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Re: Translations (was Re: An introduction)

From:Amanda Babcock <langs@...>
Date:Friday, June 6, 2003, 20:27
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