Fans of Studio Ghibli’s very own Hayao Miyazaki that understand German or French should mark some dates for next month as ARTE has appointed April to a long overdue “Hayao Miyazaki Month”.
The Franco-German station will show six of Miyazaki’s masterworks starting on April 5th with Spirited Away and also air Yves Montmayeur’s 2004 documentation Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki that focuses on Miyazaki’s work at the Ghibli Studio.
Spirited Away – April 5th 20:15; April 7th 14:45; April 13th 14:45
My Neigbour Totoro – April 8th 20:15; April 15th 14:45
Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki – April 8th 21:40
Howl’s Moving Castle – April 12th 20:15; April 14th 14:45
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – April 15th 20:15
Princess Mononoke – April 19th 20:15
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – April 22nd 20:15
[via Catsuka]

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A keen eyed user from the Blu-ray.com forum has spotted a few seconds of HD footage from Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in the bonus features of Disney Picture’s Snow White Blu-ray Disc release. Hopefully this means that Disney will release Miyazaki’s masterpieces on Blu-ray Disc together with Ponyo in March 2010.

[via Can you Moe?]

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Despite Studio Ghilbi’s statement that Japan will be the first country to see their films on Blu-ray Disc, Dutch distributor Paradiso Home Entertainment announced Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) for November. According to DVDInfo.be and bol.com, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning feature will be released on Blu-ray Disc on November 19th with Dutch and French subtitles, so even if this will really hit the shelves in the Netherlands before Japan it won’t be of much use for most Ghibli fans…

[via AnimeOnBlu & Blu-ray.com Forum]
[19.10.] Update: GhibliWorld.com’s Peter informed me that Paradiso will only release an upscaled version taken from their current master on Blu-ray Disc. meh!

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Bloody hell Amazon, stop playing games with my heart if you don’t want to bring me to an early grave! IF you’re listing Blu-ray Disc release of Studio Ghibli’s masterworks like you just did with Spirited Away, Mononoke Hime, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea and Howl’s Moving Castle, please wait until you have proper release date!
[via GhibliWiki]

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Here’s something a bit different from the usual trailers, posters and other stuff the studio’s marketing machines spout out every day. While searching for some new icons for my EeePC, I stumbled upon this cute and incredibly detailed icon set named In Spirited We Love from deviantART user Raindropmemory. As you can guess from the name, all 72 256×256px (max) sized icons in the set have a very strong resemblance to the characters and locations in Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece Spirited Away/Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi.
The set is a bit too cute for my taste/desktop but maybe some of my female readers can put these icons to good use…

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Nachdem ufa Anime in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kinopolis Kette schon Neon Genesis Evangelion in die deutschen Kinos gebracht hat, geht es im nächsten mit Anime Klassikern im Kino weiter. Ab dem 5. Februar werden jeden Montag um 20:15 ausgewählte Animes in deutscher Synchro auf der großen Leinwand in ausgewählten Kinos gezeigt. Wie schon bei den NGE Vorstellungen (war jemand von euch da?) ist der Eintritt frei, Mindestverzehr ist jedoch 5€.
Die Starttermine wären:

05.02.2007 – Prinzessin Mononoke
12.02.2007 – Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland
19.02.2007 – Das wandelnde Schloss
26.02.2007 – Nausicaä – aus dem Tal der Winde
05.03.2007 – Das Schloss im Himmel
12.03.2007 – Porco Rosso
19.03.2007 – Ghost in the Shell 2 – Innocence
26.03.2007 – Appleseed

An der Aktion nehmen Kinopolis Kinos in Aschaffenburg, Bad Godesberg, Freiberg, Sulzbach, Landshut , Koblenz, Viernheim, München, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Rosenheim, Bochum, Giessen, Potsdam, Hürth, Hamburg, Duisburg, und Gera teil. Die komplette Kinoliste gibt es im Ursprungsposting im AnimeÂ¥ Forum.
Sehr schöne Aktion, auch wenn man die Filme alle schon auf DVD hat. Bei mir in der Nähe gibt es natürlich kein Aktionskino, verdammtes Cinemaxx Monopol!

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