries to kick the other party to the bottom of a ravine, even in the case of his own son. I don't have such recognition.
In the world of anime, the generation older than me are still in active service. Miya-san, Tomino-san, Takahata-san,
Dezaki-san, Ryosuke-san (Ryosuke Takahashi), and my secretary are all still active. All directors who came out of the world of TV anime are still active. Nobody is going to retire. I'm don't believe this world. Nobody tries to drag down them. I think "someone will drag down them early", though nobody actually does it. The younger generation is waiting for it with well-manner. If they are left, nobody will not retire. Miya-san's motivation be full of.

It is only one that I expect Goro-kun, "Drive your father to retirement early. Only you can do it". Say to your father, "'It is not your times now!' If it can be proven to succeed even if other person make a movie, that annoying father need not be handled."

For the Japanese-impaired here's a visual guide to registering and logging into the Ghibli Channel website:

Login Box
Registration Form
Top-right after login
Bottom after login
Streaming Size

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the translation.``xEEVpkAlZuFWWyEJGMX``x1150298743``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Books, Melbourne Concert``xllin``xAccording to this site (in Japanese) several books related to the film are scheduled for release in early August:

"Art of" - Backgrounds, sketches, interviews, and other film creation details.
"Roman Album" - Stills from the film along with some production art and sketches
"Studio Ghibli Storyboard Collection No. 15" - The complete set of storyboards, similar to the storyboard feature on many Ghibli DVDs
"Film Comics" - The entire film in picture book format, typically spread out over four volumes.

A hardcover picture book (storybook-style text accompanying frames from the film) is slated for late August.

Yumi Kimura will be participation in two consecutive concerts, both at Melbourne Town Hall (July 2nd) and Sydney Town Hall (July 6th-7th). One is called "Spirited Away with Youmi" and the other is "A Night in Fantasia 2006." Fantasia 2006 will also feature works by Nobuo Uematsu and Joe Hisaishi. Tickets are currently on sale.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Sean Robinson for the news.``xEEVpEkylZljoYqJdbT``x1150126878``xlatestnews``x "Therru's Song" Climbs Sales Charts, "Monmon" News``xllin``x"Therru's Song" is currently ranked 1st on the CD charts of 7 and Y.

Rio Yamase, composer and performer of Miyazaki's latest short film "Mizugumo Monmon" (Water Spider Monmon) at the Studio Ghibli Museum, was the guest on a radio program on May 28th, and played a soundtrack of "Water Spider Monmon".
She talks about the film at the 7 minute mark.
She and her 13 year-old niece play Norwegian folk dance music
11 minutes into the program.
Furthermore, she plays "Water Spider" (the opening track) from about the 12 minutes 30 seconds mark.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.
``xEEuAlypFEFlvEYEQlo``x1149860313``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" 2nd Most Anticipated Film in Japan``xllin``x"Nikkei Entertainment" magazine announced the result of the questionnaire, "Which Japanese movie do you want to see
most after June?" 5,600 people were surveyed.

1st: Sinking of Japan (1031 points)
2nd: Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) (919)
3rd: Trick2 (753)
6th: Death Note (244)
15th: Brave Story (85)

20's
1st: Trick2
2nd: Gedo Senki
3rd: Death Note

30's
1st: Gedo Senki
2nd: Trick2
3rd: Sinking of Japan

40's
1st: Sinking of Japan
2nd: Gedo Senki
3rd: Trick2

50's
1st: Sinking of Japan
2nd: Bushi no Ichibun
3rd: Gedo Senki

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuAVZFklpdqTLRJAa``x1149573280``xlatestnews``x Massive "Tales from Earthsea" CD Single Launch``xllin``xA Tower Records store in Tokyo transformed their entire first floor into a promotional site for the release of the CD single from Aoi Teshima (voice of Therru) which features the theme song to Tales from Earthsea.

The display features giant figures of the characters along set minitures with moving pieces.

View individual photos or the entire set in a RAR archive:

Photo 01
Photo 01a
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Two brief videos showing the motion in the sets:

Dragon
Wheel

Thanks to Dan Orlowitz for all of the media. ``xEEuAVkVyZAKcIkqdaZ``x1149525679``xlatestnews``x "Castle in the Sky" Opening in German Theaters``xllin``xDas Schloss im Himmel (Castle in the Sky) opens in select German theaters on Thursday (2006-06-08).

Thanks to David Banz for the news.``xEEuAVkFEukgSqsryha``x1149523142``xlatestnews``x Newsbits from Japan``xllin``xTokuma Shoten published a collection of the British author Robert Westall with an endorsement from Hayao Miyazaki.

Six globes painted by Miyazaki are on display at the Studio Ghibli Museum.

Movie Walker reports on the Aardman exhibit at the museum.

According to the June 3 production diary some staff who finished a holiday have already started preproduction for next film. The diary mentioned that the other staff members arrive back next week.``xEEuAFElVpFIeFubNeg``x1149318503``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Release Date Set``xllin``xStudio Ghibli announced that the release date of "Gedo Senki" (Tales from Earthsea) will be July 29 (a Saturday).

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuAkZpyFFoNEcqrRS``x1149270633``xlatestnews``x Ghibli Channel, Oga's Movie Site Opens``xllin``xA website titled Ghibli Channel has opened. It appears to require registration but once within the following "channels" are availiable:

CH1: Gedo Senki work in progress!
CH2: Ghibli News
CH3: Public relations section Mr. Nishioka
CH4: Want to ask this person
CH5: Want to borrow a cat's hand. (A Japanese idiomatic expression meaning, "I'm so busy I'll take any help I can get.")
CH6: A catfish and a friend.
CH7: Special Ghibli

The 1st clip of CH7 is a ceremony for new Studio Ghibli staff members.

Ghibli World notes that the official "Taneyamagahara no Yoru" website recently opened. Longtime background artist Kazuo Oga's first film will be coming to DVD on July 7.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuAkkEyEVMeleCIYa``x1149221615``xlatestnews``x Second "Tales from Earthsea" Poster Released``xllin``xGhibli World has a scan of the second poster that was recently released in Japanese theaters. Of note is the addition of two florescent colors to the poster. While we haven't seen it in person it probably makes for an interesting view under a black light. We're also interested in adding a higher resolution image to the Posters Around the World page, please contact us if you can contribute to the cause.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuApkulllIXWuMtlz``x1149024888``xlatestnews``x Takahata, "Tales of Earthsea" Soundtrack Updates``xllin``xAnime News Service reports that Chosun Illbo has pictures of Takahata's Korea trip.

In the latest blog entry of director Goro Miyazaki he mentions that Spanish piper Carlos Nunez is featured on the Tales from Earthsea soundtrack. Nunez is currently in Japan for a concert.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Daniel Zelter for the news.``xEEulyZlkAVbHtqtqzr``x1148678295``xlatestnews``x Second Interview Translation, Aardman at the Ghibli Museum``xllin``xGhibli World has an English translation of the second interview from the Lawson site.

The latest exhibition at the Studio Ghibli Museum features the works of claymation experts Aardman Animations. Hayao Miyazaki, Peter Lord, and David Sproxton attended a press conference held at the museum.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuluAZEZyjNvHphwu``x1148497176``xlatestnews``x Animation Complete on "Tales from Earthsea"``xllin``xThe May 23 Production Diary announced the completion of animation on the film.

History of production:

Sep 06, 2005: animation production began
Jan 20, 2006: 149 cuts (12%)
Jan 27: 180 cuts (15%)
Feb 03: 230 cuts (19%)
Feb 17: 326 cuts (26%)
Mar 03: 422 cuts (34%)
Mar 10: 481 cuts (39%)
Mar 17: 517 cuts (42%)
Mar 30: 687 cuts (55%)
Apr 7 : 776 cuts (63%)
Apr 17: 844 cuts (68%)
Apr 25: 935 cuts (76%)
May 1 : 997 cuts (81%)
May 8 : 1,056 cuts (85%)
May 15: 1,176 cuts (95%)
May 23: 1,236 cuts (100%)

Animation production length:

Tales from Earthsea: 8 months and 17 days
Howl's Moving Castle: 17 months and 6 days (2/1/2003-7/7/2004)
Spirited Away: 16 months and 26 days (2/1/2000-6/27/2001)

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuluEVFEuDlpCwrCD``x1148415314``xlatestnews``x "Grave of the Fireflies" Screening in London``xllin``xStudio Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies film will be screening in The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre in London, UK. The event is organised by the joint-collaboration of anime societies from the following university unions: UCL Union, Imperial College Union, The Royal Holloway Students' Union and SOAS Union.

Date: 10 June 2006
Time: 3:00 PM
Tickets: 7.50, concessions 5.50
Location: The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre

Poster image: http://www.animesoc.uclu.org/gofposter.jpg [645 kb]

More details at: http://www.animesoc.uclu.org/grave

Thanks to Kamila Hussien for the news.``xEEulpZEAFpgsaIrKCG``x1148071930``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Production Close to Finishing``xllin``xThe May 15 production diary reports the latest progress:

Key animation: completed
Key animation check: completed
Animation: 1,233 (99.8%) cuts
Animation check: 1,223 (98.9%) cuts
Background painting: completed
Effects: 1,191 (96.4%) cuts

Sound production continues until next month. A final release date has yet to be announced.

The second trailer is now available at the official site.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuZZpypFlyWarBsoQ``x1147706038``xlatestnews``x Takahata to Visit South Korea``xllin``xAnime News Service is reporting that Takahata is expected to visit in part to support the "Takahata Isao Kantoku Ten" exhibit at the 2006 Seoul International Cartoon Animation Festival. His three day trip starts May 24 and will be crammed with many activities.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.

``xEEuZuVyVEZmwQLCavU``x1147456517``xlatestnews``x Updated: "Tales from Earthsea" Soundtracks and Runtime``xllin``xThe 10 track Image Album is scheduled for release on July 12 alongside the soundtrack CD. The soundtrack (TKGA-503) contains 30 songs and is a SACD hybrid which can be played in normal CD players.

A new special feature column "How Gedo Senki is born." has began in the production diary:
http://www.ghibli.jp/ged_01/30special/

May 8: - A prologue -
This column describes "preproduction", "production", and "postproduction" via a production flow chart:
http://www.ghibli.jp/ged_01/30special/000513.html#more

May 11: - Ekonte (storyboard), Character, Artboard (vol.1) -
This column explains what is Ekonte and how it is used for production. The storyboards feature found on many Ghibli DVDs is the ekonte attached to the normal audio track.

It's also mentioned that the running time of Gedo Senki is about 110 minutes.
The average of 1 cut of the Ghibli film is about 5 seconds. 110 minutes is 6,600 seconds. Gedo Senki has 1,236 cuts. The average of 1 cut of Gedo Senki is a little over 5 seconds.
http://www.ghibli.jp/ged_01/30special/000521.html#more

Ghibli World has translations and additional information of the above.

Thanks to T.Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuZFyEEEusdbsehHc``x1147447514``xlatestnews``x Asahi Soft Drinks and "Tales from Earthsea" Promotions``xllin``xStudio Ghibli and Asahi Soft Drinks announced today that Aoi Teshima appears and sings "Therru's song" in TV spots for "Gedo Senki" (Tales from Earthsea) starting from today.

According to Studio Ghibli, she was to premiere in July, but so many inquiries formed after the trailers aired they rushed through production. This TV spot premiered on NTV's "Zoom In Super" on May 8. According to Sports Hochi (a newspaper), she loves Porco Rosso, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire and Billie Holiday.

Asahi Soft Drinks TV spots:
http://www.asahiinryo.co.jp/gedo/cm.html

Aoi Teshima's official website:
http://www.teshimaaoi.com/

Video clips and translations available at Ghibli World.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuZpVkZppTSiSfekt``x1147052700``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's Next Film Not Really Revealed``xllin``xT. Ishikawa notes, "Though he told about next film a bit, it was very abstract. He told about his mental attitude for next film. Sumi Shimamoto (voice actress for Nausicaa) did the narrator of this program."

From the Interesting Date department:

Spirited Away was announced on December 13, 1999.
The Cat Returns was announced on December 13, 2001.
Howl's Moving Castle was announced on December 13, 2002.
Tales from Earthsea was announced on December 13, 2005.

Toho (distributer of the films) holds their annual film announcement conference in December.``xEEuylVEEAVCigzqXgq``x1146851195``xlatestnews``x Hayao Miyazaki's Next Film To Be Revealed on May 5``xllin``xAccording to TBS's program schedule for May 5, the title of a 15 minute interview with Miyazaki on the NEWS23 program (23:30-24:35) is, "Hayao Miyazaki talks about 'Japanese children' on Children's Day... and his next film."

In Japan, May 5 is a holiday known as Children's Day.

Studio Ghibli says, "NEWS23 of May 5 is unmissable. Please see it. We'll wait for your impression."

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.
``xEEuyVlyZypiHcYKYUV``x1146586760``xlatestnews``x "Totoro" Popularity Deep-Rooted, "Heidi" Stamps To Be Released``xllin``xOricon charts announced the result of their "Top DVDs I want a child to see" survey:

Overall Rankings
1st: Totoro
7th: Grave of the Fireflies
9th: Nausicaa

Mother's
1st: Totoro
10th: Nausicaa

Father's
2nd: Totoro
6th: Grave of the Fireflies
8th: Nausicaa
10th: Kiki's Delivery Service

The "Totoro" DVD has been ranked in the Oricon charts for the last 200 weeks.

Anime News Service reports that series of stamps based on "Heidi: Girl of the Alps" has been commissioned by the Japan Post. A sheet of 10 stamps costs 3150 yen.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Daniel Zelter for the news.
``xEEuyVuZVZyIBLRumem``x1146547576``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Eathsea" Production Nearly Complete``xllin``xAccording to the May 1 production diary, 997 of 1,236 (80.7%) cuts of "Gedo Senki" were completed.

Details of production situation:
Key animation: 1,233 (99.8%) cuts completed.
Animation: 1,121 (90.7%) cuts
Background paintings: 1,221 (98.8%) cuts

Key animation and background painting production are completed this week. "Gedo Senki" production staff who finished their work take the vacation before starting the next project.

Gedo Senki production situation is shown to the staff with a line graph:
http://www.ghibli.jp/ged_01/images/20060414_schedule.jpg

LAWSON Gedo Senki special site opens:
http://www.lawson.co.jp/loppi/pick_up/ged/index.html

Goro Miyazaki interview:
http://www.lawson.co.jp/loppi/pick_up/ged/interview.html

Ghibli World has a partial English translation of a newspaper interview with Hayao Miyazaki and a "Ghibli in Concert" video clip that features three theme songs sung by the original vocalists.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuyuykEVySyDRrzUf``x1146462156``xlatestnews``x Official "Tales from Earthsea" Site Open``xllin``xStudio Ghibli annouced the opening of the official Japanese site: http://www.ghibli.jp/ged/

Thanks to the many people who sent in the news.``xEEuyFkZEElzzPxjCmh``x1146327118``xlatestnews``x Second "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer Released (along with a few others)``xllin``xStudio Ghibli announced that the second trailer for Gedo Senki will air on NTV's "Zoom In Super" program (5:30am - 8:00am) on April 28.

Ghibli World has links to copies of the trailer along with trailers to Kazuo Oga's (Ghibli's art director) "Taneyamagahara no Yoru" and the DVD re-release of "Gauche the
Cellist".

Thanks to T. Ishikawa, Peter van der Lugt, and Paola Castagno for the news.``xEEuyEuypZAwLLSjDtE``x1146146079``xlatestnews``x Sumi Shimamoto to appear at Anime Boston``xhairston``xAnime Boston has announced that Sumi Shimamoto, the voice actress of Nausicaa, will be one of their guests at their convention May 26-28. In addition to playing Nausicaa, she has appeared in several other Miyazaki and Ghibli films as Clarisse in "Castle of Cagliostro," Mei and Satsuki's mother in "My Neighbor Totoro," Rikako's father's girlfriend in "Ocean Waves," and Toki in "Princess Mononoke." A full list of her other voice acting credits can be found here and a Wikipedia entry about her is here.
Thanks to Anime News Network for the news. ``xEEuVAuEpZZsNxFpzpi``x1145941077``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Synopsis``xllin``xA synopsis of "Tales from Earthsea" has been posted to the official Ursula K. Le Guin website. It was sent to her by Studio Ghibli and she remarks, "I have no further information concerning the film, and of course will not discuss it until I have seen it."

Thanks to Tonatiuh Moreno for the news.``xEEuVlEFyZlELJPTBkH``x1145813678``xlatestnews``x Studio Ghibli is the Number One Consumer Brand in Japan``xllin``xNikkei BP Consulting announced the result of the "Brand Japan 2006" survey (HTML Summary, PDF Ranking Chart - both in Japanese).

A total of 1,500 brands were evaluated by 43,000 general consumers and business people.

In the B to C section (Business to Consumer market), Studio Ghibli ranked first with a score a 87.9, Toyota was in 2nd place with a score of 82.3. Studio Ghibli took 2nd place in 2005, and 5th place in 2004.

The studio ranked 4th or higher in all sections: men, women, people under 29, people 30-39, people 40-49, and people over 50.
It also ranked 1st in 2 of the 4 factors which constitute brand synthesis.

Asahi Soft Drinks announced the 1st special Gedo Senki campaign.

The 1st special campaign "Gedo Senki special preview" will be held on July 7-9 in 17 cities. 20,000 people will be invited by lottery.
Registration starts on May 1 on a special site to be opened on April 24th.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.
``xEEuVyuuAAVkCAzdFfP``x1145644995``xlatestnews``x Bite-size News Bits``xllin``xGhibli World is reporting that Studio Ghibli has begun promoting "Le Roi et L'Oiseau" ("Ou To Tori" in Japanese), an animated film from France by Paul Grimault. Studio Ghibli has previously helped with the promotion and distribution of films considered influential by Takahata and Miyazaki.

A recent Toshio Suzuki magazine interview is replicated on the Studio's site, no English translation as of yet.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuVVZFEkuGhrzKVsX``x1145573124``xlatestnews``x Ghibli-hosted "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer``xllin``xStudio Ghibli has a trailer up on their site in Macromedia/Adobe Flash format.

Thanks to Mutsumi Ohta for posting the news to the MML.``xEEuuAuApyyuSlYpzHg``x1144949066``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Production Rolls Along``xllin``xGhibli World has the latest notes from the production blog (as opposed to the director blog) that show the current status:

Key animation: 1,201 cuts (97%)
Animation: 942 cuts (76%)
Background painting: 1,034 cuts (84%)

A rough English translation of the previously mentioned "Professional" NTV show is also linked from the news item.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuuZEpAluoaswTmuF``x1144710984``xlatestnews``x Additional "Nausicaa" Showing in NYC``xllin``xThe New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) has scheduled an additional screening of the new English dub of Nausicaa.

The screening is scheduled for 11:30 AM on Sunday, April 9, at:

IFC Center
323 6th Ave at W 3rd St
New York NY 10014-4403
212-924-7771

Ticket prices for each screening are $10.75 adults, $7.00 children under 12.
Tickets may be purchased online for a $1.00 per order service charge.

