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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-21-2011, 03:01 PM:
 
GKIDS, the people who each year produce the New York International Children's Film Festival, recently acquired the North American theatrical rights for most of the films of Japan's Studio Ghibli. Beginning next month, GKIDS will begin screening The Studio Ghibli Collection: 1984 - 2008, a retrospective of 15 of the studio's films.

The retrospective will feature newly struck 35mm prints (and some DCPs from what I understand) in both English-dubbed and subtitled versions. After the retrospective completes its run in New York it will tour the major movie markets of the US and Canada during the first half of 2012. Selected titles will be available for theatrical booking starting in late 2012.

And for you F-T Ghibli fans, due to rights issues, Isao Takahata's 1988 WWII drama Grave of the Fireflies is not included in this retrospective. Likewise, Ghibli's two latest films The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010) and From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, 2011) are not included. Arrietty will be theatrically released in North America by Disney on 17 February 2012. The North American theatrical rights for Poppy Hill have not been announced as of yet.

PDF GKIDS press release - Studio Ghibli Collection

GKIDS is taking theatrical booking inquiries. Contact Dave Jesteadt through his email and phone links on the GKIDS distribution page.
 
Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-22-2011, 01:29 AM:
 
Thanks for the info Paul.
 
Posted by Elise Brandt (Member # 5552) on 11-22-2011, 07:25 AM:
 
We just ran Arrietty for some weeks, and amazingly I found the chance to see it. Lovely, just lovely! Among the best Ghiblis so far... although they're all pretty great. Did well in the box office too. Not great, but well enough.
 
Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-02-2012, 11:45 PM:
 
GKIDS has announced the first of the traveling dates for the 15-film Studio Ghibli Retrospective that has been playing at the IFC in New York. Closest cities to Las Vegas will be Hollywood (at the Egyptian theater) and Santa Monica (at the Aero), Thursday 26 January through Sunday 12 February 2012. Here are the January schedules and links:

Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 7:30pm, at the Egyptian
Porco Rosso　紅の豚, 1992, 94 min, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, in Japanese with English subtitles

Friday, 27 January 2012, 7:30pm, at the Aero
Spirited Away　千と千尋の神隠し, 2001, 125 min, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, dubbed in English

Saturday, 28 January 2012, 7:30pm, at the Egyptian
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind　風の谷のナウシカ, 1984, 116 min, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, in Japanese with English subtitles

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 4:00pm family matinee, at the Aero
My Neighbor Totoro　となりのトトロ, 1988, 86 min, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, dubbed in English

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 7:30pm, at the Aero
Whisper of the Heart　耳をすませば, 1995, 111 min, dir. Yoshifumi Kondo, in Japanese with English subtitles

February schedules not posted yet.

Dallas is also getting this retrospective this month. The other cities on the tour:
 
Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 01-03-2012, 08:09 AM:
 
The anime kids will be filling up my answering machine in 3...2...1...
 
Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-03-2012, 04:48 PM:
 
Ken, check your PMs.
 
Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-20-2012, 12:47 PM:
 
It's been a while since I've done any updates here...

ANN reports the GKids Studio Ghibli retrospective of film screenings is coming to Northern California next month. The series of films is playing at San Francisco's Bridge Theater September 7-13 and Berkeley's California Theater September 14-26. Here's the skeds:

(BT is Bridge Theater times, C is California Theater times.)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
BT: Sept 7 at 4:30 p.m. & 9:40 p.m.
C: Sept 14 & 15 at 1:50 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:00 p.m., & 9:35 p.m.

Spirited Away
BT: Sept 7 at 1:45 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
C: Sept 20 & 21 at 1:30 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m., & 9:40 p.m.

My Neighbor Totoro
BT: (in English) Sept 8 at 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
(Subtitled) Sept 8 at 5:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
C: (Subtitled) Sept 23 & 24 at 2:20p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:00p.m., & 9:20 p.m.

Kiki's Delivery Service
BT: Sept 9 at 4:30 p.m. & 9:50
C: Sept 16 & 17 at 1:55 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Princess Mononoke
BT: Sept 9 at 1:40 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
C: Sept 22 at 1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:50 p.m.

Only Yesterday
BT: Sept 10 at 4:20 p.m. & 9:10 p.m.
C: Sept 19 at 1:50 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:00 p.m., & 9:35 p.m.

Porco Rosso
BT: Sept 10 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
C: Sept 18 at 2:50 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Castle in the Sky
BT: Sept 11 at 1:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:00 p.m. & 9:40 p.m.
C: Sept 16 & 17 at 4:15 p.m. & 9:20 p.m.

The Cat Returns
BT: Sept 12 at 5:10 p.m. & 9:25 p.m.
C: Sept 18 at 5:00 p.m. & 9:10 p.m.

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
BT: Sept 12 at 2:45 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
C: Sept 26 at 4:45 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Howl's Moving Castle
BT: Sept 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
C: Sept 25 at 4:25 p.m. & 9:35 p.m.

My Neighbors the Yamadas
BT: Sept 13 at 4:30 p.m. & 9:35 p.m.

Pom Poko
C: Sept 25 at 1:50 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Whisper of the Heart
C: Sept 26 at 2:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

The GhibliWiki reports GKids founder Eric Beckham stated that the Ghibli retrospectives were booked "solid" into 2013 and "on track to gross $1 million by year-end." The company acquired the North American rights to Goro Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's From Up On Poppy Hill and will release the film next March after a bid for 2013's Academy Awards.

New 35mm prints were struck for this retrospective - I wonder how the prints are holding up...
 
Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 08-20-2012, 02:11 PM:
 
Studio Ghibli retrospective will run at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH this fall. Dates are not yet announced.
 




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