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FinalFantasyXIII said:
SvennoJ said:
Augen said:

My biggest want is to get Princess Mononoke on Blu Ray some day. Wish traditional animation was still prevalent (especially in the west) as can just imagine how gorgeous it could look these days.

It's available for import, but i'm waiting for a more affordable version.
http://www.play-asia.com/mononoke-hime-paOS-13-49-en-70-757z.html

All Ghibli movies look great on blu-ray. The extra detail in Howl's moving castle stands out especially.


I saw Mononke about 10 years ago in HD and I liked it very much, I think it was on HDNet at the time. But honestly after seeing Spirited Away I felt that movie had more magic and intrigue, I'm dying to get Spirited Away on Blu-Ray! The whole challenging childhood and growing up and overcoming your personal fears vibe. The main character Chihiro is so damn likable, and believable. Even the english actress does a great job. Some of the earlier Miyazaki English actors fail to deliver great performances imho, unlike Chihiro's/Daveigh Chase did imho. 

I think to that Spirited Away pulled off very nicely, and has some interesting subliminal message/Japanese culture layers to it. Where as Mononoke felt more straight, and like an enviromental film with a positive message (building a better world even though some men never learn) with a cheesy love story that went almost nowhere, maybe to preachy and cliched for my tastes in movies now to be rewatching it more than twice. The first time I saw Mononoke I was very mpressed though. Haha you probably think I'm a dick now! Anyhow if you haven't watched it you should check into it.

Cool little fact Chihiros voice is done by that creepy girl in The Ring. She looks a lot hotter now though lmao! She also did the voice in Disney's Lilo and Stitch but I have yet to watch it. Oh well...

No worries, Spirited away is my nr 2 all time favorite movie, right after Mononoke. Spirited away is probably next for a blu-ray release, they've covered all of them by now. I'm also still waiting for Porco rosso and Kiki's delivery service's blu-rays to make it to NA.

Spirited away had a bigger awe inspiring first viewing, but after having watched both movies numerous times, Mononoke still comes out on top.
This was my review of Mononoke http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5185564
and Spirited away http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5182307
I'm still resising getting the import, the Japanese covers are awesome but at over $80 a piece I'm better off at least waiting for the Honk Kong international release. Once I get one I might start buying the whole series again :(

I expect more out of a blu-ray version of Spirited away, same way with Totoro and Howl's moving castle. Both look great on blu-ray but Howl's moving castle revealed a whole layer of fine detail that the dvd simply couldn't capture.

Have you watched Ponyo btw. Most impressive hand drawn animation I've seen. My kids are addicted to it, it's probably been played over 50 times already. I went straight for the blu-ray when it came out so can't compare it to dvd, but it looks amazing on blu-ray. Perfect line detail and color.