Thanks to Clyde Adams III for the news.``xEEuuFVlVkEnqFLOnFc``x1144358521``xlatestnews``x NHK "Professional" Clip``xllin``xGhibli World has a 9-minute clip (Japanese-only) that includes new footage from the work-in-progress film Ghibli Museum Super Special that covers a lot of background on the museum in hopes of inspiring people to travel to the museum.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuuEpVVkuWoASQqGc``x1144105524``xlatestnews``x Additional TCM Showings``xllin``xTurner Classic Movies will be airing several Studio Ghibli film in May during the morning hours:

Castle in the Sky (Friday, May 5, 2:00 AM)
Porco Rosso (Friday, May 5, 4:15 AM)
Princess Mononoke (Friday, May 12, 2:00 AM)
My Neighbor Totoro (Friday, May 12, 4:30 AM)
Whisper of the Heart (Friday, May 19, 2:00 AM)
Pom Poko (Friday, May 19, 4:00 AM)

Thanks to Jean Yeatman for the news.``xEEuFZluVllLYKPTont``x1143784588``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki Clock Footage, Puss in Boots Trailer``xllin``xFootage from the NTV show "Zoom in SUPER" featuring the large Miyazaki-designed clock is availible at Ghibli World.

Discotek (US publisher of Puss in Boots has uploaded a trailer to YouTube.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and Daniel Zelter for the news.``xEEuFyulukZMyfWwAUs``x1143648427``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki Designed Huge Clock``xllin``xNTV announced that Hayao Miyazaki will design a huge copper clock (10 meters high, 18 meters wide) for the NTV tower at Shiodome, Tokyo. It is planned for completion in the middle of July. The design period took over four years.
Production will be done by Shachimaru Kunio who produced the robot on the rooftop of the Studio Ghibli Museum. A model of the clock is displayed at Shiodome until April 25th.
Details of this project will be announced on NTV's program "Zoom In Super" on March 29th.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuFkkpyyZFTyttxpq``x1143220667``xlatestnews``x Takahata Interview``xllin``xGhibli World conducted an interview with Isao Takahata during his visit to the Anima 2006 convention in Brussels. It covers his reflections on some of the previous works as well as details on his current projects.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuFpVAFyVctjkNeBm``x1143059365``xlatestnews``x "House Hunting" Museum Short Info``xllin``xDetails about the "Yadosagashi" (House Hunting) short film showing at the Studio Ghibli Museum is available at Ghibli World.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEukAZAAZEmmzYVDin``x1142979971``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Translator Article and DVD Releases``xllin``xGhibli World has links to pictures and a trailer of NHK's "Professional" TV program that followed Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki around for the past few months (something mentioned in Goro Miyazaki's blog).

An article by Masako Shimizu (translator of the Earthsea series) has been added to the Studio Ghibli's website. This is one of the very few English pages on the official site.

Buena Vista Japan announced that Gauche the Cellist and Taneyamagahara no Yoru DVDs will be released on July 7 on the 110th anniversary of the birth of Kenji Miyazawa. These DVD are released as part of the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection Special.

Gauche the Cellist (2 discs)
Price: 4,935yen
Audio: DD Mono
Subtitles: Japanese and English
Special Features:
1. Storyboards
2. "Kenji and Music and Iihatobu - The sixth symphony Kenji heard"
3. Trailer
4. Staff interviews (80 min) - Isao Takahata, Koichi Murata, Shunji Saida, Tadao Kubota
5. Character boards, Image boards, and Art boards
DVD production: Studio Ghibli
http://club.buenavista.jp/ghibli/news/detail.jsp?id=502

Taneyamagahara no Yoru (DVD and Sound Track CD)
Running time: 27 min
Price: 3,990
Audio: DD 2.0
Subtitle: Standard Japanese, Regional dialect Japanese

Staff and Cast
Director, Dramatizer, and Painter: Kazuo Oga
Voice Cast: Hatsuo Yamaya (speaks in a regional dialect)
Singing: Ensemble Planeta
http://www.pcmusic.jp/ensembleplaneta/disco/index.html
Production: Studio Ghibli
http://club.buenavista.jp/ghibli/news/detail.jsp?id=503

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.
``xEEukVFAupFkIbaSFOc``x1142539403``xlatestnews``x Museum Website and Oga's First Film``xllin``xGhibli World is reporting that Lawson has created a website dedicated to the new Studio Ghibli museum shorts.

Studio Ghibli announced that Kazuo Oga's (art director for most Ghibli films) first film "Taneyamagahara no Yoru" (Night of Taneyamagahara) will be released this summer. This film is in a picture story show style. The details of this film will be announced later.

The play "Taneyamagahara no Yoru" was written by Kenji Miyazawa in 1924 when he was a 28-year old teacher.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEukkyAuAVRwWfpFge``x1142269495``xlatestnews``x Three R1 DVD Releases``xllin``xThree Studio Ghibli DVDs were released on March 7:

*Howl's Moving Castle
*My Neighbor Totoro
*Whisper of the Heart

Details on all three can be found linked from the Video Release Schedule.

Thanks to Steve Warrick and Canon Pence for the reminder.``xEEukEkVlVVLcLLkvOI``x1142125855``xlatestnews``x News Bits``xllin``xGhibli World has links to information about advance ticket sales for Tales from Earthsea and leaflets promoting the film.

"El Mercurio", Chile's most important national newspaper, published an article (in spanish) about Hayao Miyazaki in its March 5th culture supplement "Artes y Letras".

Madman Cinema is thrilled to announce that Hayao Miyazaki's HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE has grossed over $1 million dollars combined at the Australian / New Zealand theatrical box office. Released in cinemas on September 22 in Australia and December 29 in New Zealand, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE's Australian premiere was the Closing Night slot at the Sydney
Film Festival in June, 2005 with Studio Ghibli co-founder and HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE producer, Toshio Suzuki, a special guest of the Festival.

The Australian and New Zealand DVD release is due out on March 15th

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt, Sylvester Ip, and Gonzalo Vasquez Villanueva for the news.
``xEEuEAuVlAElImKSLCj``x1141945891``xlatestnews``x "Monmon the Water Spider" Details``xllin``xGhibli World continues their features on the various Studio Ghibli Museum shorts with one on "Monmon the Water Spider".

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEuEZVyAyFiBqELXPF``x1141756963``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Ad Campaign Begins``xllin``xAsahi Drinks and Studio Ghibli are collaborating on a commercial for Tales from Earthsea. They had previously worked together on an ad for Umacha chilled tea.

Background paintings and Goro Miyazaki's rough sketch from the film are being displayed at the Otemachi Museum in the Otemachi Station (Toei subway Mita line). Images of the sketch and a translation of the insertion song are availible from Online Ghibli.

The NHK program "Professional" features Toshio Suzuki on the April 6th broadcast. The filming of the show was mentioned in Goro Miyazaki's blog (January 10, 19).

Ghibli World reports that the theme song will be released as a CD single in June. A clip from the NTV program "Seikatsu Hot Morning" featuring an interview with Hayao Miyazaki is also availiable.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt ryfor the news.``xEEuEFEyAulIPDWjLSb``x1141316948``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki on Miyazaki``xllin``xThe February 22-24 (pages 39-41) Goro Miyazaki blog entries cover the relationship with his father, mother, and his decision to enter the animation field. Given the elder Miyazaki's legendary work habits it's interesting to read about the side effects it had on his family.

``xEEuEElEEpudGyPkrjd``x1141181104``xwhatsnew``x No Miyazaki at the Oscars``xllin``xAccording to this Jijitsushin news article (in Japanese) Miyazaki will not attend the ceremony this Sunday (5 March).

If Howl's Moving Castle wins the Best Animated Feature award the presenter will accept on behalf of Miyazaki.

Miyazaki did not attend the year Spirited Away was nominated (and won).

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEuEpZkZyyLIleybqe``x1141072766``xlatestnews``x Free Screening of Totoro in Dallas``xhairston``xBuena Vista is sponsoring a free theatrical showing of the new dubbed version of "My Neighbor Totoro" in Dallas, TX on Saturday March 4th at 10 am at the Magnolia Theater, 3699 McKinney Avenue.

To attend the screening, download this pass (a Word document). You must call the RSVP number on the pass to get your name on the list. You can bring more than two people per pass, but you must let them know the number of people when you call. You also must bring a copy of the pass with you to the showing to get in.

Thanks go to Brad Johnson of Susan Jacobs Inc. for organizing this screening. ``xEEuEpVZFlZDkvXcXiP``x1141057387``xlatestnews``x Updated: Miyazaki Films on Cartoon Network``xllin``xStarting at 7:30pm Saturday, March 18, Toonami will celebrate their 9th anniversary by airing a month of Miyazaki films:

Spirited Away - March 18
Princess Mononoke - March 25
Castle in the Sky - April 1
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - April 8

Edits (if any) to the film remain unknown.

Thanks to Paul Mayer, Jean Yeatman, and Toon Zone News for the news.``xEEuEpkEplApRbOLuan``x1141021089``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer Translation``xllin``x(0:04)
The balance of the world is collapsing.

(0:14)
People are moving restlessly, but without a purpose. The thing reflected in their eyes was a dream or a death, or other world somewhere.

(0:25)
Original: Ursula K. Le Guin "Gedo Senki" Screenplay: Miyazaki Goro, Niwa Keiko[1]

(0:43)
People's heads are becoming strange.[2]

(0:58)
Archmage Ged who left to search for the source of the disaster meets the boy Arren who has the darkness in the his mind.

(1:03)
Arren: Okada Junichi

(1:08)
Ged: Sugawara Bunta

(1:11)
The boy had been chased by the shadow.

(1:36)
The girl Theru who has a burn wound on her face appears in front of Arren who is frightened by the shadow.

(1:47)
Theru: Teshima Aoi (new face)

(1:55)
Tenar: Fubuki Jun

(1:57)
King: Kobayashi Kaoru
Vendor: Baisyo Mitsuko
Hare: Kagawa Teruyuki[3]
Cob: Tanaka Yuko[4]

(2:12)
Miyazaki Goro's first film.

(2:19)
Music: Terashima Tamiya
Insertion song: "A song of Theru"[5]
Singer: Teshima Aoi

(2:37)
"I hate a person who doesn't value life!"
(voice of Theru)

(2:44)
"Miyazaki Goro's first film Gedo Senki."
(narration and caption)

(2:50)
"This summer, Man and Dragon will be one."
(narration and caption)

[1]: Notation of the names is with the family name first.
[2]: Japanese transcribes "Ningen" [human being]. I translated it as "people". And Japanese transcribes "Atama" [head]". This "head" means brain or mind.
[3]: "Hare" is the name of a subordinate of the wizard.
[4]: "Cob" is the name of the wizard.
[5]: It already announced that Teshima Aoi sings the theme song and insertion song of Gedo Senki. The song used in the trailer is the insertion song. Miyazaki Goro wrote the words for these songs.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the translation and Jorge Enrique Monsegny Parra and Ita Kung for corrections.``xEEupAukFAEGPoINQxc``x1140942391``xlatestnews``x New York International Children's Film Festival Screenings``xllin``xThe NYICFF has been a strong supporter of Studio Ghibli's works over the years and has premiered many of the English dubs.

My Neighbor Totoro has its east cost premiere at the NYICFF on March 11 at 11:00am and all attendees will receive a "Miyazaki DVD" (actual title unknown).

Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind is the other scheduled Studio Ghibli flim and will screen on April 1 and 2.

Ticket prices for each screening are $10.75 adults, $7.00 children under 12. Tickets may be purchased online for a $1.00 per order service charge.

Thanks to Clyde Adams III and Eugene Myers for the news.``xEEuplpFVpuaHUYhASR``x1140803504``xlatestnews``x Updated: "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer to Premiere on NTV``xllin``xStudio Ghibli announced that the trailer for Tales from Earthsea will air on NTV's "Zoom In Super" program (5:30am - 8:00am) on February 23.

"Zoom In Super" has premiered previous Studio Ghibli film trailers before they're attached to other films in theaters.

Catsuka has a of the trailer.

Ghibli World has two versions of the trailer for viewing, additional voice cast details, and a translation of Goro Miyazaki's comments on his father.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa, Tsuka, and Peter van der Lugt for the news.
``xEEupyFVlFpNoBWSaKe``x1140635830``xlatestnews``x Updated: Additional FilmFour Showings``xllin``xAlthough the FilmFour season officially ended in February, the UK-based satellite television channel has scheduled a couple of the films which were absent from the original line-up:

April 1 - Whisper of the Heart
April 2 - My Neighbor Totoro
April 5 - Whisper of the Heart
April 6 - My Neighbor Totoro
April 10 - The Little Norse Prince
April 11 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
April 12 - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
April 13 - Laputa: The Castle in the Sky
April 14 - My Neighbor Totoro
April 15 - Princess Mononoke
April 16 - Kiki's Delivery Service
April 17 - Grave of the Fireflies
April 18 - Pom Poko
April 19 - Porco Rosso
April 20 - Only Yesterday
April 22 - The Cat Returns
April 21 - Whisper of the Heart

Thanks to David Taylor at TV and Satellite Week for the news.``xEEupyFVEFVBgbqNGLA``x1140635135``xlatestnews``x Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki Released``xllin``xThe book by Dani Cavallaro recently hit bookstores, more details from the publisher.``xEEupyFVpEFONhZxRXU``x1140635013``xlatestnews``x Newsbits from Japan and Europe``xllin``xThe main theme music to Howl's Moving Castle (The Merry-go-round of Life) was an instrumental in the film.
Lyrics were recently written by Wakako KAKU who wrote lyrics for Itsumo Nando Demo (Always with Me) from Spirited Away and "Sekai no Yakusoku" (The Promise of the World) from Howl's Moving Castle.

The song is included on a CD by Japanese female singer Kumiko scheduled for release on March 8. The title of the CD is "Kumiko's Best - Waga uruwashiki koimonogatari (Ma Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour)".

Information currently availlble from the top page at the official Studio Ghibli site (in
Japanese) or CD Japan (in English).

Studio Ghibli announced that the NHK's program "Seikatsu Hot Morning" will air a 50 minutes long interview with Hayao Miyazaki from 8:30 AM to 9:25 AM on February 24. It is the first time that he guides the museum on TV. Ghibli says "It becomes valuable 50 minutes."

According to Goro Miyazaki's February 21 blog, 18 years old girl Aoi Teshima sings "A song of Theru" in the trailer. He also announced that he will write about why he became a director and thoughts about the relationship with his father. (Partially covered in the blog's Prologue)

According to the February 17 production diary, 326 of 1,235 (26%) cuts of Gedo Senki were completed.

Details of production situation:
(According to the February 15 production diary)
Layout: 1,218 of 1,235 (99%) cuts completed.
Goro did the layout of 402 (33%) cuts
Key animation: 790 (64%) cuts
Animation: 458 (37%) cuts
Background paintings: 468 (38%) cuts

Ghibli World has news about the re-opening of the "Totoro House" in the Aichi prefecture.

Takahata is the guest of honor at
Anima 2006 in Brussels. Questions for the director can be sent to Ghibli World for possible submission.

Thanks to Fumio Saku Takeuchi, T.Ishikawa, Peter van der Lugt, and Werner Geeroms for the news.``xEEupVuEFpVeloJnwfx``x1140541305``xlatestnews``x "Howl" Nominated for a Saturn``xllin``xThe Saturn Awards are issued by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films.

Howl's Moving Castle is nominated in the Best Animated Film catagory along with Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Hoodwinked, Madagascar, and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.``xEEupEppZpyDyrAfvXK``x1140100706``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Voice Cast``xllin``xFrom Ghibli World via Sanspo comes word of the main voice cast for Tales from Earthsea.

Ged will be voiced by Bunta Sugawara (72) who also did the voice of Kamaji in "Spirited Away".

Junichi Okada (25) will play Prince Arren. He's best known for his involvement with the singing group V6.``xEEFAAupFEEOYFbzFzU``x1139940311``xlatestnews``x Studio Ghibli Museum News``xllin``xInformation about "THE DAY I HARVESTED A STAR", a short film screening at the Studio Ghibli Museum has been posted at Ghibli World.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEFAlpyAuyCXvMophR``x1139806946``xlatestnews``x Film Screenings Around the World``xllin``xCineworld in the UK are showing Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away on Saturday mornings at 10am in their "Movies for Juniors" slot. The cost for juniors is 1 pound, no-one over 12 is allowed without a child.

The Madison Cinematheque at the University of Wisconsin will be screening Kiki's Delivery Service on April 29 at 7:30pm with a 35mm print (Japanese audio/English subtitles).

Thanks to Tony Shaddock abd William Meyer for the news.``xEEFAVEkulpcNfYdrfG``x1139512480``xlatestnews``x NTV Miyazaki Interview``xllin``xGhibli World now has the complete NTV Miyazaki interview mentioned in the previous news article.

It's not subtitled but does contain more footage of the new Studio Ghibli Museum shorts.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.``xEEFAuVpZpZprsJgdRD``x1139450707``xlatestnews``x TV Coverage of the Studio Ghibli Museum and Miyazaki``xllin``xCatsuka is hosting a clip from NHK's "Ohayo Nippon" that shows footage of the new Studio Ghibli Museum shorts. The file is also mirrored at Ghibli World.

A news clip about Miyazaki aired on NTV. It covered his work cleaning a forest called Fuchi no Mori in a place over Higashi Murayama city in Tokyo, and Tokorozawa city in Saitama. Miyazaki lives nearby and established the fund in order to protect the forest from housing development ten years ago. He annually helps in the cleanup effort with other residents.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Peter van der Lugt for the news. ``xEEFAkVlVyZamYHAAsO``x1139258567``xlatestnews``x "Howl's Moving Castle" Shutout at the Annie Awards``xllin``xThe 33rd Annual Annie Awards were swept by "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" which won in 10 catagories including Best Animated Feature.

The winner of the Best Animated Feature Annie has gone on to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar every year.``xEEFAEyAZZZHbyfWBWZ``x1139169777``xlatestnews``x News from Japan``xllin``xBritain's ITV1 The South Bank Show on February 19 will focus on anime and manga with at least a mention of Miyazaki.

Studio Ghibli announced that NHK's "Ohayo Nippon" will air an interview with Miyazaki about the new museum shorts around 7:45 AM, February 6. A part of the film is also introduced a bit.

Watch Impress reports that Buena Vista has announced a Blu-ray Disc lineup and Buena Vista Japan DVD campaign related to films released this year. Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) is included in this campaign, however, the content of the campaign was not announced.

According to this picture, three million hits were recorded on December 13 when Studio Ghibli new website opened. This picture says "January 13", but it might be a mistake because it is written "the first day".

Toshio Suzuki makes a reference to Gedo Senki in "The History of Ghibli" section of the Studio Ghibli website: "The challenge in the production of Gedo Senki is a cost cut. Previous Ghibli film needed about 18 months for the drawing. This may be a reckless challenge, but it is the important thing to improve high cost constitution of Ghibli. The success or failure of this film will control the future of Ghibli."

Animation work began on September 6. Perhaps Gedo Senki will be completed in May. Therefore, production cost is largely reduced.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEFlAEAkZkTDFvBjTT``x1138919272``xlatestnews``x "Howl" News Bits``xllin``xYahoo! Asia News covers the Japanese film industry for 2005 and notes that Howl's Moving Castle earned 19.6 billion yen and the number one spot for box office totals.

