# Miyazaki's new anime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156 "2002-06-03T14:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/1 "2002-06-03T14:52:40Z")
I don’t watch much anime but I have seen several of Miyazaki’s features and thought they were superp(especially Mononoke). His latest anime “Spirited Away” recently won the award in the Berlin Festival. While I haven’t seen it yet, I am pretty confident, given Miyazaki’s track record and the award that it is superb. My questions: Does anyone know what has happened to the US release. I believe it was slated for some time this year but I don’t know when. I am looking forward to finally seeing a Miyazaki on the big screen. Also do you think that this will be the Miyazaki anime that will catapult him into the American mainstream? Mononoke was great but probably not a children’s film per se and Americans aren’t perhaps ready for more mature animation. Spirited Away appears entirely appropriate for children and so it should have greater acceptance. I am pretty sure that it will get great reviews like Mononoke. I just hope Disney does a better job marketing it. I think Miyazaki is one of the geniuses of modern cinema and it’s such a shame he is not better known in the US. It would also be great if “Spirited Away” could win a nomination for Best Picture at the Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/2 "2002-06-03T15:03:48Z")
I _love_ Miyazaki! I haven’t heard of this one, though. Now that I know it exists, I can’t wait to see it! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/3 "2002-06-03T15:11:44Z")
[http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/sen/](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/sen/) This has some info on the movie. Incidencally the site is a great source for all things Miyazaki. If you search [www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) you will find reviews for it. IIRC it is currently ranked at the top in the animation category. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/4 "2002-06-03T19:26:39Z")
IIRC, it was released in Region 2 (Japan) just a couple of months ago. If Disney rushed it out, they could release sooner than this fall–they have some sort of contract where they have to give a period of months (6?) before released in Region 1. This is going to be a good fall for American Miyazaki fans. Porco Rosso is also coming out on DVD this fall. Trust me, I’ll be waiting in the store for the first shipment… ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/5 "2002-06-04T04:40:06Z")
[Coming soon to a theater near you.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JLES/103-0090734-5191024) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/6 "2002-06-04T17:36:20Z")
I sincerely doubt it has even the remotest chance at a Best Picture nod (heck, it took Disney 50 years to get its first and only), particularly with the new Animated Feature category. Now, after last year’s debacle of choosing _Jimmy Neutron_ over _Waking Life_, if this film can’t score a nod, then the category becomes totally discredited to the point of meaninglessness. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miyazakis-new-anime/112156/7 "2002-06-04T19:53:29Z")
Sweet! I just hope that I get to see it subbed, not dubbed. Mononoke was near ruined for me by that dratted Clare Danes.