# Spirited Away DVD review **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071 "2003-03-17T19:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/1 "2003-03-17T19:40:29Z")
Though the DVD will only be sold April 15 dvd.ign already has its review up. [http://dvd.ign.com/articles/389/389486p1.html](http://dvd.ign.com/articles/389/389486p1.html) The review gives the DVD a 9/10 and it appears to be very solid all round. No red tint unlike the Japanese release. Among the special features there is a 40 minute making-of-documentary which sounds very interesting. I wish they had put in as much effort with the Princess Mononoke DVD. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/2 "2003-03-17T19:49:56Z")
This one is on my to buy list. I really loved this movie as well as many of the other studio Ghibli works. I would buy it regardless of the red tint but am happy to see that it is not there. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/3 "2003-03-17T20:08:51Z")
I don’t know if he’s got a review copy yet, but I suggest Anime On DVD as another good place to go to for reviews. Oh, just to try and help, **dorkus** is talking about a red tint that happened on the R2 Japanese DVD. ---
**Author:** ![taichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@taichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taichi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/4 "2003-03-17T21:58:04Z")
I have the DVD from Japan (ordered off of [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) japan) and it is EXCELLENT. I haven’t seen the English language version, so I don’t know how that compares, but the subtitles seem to be failry accurate. For what it’s worth… ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/5 "2003-03-18T01:29:37Z")
What is this red tint thing? What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/6 "2003-03-18T02:48:08Z")
This picture should clarify the whole thing: [![](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/sen/r2_dvd_tint.jpg) ](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/sen/r2_dvd_tint.jpg) Compare that to the same picture in the dvd.ign review (it’s the third one). “Red tint” may not be the most accurate description but the first picture is clearly less attractive to me at least. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/7 "2003-03-18T03:03:01Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/8 "2003-03-18T03:05:18Z")
I couldn’t really find a page with comparisons, so I thought I’d whip up a quickie comparing the two versions of the film that I have. [Check it out here](http://www.geocities.com/gchodge/Spiritedpics.html). ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/9 "2003-03-18T06:31:27Z")
Thanks for the side-by-side pictures. It’s easy to see why so many Japanese customers were angry about the red tint. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/10 "2003-03-18T20:06:38Z")
Indeed. Since the closest the theatrical release came to my city was Toronto (1.5 to 2 hour drive), I never got to see the movie in the theatres. I figured the next best thing would be to order the region 2 DVD since I have a region-free DVD-ROM. I was pretty disappointed with the colour on that release so I went hunting and finally found a pirate SVCD. It’s pretty sad when a pirate copy is better quality than an official studio release. I’m definitely looking forward to the Disney DVD. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/11 "2003-03-18T23:49:23Z")
“I’m definitely looking forward to the Disney DVD.” Minor nitpick. The Japanese DVD was also released by Disney. BTW does the R2 DVD have the same special features? Are they any good? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/12 "2003-03-19T06:31:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CyberPundit \* > \*\*This picture should clarify the whole thing: > [http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/sen/r2\_dvd\_tint.jpg](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/sen/r2_dvd_tint.jpg) > > Compare that to the same picture in the dvd.ign review (it’s the third one). “Red tint” may not be the most accurate description but the first picture is clearly less attractive to me at least. \*\* Yeah, and the words are spelled all funny. I don’t remember them saying _anything_ like that in the movie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-dvd-review/162071/13 "2003-03-19T12:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CyberPundit \* > “I’m definitely looking forward to the Disney DVD.” > Minor nitpick. The Japanese DVD was also released by Disney. You’re right, Buena Vista Japan, to be exact. I should have clarified that I was looking forward to the Region 1 Special Edition. > [@](#): > > BTW does the R2 DVD have the same special features? Are they any good? Judging by the review linked in the OP, I’d say that the extras on the Region 1 DVD are more extensive and all-around much cooler than those on the Region 2 DVD. The Japanese release is also a 2 disc, special edition with the movie on 1 disc and extras on the other. The second disc contains something like 30 mins of Studio Ghibli trailers and a storyboard to movie comparison. Sadly, this disc contains no english subtitles whatsoever.