Date:         Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:19:10 EST
From:         Ryoko TOYAMA
Subject:      Re: [article] Tokuma
To:           Multiple recipients of list NAUSICAA <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>

> >When he announced plans to produce "My Neighbors The Yamadas,"  Tokuma
> >said production costs would be at least 1.6 billion yen (14 million dollars)
> >and that he had not set an upper limit. Costs have already topped 2 billion
> >yen.
>
> And Yamadas is currently only two-third done ^_^;
> Look like it will soon surpass Mononoke Hime's record 2.2
> (or is it 2.4?) billion yen production cost.

In another article (Houchi), Mr. Tokuma said that in future, he would like to
have Miyazaki-San and Takahata-San movies with 10 billion yen budget each. ^^;

He is known to be a big mouth, so don't take him seriously, though.

Other things the Houchi article said were:
(Please note: Houchi can not be fully trusted. So take them with a grain of
salt.)

-Vice President Al Gore is coming to the US Premiere of MH. (Mr.Suzuki said
that Disney is *trying* to get Al Gore, so I'm not really sure if he is really
coming, or it is still in the planning stage. But at least we know that
Clintons are not coming.)

-The US release of Yamada-Kun has been "inofficially" decided.

-There will be a meeting of Disney people at Orland this spring, and they are
going to show the subed version of Yamada-Kun (the incomplete version, of
course).

-There will be French and German versions of MH.

-Miramax hasn't been decided on the English title of MH. The candidates are:
"Princess of the Forest", "Princess of Mononoke (sic)", "Legend of Ashitaka".
There have been some opinions inside Miramax that the word "Princess" might be
misleading, as Americans would assume that the movie is for kids.

Ryo