The Hollywood Reporter has an article about the nominees for Best Animated Feature Film. Choice quote:

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Bill Kroyer, governor of the Academy's animation branch, said the group isn't swayed by the popular vote at the boxoffice.

"The branch is not choosing movies because of commercial popularity or financial success," he said. "They're choosing because of the art of animation and what is being done to extend the medium from the animator's viewpoint."
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Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.``xEEFlAppFVELwjVcnYi``x1138900351``xlatestnews``x "Howl" Nominated for Oscar``xllin``x"Howl's Moving Castle" has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar along with "Corpse Bride" and "Wallace and Gromit".

Thanks to Brian Ruh for the news.``xEEFlZEylAyHPqgVHlP``x1138716896``xlatestnews``x "Only Yesterday" and "Pom Poko" to air Thursday on Turner Classic Movies``xhairston``xThe final installment of the Miyazaki Festival on Turner Classic Movies will be this Thursday evening with the broadcast of two of Isao Takahata's films, "Only Yesterday" and "Pom Poko." "Only Yesterday" will air at 8pm and 12:30am (Eastern) with both showings in Japanese with English subtitles. "Pom Poko" will air at 10:15pm (dubbed) and again at 2:45am (subbed). "Only Yesterday" is being shown both times with subtitles because Disney has not dubbed it. According to our interview with Cindy and Don Hewitt Disney has no current plans to release "Only Yesterday" to home video in the US, so this may be your only chance to catch it. On the other hand, the fact that Disney is allowing it to be broadcast on TCM at all is a hopeful sign that they may yet release it here someday. The TCM website for the films is here.

One of the Miyazaki ML members wrote to TCM asking about future broadcasts of the Ghibli films and received a reply stating that TCM would be showing repeats of these films through the end of May. Currently the February and March schedules are on-line and the only listing on those is for the dub of "Spirited Away" to be shown on Saturday March 28 at 2pm (Eastern).

Thanks to William Raymer for the information on future showings. ``xEEFlEyyAVyIjBEobrM``x1138166956``xlatestnews``x "Tales from Earthsea" Trailer``xllin``xAccording to Goro Miyazaki's January 23 blog (translated) a 3 minute trailer of Tales from Earthsea will be released on February 24.

The trailer was edited by Itagaki Keiichi who has edited the trailers for previous Studio Ghibli films.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEFlpVppuVqhpWSIMT``x1138050045``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" to air on Cartoon Network``xhairston``xTV Guide Online is listing that Cartoon Network will be showing "Spirited Away" on Friday February 3 from 7 to 10pm (Eastern Time). No word about whether it will be shown widescreen (like it was on Turner Classic Movies) or fullscreen, but it will most certainly have commercial breaks. (source: Animeondvd.com forums)``xEEFlpEAyulBPHEvzkZ``x1138019648``xlatestnews``x New dubs of "Totoro" and "Whisper of the Heart" premiere Thursday on Turner Classic Movies``xhairston``xTurner Classic Movies' next installment of Miyazaki films runs Thursday January 19th with the US premieres of the new English dubs of "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Whisper of the Heart." The new dub of "Totoro" will be broadcast from 8pm to 9:30 (Eastern) followed by the dub of "Porco Russo" from 9:30pm to 11:15. The new dub of "Whisper" will be broadcast from 11:15pm to 1:15am. (The subbed versions of all three films will then be broadcast in the same order at 1:15am, 2:45, and 4:30.) Like last week, these film will also be broadcast on TCM Canada.

Although Disney has permitted preview showings of all the other home video dubs at film festivals before, this is the first time they have allowed a commercial television broadcast before the home video release. (Both "Totoro" and "Whisper" will be released on home video in the US on March 7th along with "Howl's Moving Castle.") The information about the whole festival and further information about each film is here on the TCM website. ``xEEFZyFpAZAtAQvodzP``x1137630979``xlatestnews``x News from Japan``xllin``xLawson "Ghibli Museum Monthly Report" reports new two panorama boxes which Miyazaki drew.

http://www.lawson.co.jp/lawson_plus/ghibli/m_report.html

Top: Oni no Meshiya (Ogre's Restaurant) new version
Next: Kagami no Kuni (Country of Mirror)
Next: Yuri Norstein's panorama box

There are seven panorama boxes in the museum.
"Oni no Meshiya" developed into the new museum short film "Yado Sagashi".
"Muzugumo Monmon" developed from panorama box too.
Various characters hide in this panorama box.
Miyazaki interview (in Japanese)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/ghibli/cnt_interview_20060117.htm
He gave this interview at the museum.
He is drawing a picture of "The day I bought a star" on a globe.
This globe is exhibited in the museum.

According to the January 16 production diary, 129 of 1,235 (10.45%) cuts of "Tales from Earthsea" were completed by last Friday.

According to Goro's diary on January 10, NHK TV program "Professional" crew comes to the studio every day, and are covering Toshio Suzuki's work. According to Goro, making of Gedo may also be introduced in this program.

The broadcast date of this program will be announced later.
http://www.ghibli.jp/ged_02/20director/000234.html

"Professional" website.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/professional/index.html

Kominica release an elaborate Totoro/Mei/Satsuki figure set next month.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news``xEEFZuZAkppQRabViBT``x1137479200``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki Interview about Museum Shorts and "Tales from Earthsea"``xllin``xThe Daily Yomiuri Online has coverage (in English) of a recent roundtable interview with Miyazaki. He talks about the three newest Studio Ghibli Museum films and has the following comments about his role in the production of Tales of Earthsea:

I won't say anything [about the movie], lend a hand or even look it over. I'm not involved in any way. I'm keeping myself to myself in my studio as whenever we see each other we quickly start to feel tension.

The relationship between a parent and a child isn't easy or simple. And I myself have my own standards to evaluate other people as professionals--whoever they may be.

But I'd never say, "Give up!" even if I didn't like something he was doing. I've never said anything like that to him.``xEEFZplkAEVCgxgEnFC``x1137082915``xlatestnews``x "Nausicaa" and "Castle in the Sky" showing Thursday on Turner Classic Movies``xhairston``xThe North American cable channel Turner Classic Movies will continue their Miyazaki Festival this Thursday evening with the showing of "Nausicaa" and "Castle in the Sky." The dubbed versions will be broadcast at 8 and 10pm (Eastern Time) followed by the subtitled versions at 12:15 and 2:15am. John Lasseter and Ben Mankiewicz (TCM's Animation host) do a short introduction to each film in this series. The website for the film series is here and TCM is running a contest giving away Ghibli DVDs and books here.

These and the rest of the films will be broadcast on TCM Canada. TCM confirmed last week that it was a problem in getting the Canadian broadcast rights that prevented them from showing "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke" on TCM Canada. ``xEEFyAlyZuuOEaXQtwE``x1136986744``xlatestnews``x Reminder: FilmFour Studio Ghibli Season``xllin``xThe UK-based TV channel FilmFour is broadcasting 11 works from Miyazaki and Takahata. Full listing with showtimes.

Thanks to Joss Widdowson and Neodemi for the news.``xEEFylVlFZyFcyPCZPB``x1136858376``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's 65th Birthday``xhairston``xToday (January 5) is Miyazaki's sixty-fifth birthday.
Happy Birthday, Sensei!
May you have many more years and many more films!
from Team Ghiblink``xEEFyVEVklALzCvJvXn``x1136515289``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki featured on BBC4 special``xhairston``xStarting on Wednesday January 10 the British film critic Jonathan Ross will host a three-part series on BBC4 about Asian Cinema entitled Asian Invasion. The first part will focus on Japanese film, both live-action and anime. Miyazaki's work will be featured along with the work of Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo.

The website for this episode is here.``xEEFyVEEZuVdOXZMKfa``x1136511745``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke" Showing Thursday on Turner Classic Movies``xhairston``xThis is a reminder about the beginning of the Miyazaki Festival on the North American cable channel Turner Classic Movies. The dub of "Spirited Away" will be shown at 8 pm (Eastern time) on Thursday January 5 followed by the dub of "Princess Mononoke" at 10:15 pm. The subtitled versions will be shown afterwards at 1 am and 3:15 am respectively. They will be broadcast in widescreen format and without commercial interruptions. The website at Turner Classic Movies about the Miyazaki Festival is at
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article/?cid=114160
and contains lengthy articles about each of the movies along with film clips.

TCM is also holding a contest with the winner receiving 3 DVDs, 5 books, and 5 graphic novels.

Update: While the Canadian schedule doesn't list "Spirited Away" and "Mononoke Hime" the other films are listed later in the month.

Thanks to Ryan Luttio for the news.``xEEFyFFykEVaDzpEucL``x1136336215``xlatestnews``x "Earthsea" Interview with Producer Toshio Suzuki``xllin``xGhibli World has links to the first large interview with Tales from Earthsea Producer Toshio Suzuki.

One interesting note is that initial production started in October 2003.``xEEFyFEppFkWbnHSuHx``x1136310032``xlatestnews``x "Little Nemo" Released on R2 DVD``xllin``xGhibli World has details and background on the recent Japanese DVD release of "Little Nemo".

Miyazaki and Takahata started on the film but left before completion.``xEEFVlpkpVFtAYaVwZj``x1135802053``xlatestnews``x Newsbits from Japan``xllin``xFree program streaming website "PC TV GyaO" is streaming Hisaishi's concert "Lovers of December" that was held at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall on
December 5: http://www.gyao.jp/music/hisaishi/

How to see this program.
1. Click "PLAY"
2. Register with "date of birth", "e-mail address", and "occupation". Choose "agreement" (not necessary to choose it)

Program:
Commercial
1.World Dream 2.American in Paris
Commercial
3.Bolero
Commercial
4.Sweet Christmas
5.The Merry-go-round of Life '05

43 minutes
New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra

Ghibli museum announced that Miyazaki Hayao is preparing the related exhibition of the new short films which starts on January 3 in a gallery with museum staff every day. And announced that only "Hoshi wo Katta Hi" will be screened with Japanese
subtitle few times per a day for disabled person.
http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/welcome/w_tanpen.html

LAWSON Ghibli Museum website intoroduces new museum director Kiyofumi Nakajima.
http://www.lawson.co.jp/lawson_plus/ghibli/m_report.html http://www.lawson.co.jp/lawson_plus/ghibli/index.html

At Heidi exhibition in the special gallery, Miyazaki draws many pictures himself and explains the process of work, and difficulties.
http://www.lawson.co.jp/lawson_plus/ghibli/heidi.html

Buena Vista Japan Ghibli DVD English website online.
http://club.buenavista.jp/ghibli_eng/

Can see the trailer of "Ningen wa Nani wo Tabetekitaka" DVD from the Ghibli Gakujutsu Library.
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata deeply impressed in this NHK documentary. Each DVD has bonus feature of Miyazaki and Takahata talk.
http://club.buenavista.jp/ghibli/product/index.jsp?cid=304

7andY Ghibli website intoroduces the book "Oga Kazuo's Works 2"
http://7andy.yahoo.co.jp/esb/docs/sp/ghibli/ghiblitop.html
http://7andy.yahoo.co.jp/esb/docs/sp/ghibli/ghibli_oga.html

Comparison of scenery in the Alsace region and Howl's Moving Castle.
http://7andy.yahoo.co.jp/esb/docs/sp/ghibli/door_01.html

Thanks to T. Ishikawa and Oliver "Wildthing" Ho for the news.``xEEFVVyAFlEKpwHPQar``x1135569381``xlatestnews``x "Earthsea" Director's Blog Translation``xllin``xThe first of Goro Miyazaki's blog entries has been translated thanks to the efforts of Paul Barnier.

We're still looking for additional help so drop us a line if you're interested.``xEEFVkZVAkAANUdpPxL``x1135275929``xwhatsnew``x Updated: New Studio Ghibli Museum Film``xllin``xInformation about the new Miyazaki short film (in Japanese) starting at the Studio Ghibli Museum on January 3.

TOP:
The story of Fuki, an energetic girl setting out on a trip to look for a new house. There's little dialog, and in an unusual twist all sound (music, sound effects, dialog) is expressed by people's voices. "House-hunting".

NEXT:
The story of "Mon-mon", a water spider who experiences love at first sight with a lovely water strider, who skitters freely over the surface of the water. "Mon-mon the water spider."

NEXT:
The story of a visionary world according to artist Naohisa Inoue's original work "Iblard". "The Day I Harvested a Star".

NEXT:
The Saturn Theatre, where Ghibli shorts are shown that can't be seen anywhere else.

Article:
One of the pleasures of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka no mori is the Saturn Theatre, which shows short films that can't be seen anywhere else. Start from January 3 of next year, as a commemoration of the completion of the newest anime helmed by directory Miyazaki (?!), 3 short films will be shown rather than the usual one. Visitors will be able to choose which one of the three to see (until about March 13).

One of the highlights of the new works is the splendid voice casting. For "Hoshi wo katta hi" KAMIKI Ryuunosuke and SUZUKI Kyouko, for "Mon-mon the water spider" YANO Akiko, and for "Househunting" Ms. Yano again and TAMORI do the voice work, in a unique performance. A month's worth of museum entry tickets are currently on sale, so those with an interest should act quickly.

SATURN THEATRE NEW ANIMATION SHORT SHOWINGS
January 3, 2006 through March 13, 2006
(the schedule for after that period is planned to be announced on February 1)

Place: Mitaka no mori Ghibli museum, Saturn Theatre
Works shown: "House-hunting", "Mon-mon the water spider", "The Day I Harvested a Star".

Details:
During this time, each museum visitor can see only one of these films. The films will be shown in turn.


Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.``xEEFVEulppZIovPvyKQ``x1135148007``xlatestnews``x Translation Help``xllin``xWe're seeking folks interested in expanding the understanding of Studio Ghibli via translation of director Goro Miyazaki's "Tales from Earthsea" blog and the studio's production diary.

Please contact us for further details.``xEEFVpEklFymDnvfhYE``x1135012836``xwhatsnew``x Details for R1 "Totoro" DVD (and a little UK news)``xllin``xDaniel Zelter let us know that Disney has updated their site with the official listing for the upcoming DVD of My Neighbor Totoro.

Rich Salter wrote in to say that Optimum Releasing has opened a site dedicated to their series of Studio Ghibli releases: www.studioghiblidvd.co.uk.``xEEFVpEEFpyiNqckKNw``x1135011306``xlatestnews``x "Howl" Nominated for Three Annie Awards``xhairston``xHowl's Moving Castle has been nominated in three award categories for the annual "Annie Awards" given out by ASIFA-Hollywood this coming February 4th. The three nominations are 1) Best Animated Feature (other nominees: Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Madagascar, and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit); 2) Best Directing in an Animated Feature: Miyazaki (other nominees: Mike Johnson and Tim Burton for Corpse Bride and Nick Park and Steve Box for Wallace and Gromit); and 3) Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production: Miyazaki, Don and Cindy Hewitt (other nominees: Steve Box, Nick Park, Bob Baker, and Mark Burton for Wallace and Gromit, Tony Leondis, Michael LaBash, and Tom Rogers for Kronk�s New Groove). A full list of the categories and nominees can be found here. In 2003 Spirited Away won all four Annie Awards it was nominated for: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Music in an Animated Feature (Joe Hisaishi).

Thanks to Anime News Network for the news.``xEEFuykuFpZmEJdYiFf``x1134624307``xlatestnews``x Updated: Next Studio Ghibli Film Announced``xllin``xDoraneko posted the following to the MML:

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Studio Ghibli has officially announced that their next feature film will be Gedo Senki (Gedo War History), directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki. The film will be an adaptation of Ursula K Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea," and will be released in the Japanese theatres in July 2006.

The Studio's official site has also undergone a revamp. Details of the new film can be found there. There are also dedicated sections of production diary and director's diary. Goro Miyazaki has posted some comments on his father's opposition towards his work as a director.
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Our Tales of Earthsea page is now up.

Ghibli World has a translation of a section of Goro's blog/diary with thoughts about his reason for directing and his father's reaction.``xEEFuuVZAkkoJLjcSzp``x1134457922``xlatestnews``x "Howl" Wins in New York``xllin``xHowl's Moving Castle picked up the Best Animated Film award from the New York Film Critics Circle.

We'll be keeping track of the awards on this page.``xEEFuuVuVpuTnltAbjB``x1134454504``xlatestnews``x Hisaishi Wins LA Film Critic Award``xllin``xThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded its Best Musical Score award to Joe Hisaishi for "Howl's Moving Castle".

Thanks to guuchan for posting the news to the MML.``xEEFuFVFuFupvuZZLYW``x1134353434``xlatestnews``x Updated: December News Bits``xllin``xHowl's Moving Castle opened the Animated Image International Festival (Animadrid) in Madrid on November 25. The Spanish newspaper El Pais published an article. (Damian Vila)

Roberto Sommella has written a dissertation (in Italian) on Disney and Miyazaki titled "A Wonderland Spirited Away - Il mondo animato da Walt Disney a Hayao Miyazaki". The full paper requires a fee to read.

Simon Downes send word that Conan, The Boy in Future is curently airing on Animax in India dubbed in English. It's showing Monday to Friday from 1530-1600.

Ghibli World has some details on the Howl's Moving Castle DVD releases in Korean and Hong Kong.

The Norwegian Public Broadcasting plans to show Spirited Away on December 28. It will be shown on the channel NRK2 at 9:30 p.m. Thanks to Bjorn Grimsmo for the news.``xEEFFAAykkkYLQsMaeO``x1134341822``xlatestnews``x Cover Art for March R1 DVD Releases``xllin``xUltimate Disney is showing the cover art for the three upcoming releases on March 7.

Thanks to William Raymer for posting the news to the MML.``xEEFuEykypkfpohplCN``x1134162602``xlatestnews``x Updated: Studio Ghibli Retrospective on UK TV``xllin``xThe FilmFour satellite TV channel in the UK is launching a major retrospective of the works of Miyazaki, Takahata, and Studio Ghibli throughout January and on into February.

The titles being screened in January are:

Jan 01 - Princess Mononoke
Jan 05 - Princess Mononoke
Jan 07 - The Little Norse Prince
Jan 08 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Jan 11 - The Little Norse Prince
Jan 12 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Jan 14 - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Jan 15 - Pom Poko
Jan 18 - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Jan 19 - Pom Poko
Jan 21 - Laputa: The Castle in the Sky
Jan 22 - Kiki's Delivery Service
Jan 25 - Laputa: The Castle in the Sky
Jan 26 - Kiki's Delivery Service
Jan 28 - Only Yesterday
Jan 29 - Porco Rosso

"Pom Poko" has taken the place of "My Neighbor Totoro".

Feb 1 - Only Yesterday
Feb 2 - Porco Rosso
Feb 4 - Princess Mononoke
Feb 4 - Grave of the Fireflies
Feb 5 - The Cat Returns
Feb 8 - Princess Mononoke
Feb 8 - Grave of the Fireflies
Feb 9 - The Cat Returns

Most of the films will be shown with their English dub.

