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Cardcaptor Takato
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It would be great if they fixed the weird audio issues on the remastering of Kiki’s Delivery Service since presentation is so important to them.
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PurpleWarrior13
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I remember when Ponyo was streaming on Netflix back in 2012. *shrug*
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Schaef Dogg
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^ While I don't remember Ponyo, I do remember watching Tales from Earthsea and Howl's Moving Castle while they were available on Netflix in 2011.
This. |
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Rika Hue
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This post and its argument is too good for this forum. I don't think Ghibli is losing that much money. Someone here posted about merc not flooding the market, but that's not true. Have you ever seen a Totoro plushie? Ghibli merc is actually easy to come by, easier than other anime. And I'm sure merc brings in the money streaming would. (Don`t quote me on this). Plush, there's apparently a Ghibli World coming a la Universal Studios and Disney. I don't think 'the millions left on the table' is a problem. |
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BigOnAnime
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I recommend the following.
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Blackiris_
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Yes, much of what chronos02 wrote is spot-on, I think.
I recommend reading the article liked by BigOnAnime. While it is true that you can easily find Ghibli merchandise in Japan, it’s a huuuge difference if you compare it to Disney, Sanrio, Evangelion or other big brands/companies. The selection of products is not thaaat huge, the quality usually very good (every single article has a seal of approval sticker, I think, except for maybe the very small ones). There are no shady cooperations with other companies, no regularly published limited-edition merch and no gatcha cash-grab mobile games. While other companies seek to maximize their profits, Ghibli actively does not want profits from merchandise to exceed a certain yearly amount of revenue. Ghibli could easily make more money, but they decided not to. This is a rather exceptional stance and of course they are in a luxury position to be able to act like that, but I have great respect for that and it’s a big part of the reason that Ghibli just feels genuine. |
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Tenbyakugon
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Well then you’re going to have people like me that long to see Ghibli’s movies left in the dark then, huh?
Get with the times. Not sure how Japan’s market is with streaming but I don’t have to point out America’s. |
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LegitPancake
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The original article on Polygon mentions that Ghibli movies will never be on Toonami again, but I don’t see how television broadcasts equates to streaming. They’ve done it before back in like 2005, and Ghibli movies air on Japanese television all the time.
Also, reading some of the comments, I don’t see why Ghibli movies like Howl’s were on Netflix in 2012, but they’ve changed their minds in the past 7 years? |
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AkumaChef
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While I agree 100% that physical media offers superior video quality I think the simple fact is that the majority of people don't care. As I've posted (ranted?) several times in the past, it seems that the further A/V tech advances the more people are willing to trade off quality for convenience. If someone cared about the video experience they'd watch in a dark room, without distractions, in front of a fairly large screen. If my observation of friends, co-workers, and family is anything to go by most people don't do that: they watch on a tiny phone or tablet (or maybe laptop) screen, in a well-lit room, while all sorts of other distractions are taking place. Likewise, take audio: If people really cared about audio quality they would use nice headphones (no, Beatz are not nice) or properly positioned speakers and would be using uncompressed source material. But again, most people don't do that, they listen with cheapo earbuds from a highly compressed source, and they do so while there are all sorts of distractions around them. Fact is that only A/V geeks care about quality, and we are few and far between compared to the average consumer. The average person values the the convenience of streaming their music and videos over quality, and probably isn't even aware of the fact that physical media is superior. I do think you have a good point about Merch though. In my opinion Ghibli merch is ubiquitous anywhere you find anime goods being sold, and I've often seen Ghibli stuff (plushies, stationary) sold at places which had no other anime or manga related content at all. It's not on the level of, say, Eva or Disney....but its a lot more common than most anime merch, and it has been for many years. |
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doctordoom85
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Yeah, in the US certain stores offer quite a bit of different Ghibli merch from statues, shirts, and quite a few various types of goodies. Totoro in particular is used in a ton of different types of merch. Yes, when compared to DISNEY of all things (like the biggest merch company one could name at this point) it seems small but there's still plenty of it and often more for a Ghibli film than many anime series out there.
Sorry, but if you want to talk about a creator who refused to let merch "cheapen" their creation, it's hard to top Bill Watterson, the creator of the newspaper comic Calvin and Hobbes, who didn't allow ANY official merch to be made whatsoever. Now I personally don't think even a massive amount of merch actually "cheapens" the original work (Evangelion is still considered by many to be excellent and I never heard of anyone's opinion changing due to a ton of merch existing) but I'm simply stating the extent to which a creator has taken such measures. Sorry, but regardless of Ghibli's intentions, the fact remains that when I walk into a Hot Topic or Barnes and Noble, it seems like at least 20% of the merch is Ghibli. And honestly, it is kinda tiresome at this point, like the Ghibli films have been out for a long time now while constant new series and films that could use some love are released and overlooked. For example, hey Hot Topic, could we get a Promised Neverland shirt? Oh no, instead we get yet another Howl's Moving Castle shirt? [sarcasm]Yay, thanks, totally what I wanted...[/sarcasm] |
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Urashu
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Ummmm... TIMING!!
They're coming to HBO Max. |
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Expias
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Suddenly GKIDS announces that "Studio Ghibli films will be available for US streaming on HBO Max for the first time ever!" Spring 2020
https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1184869480721108992 |
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Hal14
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DatRandomDude
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That article didn't age well.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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