Forum - View topicWhisper of the Heart
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msi435
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Dose anyone know the scoop on the dub? Practically every studio ghibli movie has been released except WOTH. There was a news tidbit on it like 2 years ago stating that the translation was complete "but that there is some sort of unspecified problem with one of the songs." When am I going to see my favorite anime film ever be released in English
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abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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One guess as to which song....カントリー・ロード 
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angel_lover
 Posts: 645 Location: UK |
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My understanding of the issue with "Country Road" is that, quite understandably, Ghibli only acquired the rights to use the song in Asia. Disney would need to do the same for the USA and other countries before releasing WOTH, and so far have not been willing to pay the (presumably very large) sum being asked.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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I've got a question: when a song has become the central theme of a movie (not just OP/ED; in the way of "Country Road, Take Me Home" for WotH and "As Time Goes By" for Casablanca) or any other type of entertainment media, how do movie and record companies make a deal?
Speaking of which, whenever a song is mentioned in a manga, there's "JASRAC" code of authorization. I wonder how they did it with Casablanca. No copyright laws then? |
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angel_lover
Posts: 645 Location: UK |
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They would have had to do it exactly the same as now - the maker of the film would either need to negotiate with the copyright holder of the music, or (in the USA at least) contact the Harry Fox Agency, which has acted as a copyright clearing house since 1927. |
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mrgazpacho
Posts: 316 Location: Australia |
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A UK company has apparently listed it for release next year, so it seems the issues (legal and artistic) have been sorted. Last edited by mrgazpacho on Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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angel_lover
Posts: 645 Location: UK |
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These things are country by country though, just because it's sorted in the UK doesn't mean it's sorted in the USA. |
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4518 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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I thought it was getting released in February as part of the final major "wave" of Ghibli films along with the bilingual, subtitled, widescreen Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle?
Guess that's just a rumour, for now. |
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msi435
Posts: 465 Location: Behind you! |
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To be honest I thought so to... but not sure if what I read a while back was true, I checked the news on ANN and no such article existed. Odd. 
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