Thanks to David Taylor TV & Satellite Week for the news.``xEEFFuyklFFEPAHLljW``x1134067633``xlatestnews``x Specs for R1 "Whisper" DVD``xllin``xDisney has posted some details about the upcoming release (7 March 2006) of Whisper of the Heart.

The bonus features are similar to the previous releases:

* Behind The Microphone With Voice Talent From The Film Including Brittany Snow, Courtney Thorne-Smith, David Gallagher, and Cary Elwes
* Original Storyboards
* Trailers And TV Spots

The film is rated G.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.``xEEFFlEyuAZRzwVChlZ``x1133816497``xlatestnews``x Australian Release Dates for Howl, Totoro, and Whisper``xllin``xMadman Entertainment recently annouced March 15 as the release date for the DVDs. Howl's Moving Castle will see two releases, a "limited" edition (25,000 copies, two discs) as well as a standard single-disc version.

Thanks to Sylvester Ip of Madman for the news.``xEEFFEAZEEyOJbjYjIe``x1133197116``xlatestnews``x Dates Announced for R1 Release of Totoro, Whisper, and Howl``xhairston``xThe website www.ultimatedisney.com has posted on their coming soon page that the R1 DVDs of My Neighbor Totoro, Whisper of the Heart, and Howl's Moving Castle will be released on March 7, 2006. (Scroll down to items 39-41 on their webpage to see the listing.)

Thanks to Paul Mayer from the Miyazaki Mailing List for the heads up.``xEEFkVuFZEZRUJXSHFm``x1132543717``xlatestnews``x Ocsar Advertisements Begin``xllin``xHowl's Moving Castle

• Pom Poko - 19 October 2005


• Panda! Go Panda! - December 2005


• Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - 18 january 2006


• Only Yesterday - 18 October 2006


• Porco Rosso - January 2007

• My Neighbor Totoro - September 2005


• Howl's Moving Castle - November 2005


• 6 Pack bundle: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa, Kiki's Delivery Service & Totoro - Christmas 2005


• Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - November 2006


• Pom Poko - 2006


• Only Yesterday - 2006


• Porco Rosso - Christmas 2007

"A notorious perfectionist and workaholic, Miyazaki is already busy with his next project, which is pencilled in for a 2007 or 2008 release. 'He's good for another ten years at least,' insists Suzuki. 'He has no plans to retire.'"

• Japanese director develops following (Dallas Morning News)
• Three Studio Ghibli Masterpieces Get Long-Anticipated DVD Releases (Cavalier Daily)
• Newsweek's "Tip Sheet" section contains a small Porco Rosso blurb.

• Sample Ad (4.5 MB, QuickTime)

• Nausicaa
• Porco Rosso
• The Cat Returns

• Nausicaa


• Porco Rosso


• The Cat Returns

• NTV Trailer (aired around 20 October)
• MPEG-1 (10 MB)
• Windows Media 9 (5.25 MB)
• XviD (6 MB)
• MP3 (2 MB, audio-only)

• Trailer (aired around 20 November)
• MPEG-1 (10 MB)
• Windows Media 9 (5 MB)
• XviD (6 MB)

• Anne Hathaway ("The Princes Diaries 2: Royal Engagement")


• Cary Elwes ("Ella Enchanted")


• Peter Boyle (TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond")


• Elliott Gould ("Ocean's Eleven")


• Andy Richter ("Elf")


• Rene Auberjonois ("The Little Mermaid")


• Tim Curry ("The Wild Thornberrys Movie")


• Judy Greer ("The Village")


• Andrew Bevis


• Kristen Bell


• Kristine Sutherland (TV's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer")


• Katia Coe

• Reuters


• Japan Today


• Radio Capital 1 (Italian)


• Radio Capital 2 (Italian)


• Stuttgarter Zeitung (German)


• Australian Age (registration)


• DVDTimes


• Vladimir

• Bathroom


• Calcifer


• Castle


• Castle Legs


• Lettie


• Madam


• Michael


• Michael in a Room


• Rubber


• Scarecrow

• Nausica� and baby ohmu


• The Valley Gunship


• Nausica� on Kai


• Nausica� on Mehve

• My Neighbor Totoro


• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind


• Porco Rosso

New sections have been added for two films on which Katsuya KONDOU worked: The Aurora and Like the Clouds, Like the Wind. ``xEplkFuylkVeGGwBHTY``x1082346825``xwhatsnew``x Takahata and Steven Alpert in LA``xllin``xPosted by Terry Dawson to the MML:

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Isao Takahata & Steve Alpert will be featured at a two-day program in Los Angeles, April 23-24, with a number of interesting looking sessions and screening of four Takahata films. The programs are free, but attendance is limited.

Details at: http://www.annenberg.edu/anime/

sessions include:

Keynote address
Isao Takahata, Director, Studio Ghibli
"Our Works and Traditional Japanese Culture"

Steve Alpert, Senior Vice President, Studio Ghibli
"Japanese Animation - Why Americans Don't Get It, But Europeans Do"
Screening of Only Yesterday

Workshop: Teaching Japanese Culture Through Animation
Moderated by Nancy C. Lutkehaus
Confirmed participants include: Anne Allison, Steve Alpert, Gordon Berger (USC), Mizuko Ito, Stan Rosen (USC), Ellen Seiter (USC)

Screening of Grave of the Fireflies

Screening of My Neighbors the Yamadas

Screening of Pom Poko

Question and Answer Session by Isao Takahata
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The staff of director Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" is currently working hard towards a national release this fall.

The magnificent main cast, who will portray the heroine Sophie, the wizard Howl, and the Witch of the Waste who casts a curse on Sofie, has been chosen. This is our report.

- Producer Toshio Suzuki - (Studio Ghibli)

The storyboards are finished, and the production, centering on director Hayao Miyazaki, is progressing well. We'll be starting voice recording at last in the middle of April. For the main cast, we have decided on three actors representative of Japan.

The heroine is the eighteen-year-old Sophie. She is cursed by a certain witch and becomes a ninety-year-old woman. Even though she's old, she's still quite energetic! This Sophie meets the wizard Howl and begins an unusual co-existence with him in the castle.

Chieko Baisho [long o] will be playing the part of Sophie. It's difficult for a young woman to speak with the voice of an old woman. From the beginning, we knew we would have to get a veteran actress for the role. Then, one day we thought of Ms. Baisho. The truth is, I'm a fan of the "Otoko wa tsurai yo" [a.k.a. "Tora-san"] series and have seen them all, and when I consulted with Miyazaki, he agreed without hesitation.

The "weakling wizard" Howl is an extraordinarily good-looking young man, a type which one has seldom seen in Miyazaki's earlier films (smile). When one thinks of a representative handsome young man of Japan, Takuya Kimura comes immediately to mind. When I asked Miyazaki, "Have you heard of SMAP?" he replied, "Of course!" (smile). Miyazaki seems to be looking forward to the voice recording.

The one who casts the curse on Sophie is the Witch of the Waste. Looking at the character that Miyazaki created, it seemed that he had
someone specific in mind, so we sent a request to that person: Akihiro Miwa. As he also appeared in "Princess Mononoke," this will be his second Miyazaki picture.

It looks like Miyazaki's new film "Howl's Moving Castle" will be a great and moving work depicting the joys of life and of love.

- Chieko Baisho - (Sophie)

When I first heard that the role of Sophie would involve playing a part from eighteen years of age to ninety, I was a little confused, but since it's a role I could never do in a live-action picture, I'm looking forward to it.

- Takuya Kimura - (Howl)

I'm very honored to be allowed to participate for the first time in a Hayao Miyazaki work. As for myself, I want to see the completed film as soon as possible. I'm looking forward to it.

- Akihiro Miwa - (Witch of the Waste)

Following after "Princess Mononoke," I am delighted to be once again be asked to play a role in a Miyazaki film. And I am honored to have been designated by Director Miyazaki himself. To be able to take part in a film that will remain for posterity is a very great blessing for an actor. I hope to be allowed to give it my best shot.
----``xEplElykVpAhDJXrJBg``x1081862509``xlatestnews``x "Howl's Moving Castle" Diary Update``xllin``xThe latest batch of translated diary entries from the production of Howl's Moving Castle are now available.

Thanks to Philip Schnell for the great work.``xEplpAkkFEljAkjDONX``x1080922318``xwhatsnew``x "My Neighbor Totoro" Disney Cast``xllin``xThe featured cast for the new English dub of My Neighbor Totoro is:

• Dakota Fanning (I AM SAM) as Satsuki


• Elle Fanning (DADDY DAYCARE) as Mei


• Timothy Daly (WINGS) as Mr. Kusakabe


• Lea Salonga (MISS SAIGON) as Mrs. Kusakabe


• Pat Carroll (THE LITTLE MERMAID) as Granny

• Porco @ FYE


• Nausicaa @ FYE


• My Neighbor Totoro @ FYE

• New Viz Release vs. Old Viz Release


• New Viz Release vs. Japanese Animage


• New Viz Release Sample Page


• Old Viz Release Sample Page

• January 31: My Neighbor Totoro


• February 7: Kiki's Delivery Service


• February 14: Princess Mononoke


• February 21: Spirited Away

• General Overview


• Voice Actors


• Translating


• Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind


• Whisper of the Heart


• Spirited Away


• My Neighbor Totoro


• Howl's Moving Castle


• Miscellaneous

• Goteborg - Biopalatset (owned by Sandrews)


• Malmo - Biopalatset (Sandrews)


• Lund - Kino ("arts theatre" owned by Folkets Bio)


• Jonkoping - Royal (Sandrews)


• Linkoping - Royal (Sandrews)


• Karlstad - Royal (Sandrews)


• Uppsala - Royal (Sandrews)


• Umea - Royal (Sandrews)

I find Miyazaki refreshing precisely because so much commercial animation is lacking in imagination. Mainstream animated movies are dumbed-down and sanitised: they make the world in their own image rather than exploring the limitless possibilities that are out there. A lot of films now have such a strong commercial agenda riding on top of them that you can almost hear the meetings that have taken place. And you know that the meaning comes before the idea. What is this character about? What have they learned? What is their motivation? The joy of animation comes last.

• Press Release (in Italian, with Miyazaki interview)

• View the commercial (QuickTime format)


• View the commercial (QuickTime format, shown on the Cartoon Network)

• The entire Midwest except Oklahoma and Texas


• Deep South


• New Mexico


• New England


• Michigan


• Kentucky


• Tennessee


• Canada

• 8 MB video clip (DiVx 4)

• English (DD 5.1), Japanese (DD 2.0), and French (2.0) audio


• New Disney dub with rescored music by Joe Hisaishi


• English subtitles, English subtitles for the hard of hearing.


• 5 minute voice actors featurette


• Full storyboards on second disc with English (DD 5.1) or Japanese (DD 2.0) audio. No subtitles, no multiangle feature.

• IGN DVD review


• AnimeonDVD.com review

• Two trailers are automatically shown when the DVD loads ("Castle in the Sky" and "Spirited Away"). This is an annoying but skippable "bonus" by pressing the MENU button on the remote control.


• Audio options are Japanese, English, and Spanish. French is not present but the reviewed copy is pre-production and features might change.


• English Subtitle are the same as the R3 (Taiwan) DVD but in a different style:

R1 Subtitles
R3 Subtitles

• "English for the Hearing Impaired" and English subtitles are the only text options.


• The opening and closing credits adjust depending on what audio source is selected.


• Menus consist of static pictures and the transition sequence from the main menu to the sub-menus is identical for each sub-menu. The sequence doesn't play when going back to the main menu.


• The first disc is a DVD-9 while the second disc is a DVD-5.


• There's no forced trailer on the second (storyboards) disc.


• Storyboards can be viewed with Japanese or English audio, but no subtitles are available.


• Unlike the R2 and R3 DVDs, the storyboards do not utilize the multi-angle feature to switch between the storyboards and the final film version.


• No other extras are present on the second disc.

Main Feature
Storyboards

• Spirited Away


• Castle in the Sky


• Kiki's Delivery Service

• Full article


• About the characters


• Details of the characters


• Pictures of various items

• Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature


• Directing in an Animated Feature Production


• Music in an Animated Feature Production


• Writing in an Animated Feature Production

• Spirited Away


• Castle in the Sky


• Kiki's Delivery Service

• Castle of Cagliostro


• Spirited Away


• My Neighbors the Yamadas

• Ocean Waves


• The Story of Yanagawa's Canals


• Ghiblies


• Gauche the Cellist


• Chie the Brat

• Poster
  
• Press Release
  

• Theater name (full)/address/phone number/website
• Dates (example: October 4 - October 18)
• Showtimes
• Sub/Dub or mix
• Other details of note
  

• September 20 - "Spirited Away" opens (limited release) in the following cities:
  
  
  
  • Boston
    
  • Chicago
    
  • Los Angeles
    
  • Minneapolis
    
  • New York
    
  • Philadelphia
    
  • San Francisco
    
  • Seattle
    
  • Toronto
    
  • Washington D.C.
    
  
  
• September 28 - Film goes wide in the first 10 cities.
  
• October 4 - Film opens nationwide, cities that are confirmed include:
  
  
  
  • Atlanta
    
  • Dallas
    
  • Denver
    
  • Detroit
    
  • Houston
    
  • Phoenix
    
  • San Diego
    
  • Vancouver
    
  • Montreal
    
  
  

• No red tint. All DLP projectors are calibrated to the same spec, and there were no complaints about the DLP projection in Japan, therefore no problems are expected in the US. The film print also lacks the red tint.
  
• The dialog in the trailer (the scene with Chihiro and Haku) is not the same as in the movie.
  
• The ending song is in Japanese with no English subtitles. The R2 DVD also lack English subtitles for the ending song.
  
• A junket will be held during the Toronto International Film Festival.
  
• Distribution of the subtitled prints remains unknown.
  

• Film Comics Volumes 1-5
  
• The Art of Spirited Away
  
• Spirited Away Picture Book
  

• S�o Paulo
  
  
  
  • 7/27 - 20:00: ESPA�O UNIBANCO DE CINEMA (Unibank Space of Cinema)
    
  
  
• Rio de Janeiro
  
  
  
  • 7/20 - 20:00: CINEMA ODEON BR
    
  
  
  An introduction to the festival (in English) or the main festival website (in Portuguese).
  
  Thanks to Roger Labuto de Barros for the news.``xEpkykFkVZuQExCBiJB``x1026232574``xlatestnews``x "The Cat Returns" and "Ghiblies Episode 2" Clips``xllin``xNew clips (MPEG-1) from both "The Cat Returns" and "Ghiblies Episode 2" are available on their Related Media pages.``xEpkVyFykluAcGQHXhm``x1025636284``xwhatsnew``x "Laputa" DVD Announced``xllin``xThe DVD's release date is set for October 4, 2002.
  
  More information on the "Laputa" Video page.
  
  Thanks to the numerous people who wrote in with the information.``xEpkVklkEpZWNlLEolO``x1025282107``xwhatsnew``x "Sen" at the Moscow International Film Festival``xllin``xThe film is showing under the festival's "National Hits" banner which is defined as "Box-office hits in the country of production in 2001".
  
  "Sen" does not appear on the official schedule (for unknown reasons), but you can read the film's description on the festival's website (in English) or this page (in Russian).
  
  Theater: Rolan
  Date: June 29th
  Time: 13:30
  
  Any further news will be put on the 2002 Film Festivals page.
  
  Thanks to Igor Skochinsky for posting the news to the MML.``xEpkVEEEAyugXiTFedZ``x1025111964``xlatestnews``x Mamoru HOSODA Rumor``xnihon``xA rumor has been raging in the Japanese net community for a month or so about HOSODA quitting the Howl's Moving Castle project and/or quitting Studio Ghibli. Anime News Network has reported it as well ("Hosoda Leaves Ghibli" is the title of the article), but it is purely rumor (or a translation-caused misunderstanding) at this point.
  
  We know the following for facts:
  
  
  1. He has never been a regular employee of Studio Ghibli.
  
  
  2. He was brought in to direct this one film only (similar to the director of Neko no
     Ongaeshi and Umi ga Kikoeru)
  
  
  3. There is no official word from either Studio Ghibli or HOSODA as to whether he has quit the Howl project.
  
  
  
  Until such time as things can be confirmed or refuted by actual facts, we feel it's best to keep the rumors down.``xEpkuyulAAAkqxzXiKg``x1024648999``xlatestnews``x "My Neighbors the Yamadas" in Melbourne``xllin``x"My Neighbors the Yamadas" is showing at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on June 28 at 7:45pm. More details at the official website or the 2002 Film Festivals page.
  
  Thanks to Andrew Pam for posting the news to the MML.``xEpkuplkEAESZFaqran``x1024082191``xlatestnews``x New English Subtitles for "Gauche the Cellist"``xllin``xA new DVDSynth script from Ben Rudiak-Gould for "Gauche the Cellist" is available from the Script page.
  
  The new English script includes opening credits and partial ending credits.
  ``xEpkuplElkllBsRLLjp``x1024081828``xwhatsnew``x DVDSynth Prerelease``xllin``xBen Rudiak-Gould posted the following to the MML:
  
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  I've been working for a while on an interesting Windows utility called DVDSynth, and I finally have a version that's ready for release. One of the things DVDSynth can do is add new subtitles to a DVD. In other words, you place a DVD in your DVD-ROM drive, and DVDSynth intercepts requests to read the DVD and inserts its own subpicture data along with what's actually on the disc. This happens at the device driver level, so it works with all Windows DVD players.
  
  I intend to use this to add subtitles to the various unsubtitled extras on the Ghibli ga Ippai DVDs, and also to replace some of the more egregiously mistranslated main-feature subtitles (e.g. Cagliostro). For now I only have one finished subtitle file, which is an English translation of the extended five-minute preview of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi which is on the Majo no Takkyuubin extras disc.
  
  There's also another filter which removes DVD restrictions on fast-forwarding, menu call, angle changes, etc., so you can finally switch audio tracks easily on the US Princess Mononoke DVD. :-)
  
  If you have a Windows machine with a DVD-ROM drive, please give this program a try! The URL is:
  
  http://www.roundelay.net/dvdsynth/prerelease.html
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  Thanks Ben!``xEpkFZFEAZpcrEHGUSp``x1023731970``xlatestnews``x BBC Interview with Miyazaki``xllin``xBBC Choice, a free channel for UK digital TV residents, is showing a 6 part series called Japanorama, which takes a look at Japanese culture. This coming Sunday (late-night) the host, Jonathan Ross, will be interviewing Hayao Miyazaki:
  
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  Mon 17 Jun, 00:30 - 01:00 30 mins
  
  Children And To Laughter Were Our Future: Jonathan Ross visits the studio of Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese Walt Disney, a man behind some of the most charming and lovely animations ever made. W/S.
  
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  Thanks to Lalith Vipulananthan for posting the news to the MML.
  ``xEpkFZFEZpAFnjtjxyr``x1023731709``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" Screening in LA``xllin``xFrom the ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD website:
  
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  A special theatrical showing of Hayao Miyazaki's anime masterpiece PRINCESS MONONOKE will be presented on the big screen at the Japan America theater in downtown L.A. Two performances - dubbed in English at 1pm, and presented in Japanese language with English subtitles at 5pm.
  
  Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 1:00pm (dubbed) & 5:00pm (subbed)
  JAPAN-AMERICA THEATRE
  244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA
  ASIFA MEMBERS: $6.00, JACCC MEMBERS: $6.00, non-members: $8.00
  For more info, call: (818) 842-8330
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  This and other screenings are listed on the 2002 Film Festivals page.
  
  Thanks to Winston Jackson for the news.``xEpkFulEFVpADLLuIoH``x1023481350``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" Screening in LA``xllin``xFrom the ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD website:
  
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  A special theatrical showing of Hayao Miyazaki's anime masterpiece PRINCESS MONONOKE will be presented on the big screen at the Japan America theater in downtown L.A. Two performances - dubbed in English at 1pm, and presented in Japanese language with English subtitles at 5pm.
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  Thanks to Winston Jackson for the news``xEpkFulpAkAitXGNIWF``x1023480929``xlatestnews``x "Laputa" R2 DVD Info``xllin``xA flyer bundled with the R2 DVD of "Whisper of the Heart" indicates that "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" is scheduled for a September 2002 release date.
  
  Thanks to jray for the flyer scan.``xEpkFpZpZElCOZCwFjl``x1023070718``xlatestnews``x Studio Ghibli PS2 game``xllin``xGarakuta Meisaku Gekijou: Rakugaki Oukoku
  (Garakuta Masterpiece Theater: Kingdom of Doodling)
  
  Company: Taito
  Genre: RPG
  Catalog #: SLPM-65097
  Price: 6800 yen
  Release Date: 2002.03.20
  
  Front Cover: http://allsoft.scei.co.jp/jacket/l/slpm65097.jpg
  Back Cover: http://allsoft.scei.co.jp/jacket/l/slpm65097b.jpg
  RM movie file: http://www.scei.co.jp/soft/movie/slpm65097.rm
  Created by: Garakuta Studio - http://www.garakuta-studio.com/
  
  The DVD contains trailers for Ghiblies Episode 2, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, and the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection. There are two versions of the game being exported from Japan: the Asian version (in addition to the Japanese instructions, includes English and Chinese basic control instructions), and the Japanese version (which includes only Japanese instructions).
  
  A US release is in the works.
  
  A preview of the game from IGN.
  
  Thanks to Christian Nutt and Aline Taguet for the links.``xEpkkAlVppAnfcBDQso``x1022985009``xlatestnews``x Studio Ghibli Museum Tickets from Outside of Japan``xllin``xTickets to the Studio Ghibli museum were only purchasable from inside Japan, but the museum is now selling tickets via specific travel agencies. Information on ticket cost, availability, and contacts is located on the official museum site.
  
  Thanks to MikE for posting the news to the MML.``xEpkklElkVukPYAdtan``x1022818254``xlatestnews``x "Le Voyage de Chihiro" a Hit in France``xllin``xThe film will break the 1 million mark in viewers after its fifth week in theaters.
  
  Critics have also given the film rave reviews (in French).
  
  Thanks to Xavier Roche for the news.``xEpkkpFVZFypLqenmBp``x1022035736``xlatestnews``x Ebert Answers "Castle in the Sky" Query``xllin``xIn this week's edition of Ebert's "Movie Answer Man" column, a question about the status of "Castle in the Sky" is answered by Moriarity of AICN.
  
  Thanks to Thomas Holbrook for the news.``xEpkElFlVpZJWRJRTdX``x1021838507``xlatestnews``x French Release Information``xllin``xSome information from Buta Connection posted to the MML by Vincent Ploix:
  
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  We learn that Buena Vista will release four Miyazaki films in France in the next two years:
  - Laputa and Kiki's delivery service in 2003
  - Nausica� and Porco Rosso in 2004
  No information on the French dub yet.
  ---``xEpkEyZpZuVsdGwPSXg``x1021670745``xlatestnews``x "Sen" DVD Bundle at Lawson's``xllin``xThe Collector's Edition and DVD player bundles of "Sen" (details) have proven to be extremely difficult items to obtain. A litte hope from Oliver Ho:
  
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  The Special Edition and DVD have re-appeared for reservation at Lawson. (Thanks for the tip MikE)
  
  I just found out if you order online, you do not have to make a payment until a week later.
  
  I managed to acquire a reservation for the DVD Player Edition, will try again later for the Special Edition :D
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  You can view the different bundles at the Lawson website. Note: It's fairly tough to reserve a bundle from inside Japan, and fans outside of Japan are probably limited to just drooling at the items.``xEpkEyVkuEuiYESCyop``x1021652414``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" to Premiere in Toronto``xllin``xAnimated Movies (warning: pop-ups galore) reports that the English Dub of "Spirited Away" will premiere at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival (September 5 - 14).
  
  Thanks to steve for posting the news to the MML``xEpkEkZkuulfIYDFTLJ``x1021272448``xlatestnews``x "Anime Animaux" Radio Segment``xllin``xGary Montgomery sent in this link to WNYC's May 11th Studio 360 segment titled "Anime Animaux", the segment is in RealAudio format. A mention of "Princess Mononoke" occurs at around 2:20, and the host mentions "Spirited Away" at the 7:20 mark. Currently, the file ends in the middle of the interview, this may or may not be fixed in the following days.``xEpkEElyFupBpkpMYyW``x1021186340``xlatestnews``x "Sen" and "Hols" in Portugal``xllin``xRicardo Gonçalves sent in a brief clipping from the Portuguese edition of "Premiere" magazine:
  
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  NEW (DISTRIBUTOR) AGE
  
  Its name is New Age Entertainment and it's a new portuguese distributor which is going to focus on releasing cult and independent movies which have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences alike. Starting in May, they are going to release two titles on DVD: Absolute Beginners, by Julian Temple and Hols, Prince of the Sun, by Isao Takahata, the first title of a collection which looks very promising: Anime Masterpieces. Coming soon are the releases of Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko, Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale and the long awaited Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki, the film which won the Golden Bear at the last Berlin Film Festival.
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  It remains to be seen if "Sen" will show in theaters or head straight-to-video.
  
  Never heard about "Hols"? Visit this page.``xEpkEpVFyEVZHhHjlMv``x1021053615``xlatestnews``x "Sen" DVD Release Date and Details``xllin``xVisit the "Sen" video page or this CD Japan page for details on the standard DVD. Exact details for the collector's edition are not yet availiable.
  
  Thanks to the many people who sent in the news.``xEpkEpVFkuulkcmglwA``x1021053244``xwhatsnew``x "Spirited Away" Appears on the Disney.com Site``xllin``xA small blurb is located under the "Movie Info" box in the bottom right-hand corner of the Walt Disney Pictures site. You might have to press the "Next Info" button a few times to select the correct blurb.
  
  The text reads:
  
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  Spirited Away
  
  This fall, Walt Disney Studios will release Hayao Miyazaki's ("Princess Mononoke") animated masterpiece, "Spirited Away." Japan's all-time top grossing film ($234 million). The film follows the fanciful adventures of a young girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she gets lost & ventures through a hillside tunnel, encountering strange spirits, assorted creatures & a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent Chihiro from returning to the human world.
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  Thanks to David Khalil for the tip.``xEpkpZAZyupOtfLRBBh``x1020797640``xlatestnews``x "Castle in the Sky" Screening in New York``xllin``xA showing of "Castle in the Sky" (Disney English dub) is scheduled for May 11 at 7:00pm as a part of the Tribeca Film Festival.
  
  The film (with new English dub and music by Joe Hisaishi) originally premiered at the 2000 NYICFF.
  
  More details on this page.
  
  Thanks to Chris Fielder for posting the news to the MML.``xEpkpyulVElcUWfImze``x1020648518``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" Wins Audience Award at SFIFF``xllin``xMore details at the offical SFIFF site or AICN.
  
  Thanks to Paul Alvarado-Dykstra for the news.``xEpkpuVVZAywNqZHSox``x1020455796``xlatestnews``x "El viaje de Chihiro" Opens on August 9th``xllin``x"El viaje de Chihiro" is currently scheduled for an August 9th release date in Spain.
  
  More information (in Spanish) on Movierecord.com.
  
  Thanks to Alvaro Suarez for posting the news to the MML.``xEpkpkpEFuAXYrODnVF``x1020201349``xlatestnews``x Transcript of the SFIFF Q&A Sessions``xllin``xAnime Tourist has typed up a transcription of the 4/21 session (with Toshio Suzuki, John Lasseter, and Steve Alpert) and a summary of the 4/20 session.
  
  Thanks to Glenn Schmall for the news.``xEpEAVllFVAGLDitlrG``x1019588359``xlatestnews``x Details on US Release of "Spirited Away" and Other Films``xllin``xFrom Chris Miller's report to the MML:
  
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  (Sunday's "Spirited Away" screening at the Castro)
  
  Today's Q&A had both Mr Alpert and Mr Suzuki present, along with John Lasseter. I don't recall if the information came from Mr. Alpert or from Mr. Lasseter, but a tentative release date of September 20, 2002 was given for Spirited Away. We were also told that both subtitled and dubbed prints would be released.
  
  With respect to US DVD release, I believe that the intent to release two films this year, and four next year was stated, and the primary delay to their release has been to wait for them to have been released in Japan (as we suspected, I believe). . . If dubs are available, they would be included on the R1 release, but they would not be recording any more new dubs to replace existing ones, or add to those films that do not have them.
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  Gregor Menasian added these details:
  
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  Revealed about US DVDs:
  - 2 may be released later this year, and 3 may be released next year!
  - All DVDs will include Japanese and subtitles, plus English dubs if they exist.
  - "They" (I don't know if they meant Ghibli or Buena Vista Japan insist on doing the authoring in Japan (hopefully we'll get the same extras!)
  -----``xEpEAuVkkZVoYuxPRMv``x1019452275``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's Future Plans``xllin``xToshio Suzuki, the producer of "Spirited Away", attended the first screening of the film at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
  
  In a Q&A session after the film, he revealed that Miyazaki is planning to direct three more feature-length films.
  
  One of the projects is titled "Kemushi no Boro" (Boro the Caterpillar) and has been discussed for several years. The other two projects remain a secret.
  
  "Mei and Kittenbus" was mentioned, but as Deborah Goldsmith put it, "He said this had not been announced yet in Japan, which really surprised me; I thought the fact that Miyazaki was working on this short for the museum was well-known already."
  
  Thanks to Scott Senkowski, Phil Suh (website plug), and Deborah Goldsmith for the news.``xEpEAuFAuEAqZmIYXPg``x1019439419``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" Wins at the Hong Kong Film Awards``xllin``xThe film won in the "Best Asian Film" catagory. A full list of winners and nominees is located at monkeypeaches.com
  
  Thanks to Nathan Layman for the news.``xEpEAFylEupsyGZylKo``x1019368140``xlatestnews``x BBC News Article on "Spirited Away"``xllin``xA BBC News article on the US release of "Spirited Away" is available from this link.
  
  Many more articles are located on the "Spirited Away" Impressions page.
  
  Thanks to Christopher Macdonald for posting the link to the MML.``xEpEAkVuyAFHDenosYP``x1019254693``xlatestnews``x Disney Annouces "Spirited Away" Purchase``xllin``xHeadlined: "Disney Acquires Domestic Theatrical, Home Entertainment and TV Rights To Japan's All-Time Top Grossing Film, Miyazaki's Animated 'Spirited Away'"
  
  Read the entire press release.
  
  Thanks to Paul Alvarado-Dykstra for the news.``xEpElVZVlpkcUPKbwpB``x1018575802``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" Dubbing Cast``xllin``xA list of the main voices from AICN:
  
  
  
  
  • Daveigh Chase as the little girl Chihiro
    
  • Jason Marsden as the boy Haku
    
  • David Ogden Stiers as the Boiler Room Man
    
  • Suzanne Pleshette as the Twin Witches
    
  • Lauren Holly as Mom
    
  • Michael Chiklis as Dad
    
  • Susan Egan as Lin
    
  • John Ratzenberger as the Bathhouse Manager
    
  ``xEpEluVFAFEngITEUnE``x1018453931``xlatestnews``x "Neko no Ongaeshi" and "Ghiblies Episode 2" Trailers``xllin``xTrailers for "Neko no Ongaeshi" and "Ghiblies Episode 2" are now available from their respective "Related Media" pages.
  
  Thanks to Paul Pietromonaco for his hard work in creating and testing the various versions.``xEpElFEuukyGWZZQMvm``x1018314426``xwhatsnew``x "Sen" DVD Details``xllin``xFirst reported in the AnimeonDVD forums, Atsushi FUKUMOTO posted the following to the MML:
  
  http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20020405/buena.htm
  
  Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Japan) revealed their plan of the DVD release of SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (Spirited Away), at their business convention for retailers.
  
  The DVD is to be released in three forms: normal edition, Collector's Edition, and Ghibli DVD Player Bundled Edition.
  
  The normal edition (VWDZ-8036) consists of two picture discs, priced 4700yen. Includes ekonte and the theatrical preview trailers.
  
  Collector's Edition consists of three theater posters, a diorama of Yuya, a press booklet for Berlin Film Festival, and "Haku's omusubi figure". Released in limited quantity of 10000 sets, priced 15000yen.
  
  Ghibli DVD Player Bundle Edition comes with a wood-texture DVD player, and priced 19800yen. Limited release.
  http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20020405/buena07.jpg
  
  The movie disc contains voice track of 1. Dolby Digital Stereo Japanese), 2. DTS ES (Japanese), 3. Dolby Digital Stereo (French), 4. Dolby Digital Stereo (Chinese). The video image is squeezed vista size (anamorphic widescreen). Subtitle has choice of Japanese, French, Chinese, English.
  
  As the pre-ordering bonus for normal edition, "onigiri figure" which is also bundled in Collector's Edition, comes with pre-ordered normal edition. It was molded from an onigiri made by Miyazaki himself.``xEpElpFFlyENBpBxvkH``x1018033861``xlatestnews``x "Le Voyage de Chihiro" Opening in France``xllin``xAfter a few delays, the offical release date for "Le Voyage de Chihiro" is set for April 10th in France.
  
  Details and Information
  
  Thanks to Touby Vang for the news.``xEpEZlylZFyolbwNDMy``x1017868736``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" English Dubbing Details``xllin``xWe have received some more information about the English dub of "Spirited Away" that Disney is handling. Don Ernst (one of the producers of "Fantasia 2000") will be the producer and Kirk Wise (co-director of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Atlantis") will direct the dubbing. Wise is a long time Miyazaki fan. The production is tentatively set to run from March through July. If this does not change (and schedule slips have happened before in Hollywood) the earliest theatrical release date in the US would be August 2002.
  
  There is no word yet about the status of casting the voice actors.``xEpEZZZyAukmeipPJfC``x1017776942``xlatestnews``x The (hopefully) Final Word on the "Whisper" DVD``xllin``xJens Vogel sent a query to CD Japan about the removal of English subtitles, their reply:
  
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  Thank you for your e-mail.
  We apologize for our misunderstanding.
  VWDZ-8004 contains English subtitles, the maker informed us wrong information at first.
  We have already modified our website page.
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  The date is an unfortunate coincident, but this news is definitely not a joke.``xEpEZylEplplJQSqaYb``x1017681080``xlatestnews``x "Whisper" DVD with English Subtitles``xllin``xCD Japan recently removed English subtitles from the "Whisper" DVD listing, we believe this to be an error.
  
  This page (in Japanese) shows the DVD with English subtitles. Past DVDs indicate that English subtitles are the rule, not the exception.
  
  However, the "rule" is broken by the "Sherlock Holmes" DVD scheduled for release on the same day as "Whisper". It will not have an English dub or English subtitles.``xEpEZukVZVljmMsousw``x1017425758``xlatestnews``x (Vague) Disney Release Information``xllin``xNiall Somerville received this reply from BVHE regarding the home video release of several Studio Ghibli films:
  
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  Thank you for your email concerning Japanese animation.
  
  I am pleased to inform you the Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbour Totoro and Castle in the Sky are due for release in October of this year.
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  Niall pointed out, "They didn't actually say if they meant the UK, US or both. They also don't say whether it's VHS, DVD or both."
  
  More news as it becomes available.``xEpEZEyukVkOMgXDERu``x1017164252``xlatestnews``x "Sen" Breaks All Records in Japan``xllin``xNews from Mainichi INTERACTIVE:
  
  Toho announced that total box office of animation movie "SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI" was amounted to 29,900 million yen, and the total number of spectator of it reached 23,140,000 people as of March 25.
  
  "SEN" passed the record of "Titanic", and got a new record in all movies shown in Japan. ("Titanic" record in Japan: spectators 16,830,000 people, box office 26,000 million yen)
  
  Toho is going to show "SEN" till April in Japan.
  
  Thanks to Akito T for posting the news to the MML.``xEpEZEyFyZACQOWzCnA``x1017163679``xlatestnews``x "Whisper of the Heart" DVD Details``xllin``xCDJapan posted the latest details on the DVD, access their page here or visit our "Whisper" Video page.``xEpEyuAAppZoncopDWI``x1016499007``xlatestnews``x Lots of Other Film LD Scans``xllin``xThanks to Gregor Menasian, the Other Films video page is chock-full of scans from Miyazaki's and Takahata's earlier works.``xEpEyuAllykuaHhmGpp``x1016498862``xwhatsnew``x Joe Hisaishi Article/Review``xllin``xThe Tokidoki Entertainment Journal is featuring a Joe Hisaishi article / review.
  
  Comprehensive Discography of Hisaishi's works.
  
  Thanks to Pokey Possum for the link.``xEpEVApVAylAUdzGtsD``x1015905968``xlatestnews``x *CONFIRMED* "Spirited Away" at the San Francisco IFF``xllin``xFrom the Castro Theater's latest calendar:
  
  SATURDAY APRIL 20
  [...]
  SPIRITED AWAY
  (SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI)
  6:30. A fabulous ghost-infested adventure full of action, suspense and a swarm of unusual creatures and compelling human characters, Spirited Away is the pinnacle of imaginative animated fantasy by Japanimation master Hayao Miyazaki. The highest grossing film of all time in Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan (2001) 125m. North American Premiere
  
  SUNDAY APRIL 21
  SPIRITED AWAY
  (SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI)
  11:00 am. ...
  
  Visit the official website.
  
  Thanks to David Powers for the updated news.``xEpEVyAypkFCOCTngMx``x1015696023``xlatestnews``x "Sen" Wins Another Best Film Award``xllin``x"Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" won the Japanese Academy Award for best film on March 8. This is the second "best film" award for Miyazaki, "Mononoke Hime" won in 1997.
  
  Thanks to Oliver Coombes for posting the news to the MML. ``xEpEVyAVpVFimmCkNqf``x1015695053``xlatestnews``x See "Spirited Away" With English Subtitles (in Tokyo)``xllin``xHibiya Eiga Theater will show "Spirited Away" (to celebrate its "Golden Bear" win) starting on March 9. The last show of each day (starting at 7:10 pm) will be English subtitled. The theater will keep showing the film until April 6.
  
  Hibiya Eiga is in front of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo.
  
