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NEWS: Howl's Moving Castle in the UK




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omnistry



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:01 am Reply with quote
Considering there are less people in the U.K. than in the U.S., this doesn't come off as such a surprise. Also, since the film was based on a British novel, more people would know the story than Americans.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:09 am Reply with quote
Exactly, and I don't they offer a option to watch it Subbed, only (cough) Disney Dubbed.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:32 am Reply with quote
While those statements are quite true, it is still surprising given that anime accounts for a much smaller percentage of the overall visual media market (at least that is my own perception of it but I could easily be wrong) than it does in the US on top of a particularly bad reputation (based around primarily hentai titles, which seemed to dominat the UK market in the '90s) in the media pushed by many tabloid newspapers.

It certainly was nice to see it showing in a mainstream multiplex cinema as opposed to small arthouse theatres. (I've nothing against the arthouse theatres since they are a fantastic source for world movies but they don't attract the crowds that a multiplex does.)
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:30 pm Reply with quote
We have it both Subbed and Dubbed here in the UK - the larger cinema chains (Odeon, UCI etc) seem to be showing the dub, and the arthouse cinemas are showing it subbed.

Interstingly, in my area, it has more showings than any other film at the largest cinema at the moment ^^
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:35 pm Reply with quote
Serge wrote:
Exactly, and I don't they offer a option to watch it Subbed, only (cough) Disney Dubbed.

Better watch out, that cough could get nasty.

I saw this on Friday.

Dubbed of course (but does it matter? no)

It was nice to see a couple of families seeing it Smile
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masaki86



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:02 pm Reply with quote
omnistry wrote:
Also, since the film was based on a British novel, more people would know the story than Americans.


I doubt it tbh. I live in the UK, and I am well off and well educated, and even I didn't know of this book until I started reading about Howl.

Just because it is British doesn't mean we hold it dear. Most people here know about Shakespeare, and that it is it.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:10 pm Reply with quote
omnistry wrote:
Also, since the film was based on a British novel, more people would know the story than Americans.


Actually, Howl has done better in every market outside of North America. Simply because Miyazaki is much better known outside of the USA than he is in the USA.

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subaru



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:48 pm Reply with quote
Serge wrote:
Exactly, and I don't they offer a option to watch it Subbed, only (cough) Disney Dubbed.


Disney did a very good job with Howl's Moving Castle. In fact, during one of the interview, Miyasaki sensei did mentioned that he prefered the English casting for the Witch of the Waste. I've never seen Howl's in Japanese, so I can't really compare them. Yet, I have to say what Disney did with Spirited Away was actually better than the original. Originals are not always the best.
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kawaii-clamp-fan



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:22 am Reply with quote
*nods* In fact, the Japnese R2 DVD relaease of Howl's has the Disney english audio track - so the Japanese must have approved.

Personally, I think it's rather good.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:15 pm Reply with quote
omnistry wrote:
Considering there are less people in the U.K. than in the U.S., this doesn't come off as such a surprise. Also, since the film was based on a British novel, more people would know the story than Americans.
Winny the Pooh is a British story too. The UK had TV adverts on prime time as well. Anybody see any Howls TV ads in the colonies then? Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:44 pm Reply with quote
I saw TV ads for Howl on American television. Not too many, and not in primetime timeslots (where the cost of advertising is far too expensive to be worth advertising an anime film), but certainly far more than average for a limited-release film.
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