2009-04-News

Princess Mononoke, Totoro Screening in Yuma

As part of its celebrations of Free Comic Book Day, the Yuma County Library District (Yuma, Arizona) will screen "Princess Mononoke" at its Heritage Branch Library on May 2 at 2:00 PM. A screening of "My Neighbor Totoro" is scheduled for the first weekend in June, exact date and time to be announced.

Thanks to William Raymer for the news.

--LLin 17:17, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

US Ponyo Teaser, Miyazaki on Tezuka

A static image and date (August 14) for Ponyo have appeared on the Walt Disney Pictures site. Trailers and other media to undoubtedly follow in the coming weeks.
GhibliWorld has details on a recent newspaper interview with Miyazaki that covered his views on manga giant Tezuka Osamu.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.

--LLin 09:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Ponyo in Spain

The Ponyo release train chugs into Spain on April 24. Titled "Ponyo en el Acantilado" the Spanish trailer is available for viewing.

Thanks to Jose Maria Gomez Sanchez for the news.

Miyazaki/Miyamoto Interview

Scans from a 1992 newspaper interview between Miyazaki and Mario/Zelda/lots of others creator Shigeru Miyamoto have come our way. Translation services greatly appreciated!

Thanks to John Smith for the contribution.

Film Screenings

Tales from Earthsea is on Film4 in the UK at 18:45 on April 16.
For late-night enthusiasts a midnight showing of Howl's Moving Castle takes place at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles on May 22.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter and Simon Ho for the news.

--LLin 15:57, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Ponyo (and other) Japanese DVD Release Dates

Walt Disney Home Entertainment announced that "Ponyo", "How Ponyo Was Born - Hayao Miyazaki's Thinking Process", and "Joe Hisaishi in Budoukan" will be released on July 3.

Ponyo DVD:

2 discs
Japanese and English subtitles
BD to be released in December

How Ponyo was Born:

5 DVDs or 2 BD discs
752(!) minutes

Joe Hisaishi in Budoukan (trailer):

2 DVDs or 1 BD disc
120 minutes

A DVD Special Pack with all 3 works will also be released for ¥18200.

Thanks to T. Ishikawa for the news.

--LLin 15:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)