  Schedule (in Japanese)
  
  Thanks to Ryoko Toyama for posting the news to the MML. Thanks to Atsushi Fukumoto for the schedule link.``xEpEVVZVFZppmWUXsvk``x1015575370``xlatestnews``x Disney Acquires "Spirited Away" Rights for North America``xllin``xAs reported by Marc Schilling in a ScreenDaily.com article:
  
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  Walt Disney Co. has acquired North American rights to Hayao Miyazaki’s smash animated hit Spirited Away, which has broken all box office records in Japan. . .
  
  Disney is moving quickly to get Spirited Away released, possibly as early as July. The studio has already engaged Pixar creative chief John Lasseter to serve as creative consultant on the dubbed version of Spirited Away, though no voice casting choices have yet been announced.
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  More details as we find out. Thanks to Winston Jackson and David Mankins for the news.``xEpEVppFpylvbySiNwn``x1015003068``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" Heading to Australia``xllin``xDale confirmed with Madman Entertainment that the firm is bringing "Spirited Away" to Australia:
  
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  Madman is hoping to do a theatrical run hopefully in late 2002, with an Australian VHS/DVD release in early 2003.
  
  The above dates are very tentative at this stage, since this must be the biggest project Madman has ever done.
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  Thanks to Dale for posting the news to the MML.``xEpEulZyVAuQtwDbEKx``x1014876594``xlatestnews``x "Whisper of the Heart" Next Studio Ghibli DVD``xllin``xAs reported over at AnimeOnDVD, "Whisper of the Heart" is scheduled for a May 24 release. No details about the DVD yet announced. They'll be added to the Video page as soon as they're known.
  
  The "Sherlock Holmes" movie is also scheduled for a DVD release on May 24. For more information about the movie, read the "Sherlock Holmes" FAQ.``xEpEuylVykVxdvUBAmM``x1014685625``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki's next film possibly in 2004``xnihon``xAccording to Toshio SUZUKI, president of Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki's next film will probably be released in 2004. The quote from the press conference interview at the Berlinale Film Festival: "If I can believe Mr. Miyazaki, this will happen in 2004. (smiles)"
  
  Here's hoping!
  
  Thanks to Jens Vogel for the tip.``xEpEuEVpZAlcbMijLlt``x1014150798``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki and the Golden Bear``xllin``xHere are a couple of articles and videos (in Japanese) that shows pictures of Miyazaki holding the Golden Bear:
  
  
  
  • Article One
    
  • Article Two
    
  • Video (Windows Media)
    
  • Video (Real)
    
  
  He commented, "It's heavy," when he was handed the Bear, and said "It's a heavy award. But the film has been already rewarded when audience saw it." "It's not like you are 40 and you have a future. Getting an award at this age...I will try not to think about it."
  
  Thanks to Ryoko Toyama for the articles and translation. Thanks to rmormo for the video links.``xEpEuEFAZVARZAJwEhX``x1014139759``xlatestnews``x New sections on Nausicaa.net!``xnihon``x

  Be sure to keep an eye on the two new sections for the latest info on upcoming Ghibli movies:
  
  

  The Cat Who Returned a Favor
  
  

  Howl's Moving Castle
  
  

  Another note: There will be a second episode of Ghiblies released in theaters with The Cat Who Returned a Favor.``xEpEupAFpZkjXrUeybU``x1014093072``xwhatsnew``x "Sen" Wins the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival``xllin``xA verbatim email that was sent to Team Ghiblink from Ren� Pfeifer:
  
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  Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi gets the golden Bear !
  Sen shares the first place with "Bloody Sunday".
  The news are not allowed to be published before 19.45 (central european time, paris)
  But a german radio station did it before!
  You can read the news on: www.swr3.de
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  For official confirmation, visit this page on the offical website.
  

  
  
  • Press Conference (Real, 20 Kbps)
    
  • "heute" Newsmagazine clip (Windows Media, 40 Kbps)
    
  • Berliner Abendschau (Real, 34 Kbps)
    
  • 3sat (Real, 20 Kbps)
    TV News Report (DiVX)
    
  
  
  Articles will be placed on the Impressions page as they arrive.
  
  Thanks to Rober Vincenz and Jacinda for the links to the video clips.``xEpEFAZFyEycHEVDBYw``x1013973616``xlatestnews``x **Preliminary** "Spirited Away" Theatrical Rights Secured for UK, Switzerland, Italy, and Russia``xllin``xScreen Daily is reporting that the theatrical rights for the film have been sold to various companies:
  
  
  
  • Pathe - UK, Switzerland
    
  • RAI Cinema - Italy
    
  • Central Partnership - Russia
    
  
  Thanks to Joe Curzon for posting the news to the MML``xEpEFyFZkupWEpstxNs``x1013637240``xlatestnews``x "Spirited Away" Article``xllin``xA Japan Today article covering "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" at the Berlin Film Festival also contained several quotes from Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki about the film's future in the West.
  
  Thanks to Olivier Mouroux of Animated Movies for the reminder.``xEpEFuulVlkpQDdQxEw``x1013448582``xlatestnews``x Japanese "Porco Rosso" DVD Delayed``xllin``xCD Japan is now reporting that the DVD release date has been pushed back to March 29, 2002. Thanks to Kevin Wagner for the update.
  
  CD Japan is reporting that the upcoming DVD release of "Porco Rosso" will have the French dub and subtitles.
  
  Good news since the original French DVD has gone out-of-print.
  
  Thanks to Vincent Kieffer for posting the news to the MML.``xEpEFEpZZElkJoJGBuy``x1013107718``xlatestnews``x Spanish-translated Film Scripts``xllin``xScripts are now available in Spanish for the following films:
  
  
  
  • Grave of the Fireflies
    
  • Kiki's Delivery Service
    
  • Laputa: Castle in the Sky
    
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
    
  • Porco Rooso
    
  • My Neighbor Totoro
    
  
  
  Thanks to Andrés Martínez for the translations.``xEpEklVAkAyFXvxDbKL``x1012859296``xwhatsnew``x Susan Napier on NPR's Marketplace *Morning Report* January 31``xllin``xYou can catch Marketplace's report on anime this Thursday by either tuning in a radio or listening via RealAudio (same day only).
  
  

  An MP3 of the show is now available

  
  
  Susan is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of "Anime: from Akira to Princess Mononoke".
  
  Thanks to Susan Napier for posting the news on the MML.``xEpEkuAlFuEZUsLcUGj``x1012498341``xlatestnews``x Lots of Berlinale Details``xllin``x"Sen" will be shown at the Berlinale on the following days:
  
  
  
  • Saturday February 9th, 16:30, Cinemaxx 7
    
  • Saturday February 9th, 22:30, Berlinale Palast
    
  • Sunday February 10th, 15:00, Royal Palast
    
  • Sunday February 10th, 18:30, Royal Palast
    
  • English information
    
  • German information
    
  
  The Berlinale Palast seats 1500 people, the Cinemaxx 7 about 600 people. The Royal Palast offers five different cinemas, ranging from 60 to 900 seats. The Berlinale schedule doesn't tell which one of these the film will be shown in.
  
  Thanks to Hanno Mueller for the write-up and MML posting.``xEpEkFkVlEpVzuaGmik``x1012325810``xlatestnews``x "Sen" on DVD in June **in Japan**``xllin``xAccording to this post "Sen" will be appearing on DVD June 19. In a Battle of the Release Dates, this site is claiming a June 4 release date.
  
  No official word from Buena Vista and/or Studio Ghibli.
  
  Thanks to the AnimeOnDVD forum for the tip.``xEpEkkyVpuZzeLhKcPU``x1012265047``xlatestnews``x Taiwanese DVD Release Schedule``xllin``xThe Taiwanese BVHE site now lists a release date for the following films:
  
  
  
  • Princess Mononoke - 3/2002
    
  • Porco Rosso - 2002
    
  • Laputa: Castle in the Sky - 2002
    
  • Whisper of the Heart - 2002
    
  • Nausicaa - 2003
    
  • Pom Poko - 2003
    
  • Only Yesterday - 2003
    
  
  
  As the Taiwanese release dates are typically a few months behind the Japanese release dates; inferring the remaining unannouced Japanese DVDs is no longer guesswork. The Japanese DVDs might all be released in 2002, but it looks like a few might slip into 2003.
  
  The DVDs will include the Japanese audio track plus an all new Mandarin dub. Chinese subtitles are also included.
  
  Thanks to Daniel Liang and Steve Underwood for the news.``xEpEkpFFZFprtnJCRVE``x1012033730``xlatestnews``x "Sen" in German Film Festival``xllin``xThe film (retaining its original Japanese title) will be shown at "Berlinale", the largest film festival in Germany. "Sen" is the first animated film in the festival's history. The festival runs from February 6 to February 17.
  
  
  
  
  • Official website (schedule to appear on January 29)
    
  • Listing of films to appear in the festival
    
  
  
  Thanks to Knut Brockmann and Ren� Pfeifer for the news.``xEpEkpEFuApMbToGZXB``x1012013490``xlatestnews``x Ghilbli Museum Shorts in New York City``xllin``x"The Whale Hunt" and "Koro's Big Day Out", short films created specifically for the Studio Ghibli museum, will show at the 2002 New York International Children's Film Festival. The NYICFF screened the new English dub of "Castle in the Sky" back in 1999.
  
  The showing is set for March 4 at 4:00pm. "Panda! Go Panda!" will also screen with the two shorts under the program title, "Miyazaki: New and Old".
  
  Additional screenings are planned for March 30 at noon, and March 31 at 2:30pm.
  
  Details at the NYICFF website.
  
  Thanks to Jonah Moulin for posting the news to the MML.``xEpEEAAAZVZqQSgLktJ``x1011999757``xlatestnews``x Video Release Update``xllin``xLots of new additions to the Video Release page. The entire US DVD release of "Sherlock Hound" is scheduled through December.``xEpEEAAlVkuwymNJvCq``x1011998524``xwhatsnew``x French Mononoke DVD Details, "Le voyage de Chihiro" Delayed``xllin``xTwo editions of "Princesse Mononoke" are scheduled for release in France on March 20. A normal edition (identical to the R1 DVD) and a collector's edition that includes a single 35mm frame from the film.
  
  Another edition (super-hyper-deluxe?) with even more goodies is scheduled for a September 23 release.
  
  For more details (including box scans) please visit:
  
  
  
  
  • dvdrama.net
    
  • dvdfr.com
    
  
  
  The theatrical release date for "Le voyage de Chihiro" is now April 4 (according to the French edition of "Premiere" magazine) or April 10 from this site.
  
  Thanks to Xavier Paul and Martin Kaegi for the news.``xEpEEAAylyuQhrFFYwr``x1011996864``xlatestnews``x How to Tell Disney You Want Kiki on DVD``xllin``xFor the past several months there has been a page on the Disney website about a DVD version of "Kiki's Delivery Service". It turned out that the page was posted in error. However, they have now *changed* the page saying this title is not available on DVD *BUT* then they have a link where you can vote it you would like to see them release it on DVD. Click here to access the page.
  
  The message and the link are on the left under the cover picture. If you click on that, you get a form to fill out with your name, email address, choice of whether you want it on DVD or VHS and a space for comments. A comment isn't necessary, but if you do put one, please be polite and positive. Saying "I would buy all the Ghibli films on DVD if you were to release them" gets a lot more mileage with them than "Die Disney Scum!" ^_^
  
  Thanks to Wayne Unten for the information.``xEpEEAkkVlABWoLwsQT``x1011922589``xlatestnews``x Brief Peek Behind the Scenes``xllin``xThe Softimage online magazine covers Studio Ghili's use of their software in this article. It's somewhat of a thinly-veiled advertisment, but does contain interesting tidbits.
  
  Thanks to Justin Leach for posting the news to the MML.``xEpEEFZuFEkcFccWTTW``x1011374312``xlatestnews``x New Bootlegged DVD Covers``xllin``xBootlegged DVDs using the same cover design as the R2 DVDs of "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Totoro" have started to surface on auction sites. This practice will undoubtedly continue as future films are released on DVD.
  
  Read the descriptions carefully for the telltale "all region" or "all zone" giveaway. Please consult the Video Guide pages if you are unsure about an item's legitimacy.
  
  Thanks to Jeff Roberie for the information.``xEpEEEulZAyVThXgcRz``x1011148796``xlatestnews``x Various Pieces of News``xllin``xA special double-feature is taking place in Melbourne (Australia) on January 19. "Metropolis" and "Princess Mononoke" (sub) are scheduled to show at The Astor Theatre at 1:00pm on the 19th. Click here for details and to purchase tickets.
  
  There's a writeup of the group interview done with Hayao Miyazaki while in France over at midnighteye.com.
  
  Miss the BBC Scotland radio show?
  
  
  
  • Both files in MP3 format
    
  • 1.1 MB
    
  • 4.5 MB
    
  
  
  Thanks to Gary Watson for a reminder about the interview. Thanks to Ben Campbell-Barry for posting the Melbourne news to the MML. Thanks to Ian for recording and posting the MP3s.``xEpEpAlllkVvpADWGQe``x1010988825``xlatestnews``x BBC Radio Scotland Broadcast``xllin``xA 7 minute discussion about the works of Studio Ghibli is scheduled for broadcast on The Brian Morton Show at 6:10pm (GMT) on Friday, January 11th. The program repeats at 10:10pm.
  
  Andrew Osmond and Helen McCarthy are scheduled to make appearances.
  
  No radio access? Listen live on-line via RealAudio.``xEpEpyluVkkgLbhRtLv``x1010684522``xlatestnews``x German "Mononoke" VHS Release, No DVD``xllin``xFirst reported on de.alt.anime, "Prinzessin Mononoke" is slated for release on April 18, 2002. Rentals will be available starting April 4.
  
  Hanno Mueller contacted BVHE and posted the following to the MML:
  
  ---
  The VHS video tape coming this April will be full-screen because "that's company policy on animation."
  ---
  
  A DVD is not planned for release in Germany:
  
  ---
  The main reason is that Buena Vista International hasn't given BVHE Germany the publishing rights for a DVD release.
  
  "We don't even know who has these rights for Germany and we ourselves were unable to find out about it. Sometimes," I was told, "our mother company keeps us uninformed on such issues."
  
  A different company could pick up the DVD release rights. He doubts that anyone would do that. Mononoke had ridicilously low audience figures in Germany and it wouldn't make any business sense.
  ---
  
  Thanks to Hanno Mueller and Jens Vogel for the information.``xEpEpFlVZZlCGrlBEbZ``x1010385778``xlatestnews``x Amazon.com and R1 DVD Pre-orders``xllin``xThe existence of pre-order pages for "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Castle in the Sky" on Amazon.com (noted and discussed on the MML a few weeks ago) reached Slashdot yesterday.
  
  You can enter an pre-order for the DVDs, which means Amazon.com will notify you when they actually become available.
  
  
  
  • Castle in the Sky
    
  • My Neighbor Totoro
    
  
  Team Ghiblink also recommends writing a letter to Disney.
  
  Thanks to Raz Greenburg for the original posting to the MML. Thanks to David Huff and Steven Bennett for sending in the Slashdot information.
  ``xEppAukAylZjgvpfGIG``x1009429687``xlatestnews``x "Totoro" One of Ebert's "Great Movies"``xllin``x"My Neighbor Totoro" is now part of Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. His review for the film is located here.
  
  "Grave of the Fireflies" was selected as a Great Movie in March 2000.
  
  Thanks to Raz Greenberg for posting the link to the MML.``xEppAEFlyZZIWYutGQp``x1009138677``xlatestnews``x "Le voyage de Chihiro" Trailer Available``xllin``xA trailer for the French release of "Spirited Away" (titled "Le voyage de Chihiro") is available from Gaumont.
  
  Trailer (QuickTime)
  
  Click here for the official French site.
  
  Thanks to Chris Fielder for posting the news to the MML.``xEpplAZFyZlLwNMGwCp``x1008973678``xlatestnews``x New Details for Next Studio Ghibli Films``xllin``xMore details on Studio Ghibli's upcoming films from the MML via Ryoko Toyama:
  
  "Neko no Ongaeshi (Cat Returning Favor)"
  Image
  
  Based on "Neko no Dansyaku, Baron (Baron the Cat Baron)" by Aoi HIIRAGI
  Published by Tokuma Shoten.
  Directed by Horoyuki MORITA
  Music by Yuuji NOMI ("Whisper of the Heart")
  Script by Reiko YOSHIDA
  Producer: Toshio SUZUKI
  Exective Producer: Hayao MIYAZAKI
  To be shown with "Ghiblies Episode II"
  To be released in the Summer of 2002 by Toho.
  
  "Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle)"
  Image
  
  Based on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones
  Directed by Mamoru HOSODA ("Digimon the Movie")
  Script by Reiko YOSHIDA
  Supervising Animator: Katsuya KONDO ("Kiki's Delivery Service")
  Exective Producer: Hayao MIYAZAKI
  To be released in the spring of 2003 by Toho.``xEpplZpVlyVCiwziHCO``x1008705865``xlatestnews``x Toho Announces Next Theaterical Ghibli Films``xllin``xFrom a MML post by Ryoko Toyama:
  
  Toho has annouced that it will release "Neko no Ongaeshi (A Cat Returning Favor)", a film by Ghibli, next summer.
  
  It is a story about Muta the cat (the fat cat in "Whisper of the Heart") and Baron (the cat Baron in "Whisper"). They try to rescue a girl, Haru, who wonders into the world of cats.
  
  It is an adventure fantasy, and directed by Hiroyuki Morita, who is 37 year old.
  
  Toho also announced that it will release "Howl's Moving Castle" in the summer of 2003. It is produced by Ghibli and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who is 33 year old.
  
  Click here for an article (in Japanese).
  
  A picture of Mamoru Hosoda.``xEpplFVEEpZXmMEcJya``x1008351107``xlatestnews``x "Porco Rosso" Next Ghibli Film on DVD``xllin``xAmazon Japan is reporting that "Porco Rosso" is scheduled for release on March 8, 2002.
  
  DVD cover picture
  
  Details on the video release page as they become known. The only item known as this moment is that it will be a two disc set.
  
  Thanks to dave-it and Adam Armitage for the information.``xEpplppFVAlhZGAysYY``x1008003598``xlatestnews``x Film Festivals in the UK and France``xllin``xThe 2001 Festivals page now contains the schedules for the Watershed Arts Centre and the Cambridge Arts Cinema (UK), and the Forum des Images in Paris.
  
  Thanks to Jake Gilmore, Joe Curzon, Ilan Nguyen, and Julio Bruna for different pieces of information.``xEppZVpAFylwtHvJjxy``x1007509368``xwhatsnew``x Nausicaa Watercolor Diagram Translation``xllin``xThanks to the efforts of Julio Gea-Banacloche, Benjamin Ettinger, and Scott Ryan, an English translation of the "Windrider's Sea of Corruption Outfit" diagram from the "Nausicaa Watercolor Collection" book is now available.
  
  The graphic is rather large (1200 x 1500), so please be patience with the download time.``xEppZppAFyEhnGTauVJ``x1007009361``xwhatsnew``x Legit Taiwanese DVDs Now Available``xllin``xBuena Vista's Taiwanese site shows "My Neigbor Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service" as available.
  
