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posted by martyb on Thursday January 23 2020, @06:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the almost-is-good-enough dept.

Netflix Secures International Rights to Studio Ghibli Animated Films:

The iconic animated features of Japan's Studio Ghibli will be available in territories outside the U.S., Canada and Japan on Netflix starting in February. The move is a further change of position for the studio which has repeatedly resisted the idea that its beloved cartoons would be released on digital platforms.

Netflix, sales agent Wild Bunch, and Studio Ghibli, which counts Hayao Miyazaki as one of its leading lights, will upload 21 Ghibli features including Academy Award-winner "Spirited Away," "Princess Mononoke," "Arrietty," "Kiki's Delivery Service," "My Neighbor Totoro," and "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya."

They will be screened in their native Japanese, with sub-titles, and be available globally on Netflix except in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.

"In this day and age, there are various great ways a film can reach audiences. We've listened to our fans and have made the definitive decision to stream our film catalogue. We hope people around the world will discover the world of Studio Ghibli through this experience," said producer Toshio Suzuki at Studio Ghibli in a prepared statement.

[...] "This is a dream come true for Netflix and millions of our members. Studio Ghibli's animated films are legendary and have enthralled fans around the world for over 35 years. We're excited to make them available in more languages across Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia – so that more people can enjoy this whimsical and wonderful world of animation," Aram Yacoubian, director of original animation at Netflix, said.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Rich on Thursday January 23 2020, @10:45AM

    by Rich (945) on Thursday January 23 2020, @10:45AM (#947329) Journal

    1.) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (But that's about the only series I saw in full, others didn't really catch on with me so far.)
    2.) Garden of Words (Top spot for visual expressiveness).

    The honorary title for "most ghibliesque" goes to "Mary and the Witch's Flower", which I liked much better than most critics and think it's right up there in the footprints of Arrietty and Marnie (despite effectively being "Ponyo's Delivery Service"). There's a lot of good stuff out there: the whole Shinkai catalog, all the Kon movies, and the older Hosoda stuff, and much of the newer "indie" stuff that gets international releases is great too. Mecha action is a bit under-represented in my watching profile, as is tentacle hentai; I guess I have to catch up with the latter ;)

    As far as the Netflix offer is concerned, i'll pass. I was lucky enough to get a full Ghibli Japanese-with-subtitles DVD set from ebay for a two-figure price and also have the german Miyazaki box set.

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