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NEWS: Discotek Media Licences Inukami!, Twilight of the Cockroaches, Beyblade V-Force Anime

Twilight is a classic. It's been one of my favorites for thirty years. I'm glad to see it hasn't been forgotten. I wonder about Windaria.

The trailer makes 'Twilight of the Cockroaches' seems like an interesting cross between Ralph Bakshi and Joe's Apartment.

Besides KOR, the only thing that interests me is KOR. THAT, I'm getting.

Oh, and yes, I'd like it if Windaria were FINALLY released subbed in the US but it seems to be obscure even for Japan.

They did a release of it in Russian that circulated online for a while.

It appears to be out of print again and I don't know who owns the film -- the production company that made Windaria was dismantled a long time ago. It's a shame but Windaria may be another feature film that exists only on tape. I don't think they even had a Blu ray release of it in Japan; the same situation exists with Project A-ko.

The dub isn't that bad for Windaria and I would imagine if the film wasn't edited that most likelythey'll pick up the dub for it.
I second on seeing it unedited, too, but I NEVER had the impression it was edited THAT much for the dubbed HG version Streamline released on home video. The music was all there (I've got the Japanese CD soundtrack) and I didn't see any abrupt edits or detect excised scenes. The big differences were the narration done by Russell Johnson (The Professor, Gilligan's Island) and a few other storyline changes but the movie's intact.
Windaria was last released on DVD in the dubbed form by ADV FIlms 13 years ago(?). For some reason, ADV retitled their release "Once Upon A Time" which is the alternate title that's been used for Windaria. It had been released previously on VHS by Streamline... At one time, they were going to release Windaria on laserdisc in the US but that LD got cancelled along with at least half the planned Streamline LD's.

If Discotek license rescues Windaria, it would be preferable if they just redubbed the whole thing from scratch. The dub has completely different dialouge and even without Russel Johnson's narration, makes the characters come off as too self-concious of their foolish decisions. Take the main protagonist of Isu (Alan in the dub): he comes off like an impulsive dumbass in the Japanese version who acts without thinking, but the dub makes him sound like he's more aware of his actions and manipulative. I'm not sure of this was intended by Macek when he reinterpreted the thing or if it's just poor writing.

And, of course, Discotek isn't in the business of dubbing, since they're more of a salvage house for existing vintage material.
Nozomi occasionally dabbles in original dubs, and they'd be a better choice to de-Macek it, since, even by 80's birth-of-anime art-feature standards, it's not really commercial enough for someone like Funi to take on.

And Carl Macek had a sort of condescending love-hate relationship with the 80's art-features he imported--He wanted to show how Cool & Visionary they were, but he also thought he alone was the chosen-one to "fix" them for mainstream audiences whose poor lil' heads might be confused.

I sum up the Streamline years with those ads proclaiming "Japanimation (sic) isn't just Speed Racer anymore!", followed by a new theatrical re-release of vintage Speed Racer episodes.