  "My Neighbor Totoro"
  Format: DVD (NTSC)
  Region: 3
  Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Taiwan)
  Date: November 27,2001
  Catalog #: BVHE-DS01109
  Runtime: 86 minutes
  Price: NT$650
  Notes: Two Discs, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital 2.0(Japanese), Dolby Digital 5.1 (Chinese), English, Japanese, Chinese subtitles. Storyboards, Theatrical trailer of Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. OP and ED without credits, and preview clips of all works from Studio Ghibli.
  
  "Kiki's Delivery Service"
  Format: DVD (NTSC)
  Region: 3
  Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Taiwan)
  Date: November 27,2001
  Catalog #: BVHE-DS01108
  Runtime: 102 minutes
  Price: NT$650
  Notes: Two Discs, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital 2.0 (Japanese, English) Dolby Digital 5.1 (Chinese), English, Japanese, Chinese subtitles. Theatrical trailers, and preview clips of all works from Studio Ghibli. A show of the painting which inspires Kiki.
  
  The current exchange rate is $1 USD = $34.5 NT. Making the discs around $20 USD. Details are now on the Videos page.
  
  Thanks to Marty Ho for the translations.``xEppyAyAFFFCVSrZqWp``x1006969333``xlatestnews``x "Howl's Moving Castle" Book Slip``xllin``xA scan of the wraparound slip that is included with the Japanese version of "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones is now available for consumption.
  
  The text says:
  "Planned to be made into an animated film by Studio Ghibli!
  
  The slightly strange love story of Sophie, an 18 year old cursed to become a 90-year-old woman, and Howl, a magician who cannot truly love anyone."
  
  Thanks to John Barnier for the scan and Deborah Goldsmith for the translation.
  ``xEppyVVFFZlwjxCkZkV``x1006553378``xwhatsnew``x "Sen" Hong Kong Release Date and Legit HK DVDs``xllin``xAccording to www.cinema.com.hk, "Sen" is opening in Hong Kong on December 12th with Cantonese dubtitle.
  
  www.asiandvdguide.com is reporting that IVL is planning on releasing "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service" on December 11th with Chinese/English subtitles. A number of other films are planned for release in "June 2002".
  
  Team Ghiblink has confirmed with Studio Ghibli, these are legitimate releases.
  
  Thanks to Vincent Kieffer and Stephen Lau for posting the information to the Miyazaki Mailing List.``xEppyFyFFkAdQukISmR``x1006363329``xlatestnews``x "Sen" Sets New Japanese Box Office Records and some US Release Tidbits``xllin``xBulleted items taken from this article as translated by Ryoko Toyama.
  
  
  
  • "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" passed "Titanic" to claim the top spot in the Japanese Box Office record book.
    
  • Over 150 theaters will continue to show "Sen" into 2002.
    
  • Tokuma is currently in the negotiation with both Disney and DreamWorks concerning the US release of "Sen".
    
  • Miyazaki-San commented on his next film, "there might be a chance, if it's (a film to be released) in the summer of 2004. I have to go into the totally different field (from where I've been) before."
    
  
  
  "Sen"'s stay at the top might be short-lived, as "Harry Potter" looks to be a strong performer in Japan once it opens in early 2002.``xEppVZpyyZAiuVlwGJG``x1005706679``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki to Visit France``xllin``xOriginally reported on AICN, a visit from Hayao Miyazaki is planned sometime around December 20 to coincide with the "Nouvelles Images du Japon" festival.
  
  More information (in French) on the festival website.
  
  Thanks to Olivier Mouroux for additional information.``xEppVyAEuEynBThkDFC``x1005691416``xlatestnews``x "Gauche the Cellist" Theatrical Release in France``xllin``xIn a slightly odd move (since a DVD exists), "Gauche the Cellist" will open in theaters December 5th. The release won't be too wide, so please keep an eye on these sites:
  
  
  
  • Allocine.com
    
  • Cineinfo.fr
    
  
  Thanks to Alchemist for the information.``xEppVVpuVApEFviquLE``x1005504590``xlatestnews``x Ghibli Museum Tour``xllin``xJustin Leach's photos and text from the press opening of the Studio Ghibli Museum are now hosted on Nausicaa.net. Click here to start the tour.
  
  Thanks to Justin for allowing Nausicaa.net to host his pages.``xEppuuZkuluuwAReHSe``x1004472484``xwhatsnew``x Spanish FAQs for Studio Ghibli Films``xllin``xThanks to the hard work of Andrés Martínez, Spanish-translated FAQs for all major Studio Ghibli works are now available.``xEppupFEklZtcofPeGS``x1004031287``xwhatsnew``x UK "Princess Mononoke" Reviews``xllin``xA new page listing reviews for the UK release of "Princess Mononoke" is now active.
  
  http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mh/reviews_uk.html
  
  Please contact Team Ghiblink if you find additional reviews.``xEppFlAlFZpQhWyEMMe``x1003898370``xwhatsnew``x "Totoro" and "Kiki" DVDs in the UK``xllin``xAndrew Osmond posted the following to the Miyazaki Mailing List:
  
  ----
  the Buena Vista rep at London's gala Mononoke screening announced that both Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service would be coming to DVD **in the UK** (Princess Mononoke was released today). I double-checked this with Buena Vista today; it's certainly happening, but there's no indication of dates.
  ----
  
  Good news for UK fans, and most likely a good omen for US fans.``xEppFZAFlEZEqyielRc``x1003793817``xlatestnews``x Nausicaa Manga Universal Page Numbers``xllin``xTo help with comparing various editions of the Nausicaa manga (different languages, different # of books, etc) a Page Number Conversion Chart has been created.
  
  It contains Universal Page Numbers for most of the editions currently on the market. Check it out!``xEppFypEFEFKYeSAnmK``x1003601313``xwhatsnew``x Sen will pass $200 million mark``xnihon``xAccording to a Reuters news article on Yahoo!, Sen to Chihiro to Kamikakushi is well on its way to sinking the $219.5 million record set by Titanic in Japan. Toho suggested it would pass the $200 million mark sometime this weekend.``xEppFVFyVFZQJfBKrQi``x1003536537``xlatestnews``x Ghiblies.com - new from Studio Ghibli``xjmarcusg``xStudio Ghibli has launched a new website dedicated to the new, short animation series Ghiblies. Details can be found on our Ghiblies Related Web Resources page and the official site can be found here. ``xEppFpAukkubYZwZqRP``x1003094224``xlatestnews``x "Archives of Studio Ghibli" DVD set is...``xllin``x...a bootleg. The set used to be an eBay exclusive, but its recently moved on to higher profile locations, thus prompting a flurry of "is this for real?" questions. The set is 6 discs and is produced by "Anime Cartoon International".
  
  Team Ghiblink sent a query to Mr. Steven Alpert, vice-president at Tokuma International (parent company of Studio Ghibli), this is his reply:
  
  -----
  We have NOT licensed to anyone called Anime Cartoon in Hong Kong, and these sets must be pirated. We have a reputable licensee in Hong Kong who would certainly not be involved in this.
  
  I will be in touch with our attorneys to see what we can do to get the
  sales of these on eBay stopped, and I would imagine Disney will want to do the same.
  
  Thanks and best regards,
  Steve
  -----
  
  All official DVD releases are listed on our Video Release page.``xEppkFppykpmQcPUIbE``x1002300620``xlatestnews``x News from France``xllin``x
  
  
  • "Princesse Mononoke" enjoys a return engagement at theaters starting October 24th.
    
  • DVD of "Princesse Mononoke" scheduled for release in January; French and Japanese DD 5.1 audio, plus lots of bonuses (probably more then the US release, less then the Japanese version). More information as it becomes available. A sell-through VHS version is also planned at that time.
    
  • The French release of "Sen", retitled "Le voyage de Chihiro" (Chihiro's Trip), takes place January 16th.
    
  
  
  Thanks to Denis Artru and Olivier Galliano for the news.``xEppkFppkupSIWcaphR``x1002300240``xlatestnews``x Ghibli Museum website``xnihon``x

  Everyone should check out the new Mitaka no Mori Ghibli Museum website. It can be found at http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/, and contains many nice pictures (so you don't have to read Japanese in order to enjoy it).
  ``xEppkpZlluEeDtRBBvW``x1002078841``xlatestnews``x "Panda Kopanda" Japanese DVD release date changed``xnihon``x

  The release date for the Japanese DVD release of Panda Kopanda has been changed to December 19, 2001. More details as the become available. See the Shinseido website for more info (in Japanese).
  
  

  Following are the details of the DVD:
  

  
  
  • Panda Kopanda and Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Circus
  
  
  • VWDZ-8034
  
  
  • ¥4700
  
  
  • 74 minutes, 4:3 ratio (TV size)
  
  
  • Japanese and English audio and subtitles
  
  
  • Includes storyboards
  
  
  • Details subject to change
  
  
  ``xEppEAlupkZCUNREbzE``x1001984027``xlatestnews``x "Sen" beats "Titanic" attendance record``xnihon``xAccording Toho, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi beat the attendance record set by Titanic on September 26, 2001. The Titanic record of 16.83 million people was broken by Sen with 16.88 million attendees. Toho projects it will beat the Titanic Japanese box office gross earnings record of ¥26 billion by early November.
  
  Thanks to Toru KUMAGAI for posting this info to the Miyazaki Mailing List.``xEppEyyuFVltsHFfwdp``x1001664358``xlatestnews``x Even More UK "Princess Mononoke" Details``xllin``xThanks to Joe Curzon over at Anime Digital for the following:
  
  
  
  • Only one edition of the DVD will be sold (the DVD+book bundle)
    
  • Some technical details remain unknown (progressive?, true PAL?)
    
  • A dubbed VHS edition will be sold, but no subbed version
    
  
  ``xEppEkkkEFAJWquKbCo``x1001222139``xlatestnews``x Tragedy on the East Coast - what you can do``xllin``xMiyazaki Mailing List would like to offer our condolences to the victims of the disaster in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
  
  If you would like to help, contact your local news media or disaster
  relief organizations for advice. A list of such web sites can be
  found at www.google.com/news/
  
  If you would like to discuss the tragedy with other Studio Ghibli fans, please consider subscribing to the Nausicaa Shadow Mailing List.
  
  Again, we offer our deepest sympathies for those affected by the
  disaster, and we hope that by this small measure we can help you come to terms with it. Our hearts go out to you.``xEpppuppuukJWkBsIBA``x1000400442``xlatestnews``x Hisaishi's New Film``xrtoyama``x"Quartet," a film directed by Joe Hisaishi, will be released in Japan on Oct. 6.
  For more information, see the official site,
  http://www.feels-eye.com/quartet/index.htm (in Japanese).``xAAAlZuZuyLwNonsTb``x999874746``xlatestnews``x Mononoke DVDs in Japan``xrtoyama``xMononoke Hime DVD
  Order #: VWDZ8010
  4,700yen
  Letter boxed (16:9 Vista size)
  Disc 1: Film, Japanese (2.0 ch, 5.1 ch), English (5.1ch), Japanese sub (CC), English sub
  Disc 2: Storyboards & Film, Japanese (2.0ch)
  Disc 3: International Versions, Japanese, English, French, Cantonese, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese (2.0ch), Japanese subtitles, movie trailers in various countries.
  All Dolby Digital.
  Single sided, Double layered.
  Picture Disk
  
  Cover picture
  
  
  "Mononoke Hime wa Koushite Umareta" (How Princess Mononoke was Born) DVD
  (The documentary about the production of Mononoke Hime, previously available on VHS)
  Order #: VWDZ8016
  3 Disk set
  Single sided, Double layered
  TV size (4:3)
  Japanese, Dolby Digital (2.0ch)
  In Disk 3, "Mononoke Hime in USA", a 20 minute documentary about the US release of Mononoke.
  Japanese (2.0 ch), Letterboxed (16:9)
  
  Cover picture
  
  ``xAAAVFZAkyjeXkQzpr``x999537926``xlatestnews``x UK "Princess Mononoke" DVD Details``xllin``xJoe Curzon passed along the following to the MML:
  
  The DVD will have:
  
  
  
  • 5.1 English Audio
    
  • 5.1 Japanese Audio
    
  • Subtitles in English and SDH (Subtitles for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)
    
  
  The Extras are the same as the American Edition containing the making of feature, (with the American Voice Cast) and a theatrical trailer.
  
  Apparently it will not contain other European Languages.
  
  DVD enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that the DVD will be Anamorphic ^_^
  
  Details reflected on the "Princess Mononoke" Video page.``xAAAklkkyAMSNrMTaj``x999282269``xlatestnews``x Disney Petition``xllin``xAn online petition in response to the Inside.com article is located here.
  
  However, writing a snail-mail letter has proven much more effective; visit this page for details.
  
  Thanks to the multiple people who sent in the petition URL.``xAAAkZyEyuqenrgROA``x999276164``xlatestnews``x Inside.com Article on the Disney/Tokuma Deal``xllin``xA good write-up of the current Disney/Tokuma situation.
  
  One thing easy-to-miss point in the article (read closely!) is that Disney agreed to release "Princess Mononoke" in the US sight unseen; relying on his previous films as a barometer of how "Mononoke" would look. Thus their hands were tied when "Mononoke" turned out to be darker then they'd expected.``xAAlyAFZEpPNRDGjFp``x998693710``xlatestnews``x "Howl's Moving Castle" by Ghibli``xrtoyama``xAccording to Diana Wynne Jones's official site (http://www.dianawynnejones.com/), her novel _Howl's Moving Castle_ "is definitely going to be made into an animated film, by acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. It will be released in 2003 worldwide by Disney."
  
  However, this could be misleading (or there might be a misunderstanding on Ms. Jones' side). It is unlikely that Miyazaki himself would direct this film, considering his recent comments on "retiring from feature-length film making" and schedule.
  
  He could be producing, or writing storyboards for it.
  
  Ghibli is currently making two films, directed by young directors (one of them is by Mamoru HOSODA, the director of Digimon movie) to be released in Japan in 2002. _Howl's_ could be one of them, considering the timing of release, but there has been no official word from Ghibli.``xAAlVZFZAyTndJZMTr``x998573796``xlatestnews``x Next Studio Ghibli Film``xllin``xMiyazaki will supervise (but not direct) the next Studio Ghibli film. The directing role falls to Mamoru HOSODA, best known as the director of the "Digimon" series. The film is slated for release in the summer of 2002 and will be about 1 hour 40 minutes.
  
  An unknown mid-length film (1 hour 10 minutes) is also underway at Studio Ghibli, this film is being directed by a young freelance animator.
  
  Sources:
  http://animenation.net/news/news.php3
  http://homepage2.nifty.com/kannagi/backnumber.htm
  http://www5.hokkaido-np.co.jp/bunka/miyazakihayao/``xAAZlAVVVAFPNzipCY``x997895559``xlatestnews``x Official "Princess Mononoke" (DVD/VHS) Release Date for the UK``xllin``xThe DVD and VHS will hit the streets on Monday, October 22; coinciding with the Barbican Festival. The DVD will include a copy of Helen McCarthy's book, "Hayao Miyazaki, Master of Japanese Animation".
  
  There are few details at this time, the video listings will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
  Thanks to Joe Curzon for the details.``xAAyZpFVZFrTpYnQNo``x996703573``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" European Petition``xllin``xDisney is planning on a European release without the Japanese audio track.
  
  More information at the petition site.``xAAyyAlVEFVoucAamq``x996698513``xlatestnews``x Updated Barbican Schedule``xllin``xA detailed schedule is now posted on the Film Festivals Showing page. As always, it remains subject to change.
  
  Thanks to Joe Curzon for posting the schedule to the MML.``xAAypAyFlpKfhcmOwq``x996096380``xlatestnews``x New "Sen" CDs and Books to be released``xjmarcusg``xA variety of new CDs and Books are scheduled to be released in the coming weeks and months coinciding with the release of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi. Please check them out on our CD and Book pages.``xAAVkFpVkFpWwNpyth``x995230523``xwhatsnew``x Ghibli Museum begins to take shape``xjmarcusg``xThe new Ghibli Museum due to open in Mitaka on October 2001 has begun to take shape. The progress of construction can be seen in some recent photos below.
  
  
  
  An official web site has also been launched.``xAAVkklAFyeaKnvJvz``x995228936``xlatestnews``x "Sen" Story Page``xllin``xThe Story page of Sen to Chihiro is now availiable.
  
  Linked from there are:
  
  
  
  • Characters
    
  • Poem by Miyazaki
    
  • Project Proposal by Miyazaki
    
  • Interview
    
  ``xAAuAVuyyZIakvTnXc``x994954667``xwhatsnew``x Miyazaki Press Conference``xllin``xOn July 10, a press conference and a test screening of "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" was held in Tokyo.
  
  You can see an article (in Japanese) and a picture here.
  
  From left, HIIRAGI Rumi (Sen), SUGAWARA Bunta (Kamajii), KIMURA Yumi (the singer of the theme song), and Miyazaki-San. (Character figures not included.)
  
  At the press conference, Miyazaki-San said that this is the last *feature-length* film he makes, saying that it is now physically impossible to endure the long and hard work of directing a feature-length film. (But that's what he said when he made Mononoke.) He said that he will spend his time for the Ghibli museum and such in future.
  
  He also said that he is very happy with the film.
  
  The film will be released in 330 theaters around Japan on July 20, the biggest release ever for a Miyazaki film.``xAAulFklAkdIoegwyL``x994832892``xlatestnews``x English Dub of "Castle in the Sky" to be Screened in Montreal``xllin``xThe film is being shown during the Fantasia Film Festival. The exact dates are:
  
  Saturday, July 28 - 2:00pm
  Monday, July 30 - 12:30pm
  
  Visit the Official Site for more information.
  
  Thanks to Mr. B and Jon Turner for the information``xAAuyFFAApyTbUgnob``x994633990``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" Showing in Melbourne, Australia (subbed)``xllin``xAn English subbed print is showing at the Astor Theatre July 1 - July 7.
  
  It returns for single showings on:
  
  Saturday 11th August 2001
  3pm, Single feature
  
  Saturday 8th September 2001
  3pm, Single feature
  
  Thanks to Abby Mantiri for the news!``xAAupAplllqPhdSMnO``x994090888``xlatestnews``x Updated "Sen" Release Date for Japan``xllin``xAccording to Sports Nippon, a Japanese newspaper, Sen to Chihiro no
  Kamikakushi will be released in Japan on July 20.
  
  This has been confirmed on the official "Sen" site.``xAAFZpAFykwLksjYjg``x993709362``xlatestnews``x 'Totoro' and 'Panda' DVD release dates set for Japan``xnihon``xAccording to the official Studio Ghibli website, the release dates for the "Panda" and the "Totoro" Region 2 DVDs have been set to September 28 and October 17, respectively.
  
  See the Future Release Schedule for more information.``xAAFZpAEAZeELumsmd``x993709197``xlatestnews``x Sen Ticket and Goods at Lawson in Japan``xrtoyama``xLawson, a convenience store chain in Japan, is selling theater tickets and related goods of "Sen to Chihiro" and other Ghibli films.
  
