2012-01-News

News Roundup

• Lichtung Media has released several soundtracks and image albums in the UK. An Amazon.uk rundown of availability.
• Discotek Media is releasing Panda! Go Panda! and the first TV series of Lupin III this spring in the US.
• Clips from the French subtitled version of Kokuriko-zaka kara
• Wired compares Disney vs. Ghibli
• Official US Arrietty website opens along with a new trailer
• LA-area fans can try their luck at snagging a seat to a sneak preview of Arrietty

Thanks to Heinz Freyhofer, Jordan Scott, and Daniel Zelter for the news.

--LLin 19:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

More US Ghibli Festivals Details

• Crunchyroll has details on the Dallas leg of the GKids US Ghibli tour. Films are showing on January 21st and 22nd and tickets are just $5.
• Details (subs/dubs, showtimes) on the LA portion are at CityOnFire.
• A clip from the UK version of [Arrietty] is at Bleeding Cool. The film opens in US theaters on February 17.
• Miyazaki drew a dragon for Studio Ghibli's New Year's greeting card

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.

--LLin 04:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Kokuriko French Release Date

Kokuriko Zaka Kara will get a French release as "La Colline aux Coquelicots" (Eng. "The Hill of Poppies")

Note: "Kokuriko" is the Japanese transcription of the French word "Coquelicots" (Poppies).

The French launch is scheduled for January 11th - no word yet on whether it will be dubbed in French or screened in the original version with subtitles.

YouTube has the French version of the trailer

Original source: http://www.animationsfilme.ch/2011/10/04/frankreich-zeigt-im-januar-2012-ghiblis-kokuriko-zaka-kara/

Thanks to Ettore Trento for the news.

-- Mrgazpacho 22:31, 2 January 2012 (UTC)