Re: Translations (was Re: An introduction)
| From: | Amanda Babcock <langs@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 6, 2003, 20:27 |
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:19:28PM -0700, David Starner wrote:
> How chopped and edited is it from the original? Was it worth editing the
> original Japanese soundtrack for a region one DVD? (I've got Godzilla
> vs. Mothra with the same problem, but they just dumped the 60s film onto
> DVD.)
I think the contract with Hayao Miyazake specifies absolutely zero editing.
They waited for decades without licensing Studio Ghibli films in America
until Disney finally made an offer good enough.
Amanda