First Hand Report on US Ghibli Movie Releases

Anime on DVD has published a first hand report from an attendee at last night’s theatrical screening of Porco Rosso at the Austin Film Festival. The report specifically details news of the upcoming release of more Studio Ghibli films in America.

The premiere was attended by Cindy and Donald Hewitt, the english language adaptors for Porco Rosso as well as Spirited Away. They talked about the process that they go through in translation and how they only had like a week and a half to translate Porco. But you all want to hear about whats next right? Well work is currently proceeding with Nausicaa, with actors currently recording. Those include Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, and Natalie Portman. The translation for Whisper of the Heart is done but there is some sort of problem with the song.(They didn’t go into it.) So most likely the next movie out after Nausicaa will probably be Pom Poko. Oh, and the DVD for Porco should be out sometime in April. Last, to break all your hearts they said that this will most likely be the only theatrical showing of Porco.