  There is a Sen and Ghibli page at Lawson's site (http://www.at-lawson.com/), where you can see several pictures and some information about Sen to Chihiro and Miyazaki (in Japanese).
  
  You can buy several kinds of theater ticket at Lawson (and it's site)
  e.g., ticket with a single CD, a ticket with character figure.
  
  Also, at Lawson, you can buy a set of theater program of past Ghibli films. A set of 11 programs (from Nausicaa to Mononoke) for 5,500 yen. You can also buy a set of theater program and movie poster of each film, for 1000yen.
  Other Ghibli-related books and goods are sold at Lawson as well.
  
  Ghibli made a TV commercial of Lawson, which is currently being aired in Japan.``xAAFVuZFulBjytaaWz``x993547348``xlatestnews``x Sen TV specials in Japan``xrtoyama``xThe following "Sen" related programs will be aired in Japan:
  
  July 2 and 3, 10-10:45pm, NHK Educational, "ETV 2001"
  "Hayao Miyazaki talks about Will to Live."
  Part 1, with Keigo Okonogi (psychiatrist)
  Part 2, with Banana Yoshimoto (novelist who wrote "Kitchen")
  
  July 12, 7-8:54pm, Nihon TV, Baseball Game "Giants vs Swallows"
  It's called "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Nightly Game."
  Judging from the similar program aired when Mononoke was released, there will be some promotion during the game, but not much.
  
  July 15, 3 -4:24pm, Nihon TV
  "Sen to Chirhio no Kamikakushi Special"``xAAFVuypAZFMkBTHsy``x993546097``xlatestnews``x Conan DVD in Japan``xrtoyama``xBandai Visual will release "Future Boy Conan" DVD *in Japan*.
  
  New master, 4 episodes per disk (except Vol 1, which contains two eps), with Japanese subtitles. Most likely Region 2 encoded.
  
  To be released on Sept. 25:
  Vol. 1: 2,800yen BCBA-0948
  Vol 2: 3,800yen BCBA-0949
  Vol 3: 3,800yen BCBA-0950
  Vol 4: 3,800yen BCBA-0951
  
  To be released on Oct. 25:
  Vol 5-7: 3,800yen each.
  
  There used to be a DVD Box of Conan, but the new one is supposed to have much better image quality, and is cheaper.
  ``xAAFVuVAAkfSAGkUmG``x993545992``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" Showing in Atlanta``xllin``xCribbed from a post on rec.arts.anime.misc:
  
  -----
  Beginning Friday, June 8, 2001, the modern anime classic Princess
  Mononoke will be screened in a special limited discount engagement at the Blackwell Star Cinema, located at 3378 Canton Road in Marietta, Georgia.
  

  
  Tickets are $1.50 and are available at the box office. For more
  information, please call 770-428-2646.
  -----``xAAEAVVAEpqHsWDCrK``x991955910``xlatestnews``x Official English Title for "Sen to Chihiro". Release Dates for Japan/France.``xllin``xFrom a post on the MML by Andrew Osmond:
  
  -----
  - SPIRITED AWAY is the official English title of the new Miyazaki film.
  
  - The Japanese release of SPIRITED AWAY is scheduled for July 19th.
  SPIRITED AWAY will be theatrically released in FRANCE at the end of
  this year, November or December.
  -----
  
  Visit the "Spirited Away" page.``xAAEAFEFppJbKUBJHP``x991931300``xlatestnews``x Anime School by Otsuka``xrtoyama``xTelecom Animation, the studio which made "Castle of Cagliostro" and
  "Sherlock Hound" has opened Anime Juku (Anime School). The headmaster of the school is Yasuo Otsuka, the supervising animator of Castle of Cagliostro and Conan the Future Boy (and more).
  
  The characteristic of this school is that it is internet-based. Students recieve and send their assignment via internet. It seems that they accept students from overseas, but you need to send money to their bank account (no credit card accepted).
  
  Otsuka-San was on TV the other day, and he was checking the student's
  drawing on PC screen.
  
  For more info see http://www.anime-juku.com/ (in Japanese).
  ``xAAElpZZkZSxeTLHuA``x991807727``xlatestnews``x Yasuo Otsuka Book signing (in Japan)``xrtoyama``xYasuo Otsuka, the supervising animator of Cagliostro and Conan will sign his book, "Sakuga Asemamire" at Aoyama Book Center Hashimoto Store. July 8, 3:30-5pm. For more info, see
  http://www.ntv.co.jp/ghibli/shuppan/diary/index.html (in Japanese)``xAAElpZVuAQiCdqOTd``x991807549``xlatestnews``x Miyazaki retrospective in Japan``xrtoyama``x"Miyazaki Retrospective: 1963-2001"
  
  Most of the work that Miyazaki-San was involved will be screened.
  
  From: June 16 - July 20
  At: Tokyo-to Shashin Bijyutsukan (Tokyo Museum of Photography) at Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo.
  Ticket: 600 yen per screening.
  190 seat per screening will be available. Ticket sales starts June 1st (so there is a possiblity of sold-out)
  For more information, (Japan) 03-5789-8563
  
  Detailed schedule
  In Japanese http://www.ntv.co.jp/ghibli/miyakeihu/yoteiindex.html
  In English: http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0105d&L=nausicaa&F=&S=&P=5369
  
  ``xAAElpZuypNmDzMJVf``x991807460``xlatestnews``x Cagliostro and Only Yesterday on TV in Japan``xrtoyama``x*Castle of Cagliostro will be aired in Japan on NTV. June 15, from 9pm. No cut, wide clear vision.
  
  *Omohide Poroporo will be aired in Japan on NTV. June 29, from 9pm. No cut, wide clear vision.
  The movie trailer of "Sen" might be aired at the end of the program.``xAAElpZupVUNfWCQld``x991807405``xlatestnews``x Sen to Chihiro Official Site``xrtoyama``xToho, the distributor of "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" has opened Sen's official site.
  
  http://www.toho.co.jp/sentochihiro/welcome-j.html
  
  It's in Japanese, but you can see several images from the movie (no trailer, yet).``xAAElpZpEuGIxSParq``x991807014``xlatestnews``x "Grave of the Fireflies" at the Melbourne International Animation Festival``xllin``xKaren Foh passed along this information:
  
  -----
  As part of the Melbourne (Australia) International Animation Festival, "Grave of the Fireflies" is showing at the state theatre. Wednesday 27 June at 8:20pm!
  -----
  
  For more information, please visit the Festival's website.``xAAEZyVAAyVeAboaXI``x991765996``xlatestnews``x Mononoke Symphonic Suite CD Giveaway - Winners!``xllin``xThe names of the ten lucky winners are now on the contest page.
  
  Congratulations to the winners!``xAAEZyVuFlfSoQBGuv``x991765438``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" showing in Dallas``xllin``xThe Inwood Theater will be showing "Princess Mononoke" tonight and tomorrow night at midnight. Visit the "Princess Mononoke" Release Page for details.
  
  ``xAAplkFZZpCxGeCNhk``x990823770``xlatestnews``x Hisaishi Concert in Korea and Japan``xrtoyama``xJoe Hisaishi will give concerts in Japan and Korea this fall.
  
  Nov. 11, Seoul Sejeon (sp?) Hall, Korea. With Korean Symphony.
  
  Oct. 30 Nagoya
  Nov. 5 Osaka
  Nov. 18 Sagamihara
  Nov. 29 Hiroshima
  Dec. 2 Saga
  Dec. 7 Tokyo
  
  It will be concerts with orchestra. No other detail available yet.``xAApkVAZVVRokGkQkW``x990259755``xlatestnews``x Nausicaa.net's new Video Section now open!``xnihon``xAll the information regarding video releases of Studio Ghibli-related films and works, regardless of format, has been compiled into the new Video List. This section includes a Future Release Schedule, which lists all the upcoming video releases around the world.
  
  Check it out!``xAApkVkEypXYQEsKRS``x990252160``xwhatsnew``x Win a copy of the Mononoke Symphonic Suite CD!``xllin``xNausicaa.net, in cooperation with Milan Entertainment, is pleased to announce the giveaway of ten (10) copies of the upcoming North American release of the Mononoke Hime Symphonic Suite CD.
  
  Details and rules, good luck!``xAlAVFAkAlwcxNtGXs``x989539298``xlatestnews``x Sen soundtrack due for July 18th release``xnihon``xAccording to CD Japan, the soundtrack for Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2001. Price: ¥3000.
  
  [Details (in English)]
  [Details (in Japanese)]
  
  In addition, there is a ¥1000 Maxi-Single CD being released at the same time, but it is unclear what this CD will contain. Please check back for more info.
  
  [Details (in English)]
  [Details (in Japanese)]``xAlAVEFZFuqAhCcIUp``x989513734``xlatestnews``x "Kiki's Delivery Service" to be shown in Boulder, CO``xllin``xThe Boulder County Library is holding an Asian Film Festival and will show "Kiki's Delivery Service" Saturday, May 5th at 1:00pm. Admission is free.
  
  Directions are located on the library's website.``xAllluVkkybFqmDGyb``x988845226``xlatestnews``x Lupin Exhibition in Japan``xrtoyama``xThere will be an exhibition about Lupin *in Japan*.
  
  Lpuin the Third Exhibition -Featuring Mine Fujiko -
  At Square 7 (7th floor of Shibuya Parco, Tokyo)
  From April 27 to May 21 (10am to 8 pm)
  Fee: Adult 500 yen, Student 400 yen.
  (No detail about the exhibition available)
  
  On May 5, Otsuka-San, the chief animator of Lupin will come to the exhibition and sign his book. His book, "Sakuga Asemamire (Sweating on Animation)" will be reprinted (with some rewriting), and those who buy the book will get the book signed by him (but the first 100 people only).``xAllpEAlVyaUUwePnR``x988019856``xlatestnews``x Milan Records Releasing the Mononoke Symphonic Suite CD``xllin``xMilan Records is releasing the Mononoke Symphonic Suite on May 15th.
  
  No tracklist changes from the Japanese release. Reviews of the Symphonic Suite CD
  
  No details other then the release date. The CD is listed under the "Coming Soon" section of the Milan website.
  
  Thanks to Esther Choy of Milan Entertainment for sending the information!``xAlZZpApEyTVHSYJzu``x987709016``xlatestnews``x Lupin TV series on DVD box set in Japan``xrtoyama``xThe DVD box of the first TV series (1971) of Lupin III will be released *in Japan*
  
  [Details]
  
  If you make a reservation by May 27, you'll get a special original good (We don't know if those who are outside Japan can reserve it.)``xAlZyVAylVItvjscIw``x987659685``xlatestnews``x DVD release schedule *in Japan*``xrtoyama``xThe release schedule of Ghibli DVD *in Japan* has been changed.
  
  2001
  April 26, Castle of Cagliostro
  June 8, Kiki's Delivery Service
  July, Sherlock Hound
  September, My Neighbor Totoro
  October, Panda Kopanda (1&2)
  November, Princess Mononoke
  
  2002 (no release date given)
  Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Laputa, Umi ga Kikoeru (Ocean Waves), Only Yesterday (Omohide Poroporo), Pom Poko, Nausicaa, Yanagawa Horiwari Monogatari.
  
  The big changes from the previously published schedule are, the release of Mononoke in 2001 (previously set in 2002) and Nausicaa in 2002 (previously set in 2001).
  
  See the Future Release Schedule for the latest info.``xAlZuAVEFpgORDsLEr``x987495130``xlatestnews``x "Princess Mononoke" Screening at the Kemper Museum - June 17``xllin``xAs a part of their Sunday Cinema Series - Animation Festival, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City will screen "Princess Mononoke" on June 17 at 2:00pm.
  

  
  Thanks to Kevin Smith for posting the information to the MML.
  

  
  More details on the "Princess Mononoke" Theaters page.``xAlZuVEEkFWvVroTDH``x987451123``xlatestnews``x "Sen" special screenings in Japan``xrtoyama``xNestle, the special sponsor of "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" will have special screening of "Sen" from July 12 -16 in every prefecture in Japan.
  You have to collect points on Nestle's products and send them. 15,000
  tickets (three person per ticket) will be provided.
  
  For more information see
  http://www.nestle.co.jp/events/sen/ (in Japanese)``xAlZpVEVEFSKjfUImC``x987051513``xlatestnews``x Kiki DVD to be released in Japan on June 8``xrtoyama``xBuena Vista will release DVD of "Kiki's Delivery Service" on June 8 *in Japan*.
  
  [Details]``xAlyAyulVEtYmRyPgf``x986964851``xlatestnews``x Cagliostro DVD to be released in Japan``xrtoyama``xBuena Vista will release DVD of "Castle of Cagliostro" on April 26 *in Japan*.
  
  [Details]``xAlyAyuFEVNlOSmhgR``x986964315``xlatestnews``x Ever have trouble finding something on Nausicaa.net?``xjmarcusg``xIf you've ever had trouble finding something on Nausicaa.net please try out our improved Search feature and our freshly updated Site Map. And in case you hadn't noticed you can now search the site from the main Nausicaa.net Index Page.``xAlyZZZFFFXWepKVzh``x986777333``xwhatsnew``x Check out our newly updated and improved Books and CD pages``xjmarcusg``xIf you are looking for information on the many Books and CDs about Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli you may want to pay a visit to our newly updated and improved Books and CD pages. And as always if you see something amiss please drop us a line.``xAlyZZyuEypbthxAdf``x986776416``xwhatsnew``x My Neighbors the Yamadas theatre released in France``xjmarcusg``xThe French dub of My Neighbors the Yamadas, Mes voisins les Yamada, will be released in France on April 4, 2001 to theatres nationwide. Additional information with a listing of theatres can be found at the allocine.com website (in French).``xAlyukllluWvpojSGU``x986428884``xlatestnews``x Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Image Album released``xjmarcusg``xThe Image Album to the new Studio Ghibli film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi was released on April 4, 2001 in Japan by Tokuma Japan Communications. For more information please visit the Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi CD page.``xAlyukZukyanlQjpWn``x986427426``xlatestnews``x Studio Ghibli Film Fesitvals on tour``xjmarcusg``xFor the lastest information and schedules on Film Festivals and special screenings from around the globe presenting the works of Studio Ghibli please visit the Film Festivals page on Nausicaa.net.``xAlVAkyVypnUKxYHBA``x985926560``xwhatsnew``x Prinzessin Mononoke to be theatrically released in Germany``xjmarcusg``xThe German dub of Mononoke Hime, Prinzessin Mononoke, will be released to German cinema theatres starting April 19, 2001. In addition, the Japanese version with German subtitles will be presented during the Japanese movie festival at the 3001 cinema in Hamburg (http://www.3001-kino.de) on April 16.
  
  For more information please visit the Princess Mononoke Related Resources on the Web page.``xAlVZFlkVywsjAAnoh``x985738256``xlatestnews``x Press Conference announces July 2001 release of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi``xjmarcusg``xOn March 26, 2001 Yomiuri Online reported on a press conference held by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli at Edo-Tokyo Building Park in the Kouganei-shi, a suburb of Tokyo (a park about old Japanese houses and one of the favorite spots of Miyazaki-San) announcing the July 2001 release, in over 300 theatres, of Studio Ghibli's newest film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi. What follows is an unofficial translation of the article by Mikiyo Hattori and Tom Wilkes. The original article (in Japanese) can be found on the Yomiuri Online website.
  

  
  [Title]
  
  "Suzuran" HIIRAGI - challenges as a voice actress in Miyazaki anime Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
  
  [Photo Caption]
  
  Heroine Rumi HIIRAGI and Film Director Hayao MIYAZAKI
  
  [Text]
  
  The production announcement of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Film Director Hayao MIYAZAKI, nationwide Touhou Group) Studio Ghibli anime's latest work, which will be presented to the public in July took place on (March) 26th, at Edo-Tokyo Building park in the Kougenai-shi, suburb of Tokyo; participating (among others) was Rumi Hiiragi (age 13), whose first challenge as a voice actress is the role of the girl protagonist.
  
  It's the story of a really "present-day child" heroine who loses her way in a "land of mystery" and whose "Power of Living" is gradually awoken. Speaking of Hiiragi, she became famous with the child role in the NHK "morning drama" Suzuran (Lily of the Valley), but this time she also got the leading role in an audition. She says, "because there is a voice which I can only make while moving around, acting with the voice alone is difficult" For this reason, she has been practicing zealously every day without letting the script out of her grasp.
  
  Film Director Miyazaki says, "The girl in the movie is not beautiful, but Hiiragi-san is cute," (and) gazes at her with an affectionate look as if (she is his own) grandchild. They aim at (making Sen) a hit surpassing the record-setting 11,200,000,000-yen earnings of Mononoke Hime, (which was) Ghibli's first nationwide release. There are also plans to screen (Sen) overseas - in Korea, America, and other countries.

  ``xAlVyVZyylPFjnvwwU``x985657668``xlatestnews``x Princess Mononoke VHS goes to sell-through``xjmarcusg``xThe more reasonably priced ($19.99 MSRP) sell-through version of Princess Mononoke on VHS will be released on March 13, 2001.
  
  [Details]``xAluuukAEySTogvwdE``x984442916``xlatestnews``x An extended summary, in English, of the three-tape VHS video boxed set Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta (How Mononoke Hime Was Born) is now available``xjmarcusg``xAn extended summary, in English, of the three-tape VHS video boxed set Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta (How Mononoke Hime was Born), also known as The Making of Mononoke Hime is now available on Nausicaa.net.``xAlFukklVpPKIAjbDI``x983422850``xwhatsnew``x Studio Ghibli opens book page``xghiblink``xStudio Ghibli has opened its own book page at http://www.ntv.co.jp/ghibli/shuppan/index.html, listing books published by Ghibli.  According to this page, in April Ghibli will publish a book about Masahiro Ioka, the art director of Heidi and Anne of Green Gables.  The book will also include an article by Takahata-San, and interviews with Miyazaki-San and other Ghibli staff members.``xAlkZylZAEFRcwthiY``x982768791``xlatestnews``x Princess Mononoke nominated for the Nebula Award``xghiblink``xScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has nominated the script of Princess Mononoke (by Hayao Miyazaki and Neil Gaiman) for its Nebula Award. The winners of the Award will be announced at the 2001 Nebula Awards Weekend to be held in Los Angeles on April 27-29, 2001.
  
  For more information, see SFWA's site at http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2001/prelim.htm``xAlkZukkyuDSepHMts``x982742264``xlatestnews``x A preview of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi was shown on TV in Japan on January 26. ``xjmarcusg``xOn January 26, 2001 NTV broadcast a preview of Studio Ghibli's upcoming film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi. You can download the Preview in any of three popular multi-media formats. And an illustrated summary, in English, is also available. ``xAlEukkEplVIvIfDMP``x981422108``xwhatsnew``x TV documentary follows 3 Studio Ghibli animators working on Hayao Miyazaki's latest film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi``xjmarcusg``xIn Japan on May 4, 2000 NHK broadcast a 40 minute documentary E ni inochi o fukikome (Breathing life into drawings). This documentary follows 3 Studio Ghibli animators as they work on Hayao Miyazki's newest film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi.
  
  An illustrated summary, in English, is available on Nausicaa.net. ``xAlEplApAZmuYVOipl``x981089097``xwhatsnew``x