Hey folks, Harry here with the nail-biting tease that apparently Studio Ghibli feels SPIRITED AWAY will get before American viewers faster than MONONOKE HIME did. Given that SPIRITED AWAY did completely ludicrous levels of business in the Asian areas, well I would certainly hope we'd get to see it sooner, rather than later. Personally, every since seeing clips and trailers for this I've been dying to see it. Heck, it's Miyazaki... that's enough to be dying to see it. I would like a two-fold release, a subtitled Art House run and a dubbed mass release. That way film-goers can choose their experience and the film could still appeal to all those folks that allegedly can't read and watch and feel the emotional impact of a film. Sigh. Here's the report from Oliver...
Hi there! Olivier here from Animated Movies (Animated-Movies.Com).
You should check out a great article from Japan Today (JapanToday.Com) in which Toshio Suzuki, president of Studio Ghibli and producer of Spirited Away, commented that they "will have an English version out soon...If you try to make a good film, everyone will come and see it.". Miyazaki's film takes some explaining and is unfamiliar fare to Western audiences, more used to what Suzuki describes as "animation musicals" than "animation films." But Toshio Suzuki is confident of similar treatment for Japan's biggest blockbuster, but hopes for more success. "I can drop a hint that it'll take less time to reach the international market than Princess Mononoke. "I'll be frank. We have a friendly relationship with Disney and the first negotiations are already underway. They are looking at our film."
That sounds like we finally may get a chance to see this movie on US screens on the -relatively- short term!
Cheers,
Olivier (Animated-Movies.Com)
