Hello, I am an asst. manager here at the Sunshine Cinema in New York City, and I wanted to let you know about our screening of Princess Mononoke at our 'Sunshine at Midnight' series this month.

On Friday , September 27 and Saturday , September 28 at 12 -Midnight we will show Hayao Miyazaki 's "PRINCESS MONONOKE" !!! Tickets are on sale now through Moviefone and Fandango ticket sites and are $10.00 each. We are located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan , at 143 East Houston Street.

NOTE: They are also showing Spirited Away, starting 20th Sep!

The scheduled release of the film (according to Buena Vista):

9/20 - 10 cities: NY, LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Philadelphia, Boston, DC, Seattle, Minneapolis

9/27 - expansion within those 10 cities

10/4 - Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Vancouver, Montreal

Quote:

A knowledgable industry source says that Disney hopes to finally seed Miyazaki consciousness in American audiences with "Spirited Away," then follow that up by releasing selected titles, including "Kiki" and the long-awaited "Castle," [Castle In The Sky] to DVD next year.

Sun 23rd Sep 1600 hours, Bio Rex and
Mon 24th Sep 1845 hours, Maxim 2.

For more information, see http://www.hiff.fi/elokuvat/elokuva.html?elokuva_id=83.

The festival main page is at http://www.hiff.fi/.

(Overheard on the Ghiblink mailing list)

Subject: Milan Records Releasing PM Symphonic Suite

Milan Records is releasing the Mononoke Symphonic Suite on May 15th.

No tracklist changes from the Japanese release. Reviews of the CD.

No details other then the release date. The CD is listed under the "Coming Soon" section of the Milan website. I'll post details as they become available.

Thanks to Esther Choy of Milan Entertainment for sending the information!

(Reported on the ML by Lawrence Lin)

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(Reported on the ML by Mark Yates and Lawrence Lin, respectively.)

(Reported on the ML by Felix Wong)

(Reported on the ML by "Steve")

In honor of the official release of the Princess Mononoke DVD today, a detailed English summary of the first videotape in the three-tape set The Making of Mononoke Hime is now available on Nausicaa.net.

The summary was written by Mikiyo HATTORI, Marc Gregory, and myself. We hope to add a summary of Part Two of the set within a few weeks, and eventually follow up with Part Three.

We welcome comments and suggestions for corrections or improvements to the summary pages.

Cheers,
       -- Tom Wilkes

(Reported on the ML by Derek Tolley)

Subject:      Princess Mononoke DVD Confirmed

BVHE's official retailers site now lists Princess Mononoke with a release
date of December 19th. The details are a bit slim, but here's what's
listed:

UPC Code (DVD)  717951007414
Stock # (DVD)  19300
MSRP - $32.99

Specs:
5.1 Surround
1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions

Special Features:
French Language Track
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
and of course. . . Japanese Language Track

Dubtitles or true subtitles are not mentioned.

Happy preordering! (if you haven't already ^_^)

Lawrence Lin -- Team Ghiblink

At Amazon.com, the Mononoke DVD is listed having the following:

Audio tracks: Japanese (Original) (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0).

Subtitles: English.

(Reported on the ML by David Mankins)

According to AnimeonDVD.com, early Buena Vista December release information lists Mononoke!

(Reported on the ML by Sharon Westfall)

(Reported on the ML by Bruce Jones)

Source: http://animenation.net/news/news.php3

Mononoke Fans Making News - 07:59

"Disney Blinks" is the title to a center front page article in the current Video Store Magazine industry mag. The article suggests that Buena Vista home video executives were not aware that there was interest and an actual demand for a Japanese language version of Princess Mononoke in the US before they were presented with the results of a fan organized letter-writing campaign and internet petition that garnered "4,500 signatures in the first week." The article confirms that the Princess Mononoke DVD has been delayed, but not canceled. "`We were pleasantly surprised by the interest in a Japanese soundtrack,` [said] Buena Vista marketing senior v.p. Robert Chapek. `It`s a fairly recent development, and with an August 29th street date [for the dub-only VHS version], there was no way we could accommodate that [due to the inability to conclude soundtrack negotiations with the Japanese producer in time]. So we had to push it off. We`re fairly confident the [special edition] DVD will be out sometime before the holidays.`"

(Reported on the ML by Chris Meadows)

We just received news that Disney has put the DVD release of Princess Mononoke on hold "in anticipation of the availability of the original Japanese language track and possible additional bonus materials."

The Digital Bits also reported this news.

(Reported on the ML by Chris Meadows)

(Reported on the ML by "Da Sherlgirl" and Shun CHAN)

(If you don't know what this is about, read the original announcement.)

(Reported on the ML by Michael S. Johnson of Nausicaa.net)

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:21:54 EDT
Sender: Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Group
From: Zach B.
Subject: Princess Mononoke - August 29th!

This is from Norman Wilner... a DVD reviewer who has contacts with studios and such...

>Thought I'd pass along the good news ...

>Disney just announced the day-and-date release of "Princess Mononoke" on
>DVD -- it'll street alongside the VHS version on August 29th. It's
>letterboxed (1.85:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions), and features the 5.1
>English dub track _and_ the original Japanese audio (sound format to be
>determined). A featurette and the theatrical trailer are also included.

(Contrary to this report, there will NOT be a Japanese language track.)

(Info from Team Ghiblink and posted to the ML by Justin Sevakis)

Sender: Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Group
From: Lawrence Lin
Subject: Mononoke DVD info

The following is a summary of the telephone conversation between Michael Johnson (nausicaa.net owner) and Eric Maehara (VP of Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment):

Mononoke DVD: no firm release date, other than "before the end of the year," according to Mr. Eric Maehara, VP of Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment. He also could not give any details about the features or contents of the DVD. Team Ghiblink will continue to check with Buena Vista to bring you the release date and contents of the DVD when that information becomes available.

(Reported on the ML by Michael S. Johnson)

(Reported on the ML by Ryoko Toyama)

I am the Exclusive Distributor for Studio Ghibli's Limited Edition Cel Art. Studio Ghibli has released two Limited Edition Cel from PRINCESS MONONOKE utilizing the original production cels and backgrounds that were used in the film. One cel features SAN with her two wolf brothers and the other ASHITAKA riding into battle with Yakkul.

Please Note: I'm only putting this info here as requested. If you have any questions, please follow the link and use the contact information provided there.

See Nausicaa.net for more information.

(Reported on the ML by Lawrence Lin of Team Ghiblink)

See Nausicaa.net for more information.

(Reported on the ML by Chris Beveridge of Animeondvd.com, originally reported on the Digital Bits website)

Please note that this is a rumor!

(Reported to me by Tim Corcoran)

Subject: Mononoke on DVD!
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000

Amazon.com is tallying votes of customers who would like to buy Mononoke Hime on DVD! Amazon.com explains it this way:

"The studio is currently not producing this title on DVD, but to be notified when it is available, enter your e-mail address at right. You'll also be voting for this release; we'll let the studio know how many customers are waiting for this title."

The voting site can be found at the following addess: (Click to see the page)

Please inform fellow fans through your website. Thank you.

--Josh Powers