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NEWS: Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Film Opens in N. American Theaters/IMAX on December 8 w


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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:45 am Reply with quote
Looks worthy of an Oscar nom. Too bad the voters don't do dark toons. Or at least dark anime.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:00 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
Looks worthy of an Oscar nom. Too bad the voters don't do dark toons. Or at least dark anime.

I saw it while I was in Japan... If the oscar people view it as a film from a master filmmaker, it has a chance. If they view is as an animated cartoon for children, it will lose to something else.

I'll probably go see it again when it comes out in December in the US. It deserves a second viewing, there was so many little things in it I barely caught the first time.
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kuma991



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:32 pm Reply with quote
A 71-second trailer and the message and artistry is already overflowing from the screen. This feels overwhelmingly relevant.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:53 pm Reply with quote
This makes me emotional, I cried a little.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:40 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
Looks worthy of an Oscar nom. Too bad the voters don't do dark toons. Or at least dark anime.

It'll have some tough competition. Spider-verse was probably my top movie this year. And then there's Mario and Elementals which will be there because of popularity/studio backing.
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charliepanayi



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:31 pm Reply with quote
Obviously looking forward to it - it's a good bet to get an Oscar nom (The Wind Rises and Howl's Moving Castle were nominated) but I imagine Spider-Verse will still end up winning that
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OtomeGay



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:08 pm Reply with quote
This looks absolutely stunning! The full movie definitely has the chance to beat out Spider-verse for my favorite film of the year.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:35 pm Reply with quote
It looks so beautiful!
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Farhanawesome



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:33 pm Reply with quote
Since GKIDS only mention the release date for the theatrical, That means they not have plan on the english dub ?
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:47 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
Looks worthy of an Oscar nom. Too bad the voters don't do dark toons. Or at least dark anime.
They've nominated plenty of darker or more serious animated films before. Just this past year del Toro's Pinocchio won best animated feature and in past years nominations have gone to films like ParaNorman, The Breadwinner, Isle of Dogs, and The Wind Rises. But this movie will make it in based solely on Miyazaki's name alone.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:02 am Reply with quote
Cardcaptor: They snubbed A Scanner Darkly, GITS: Innocence, Kon, Metropolis, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Miyazaki's Ponyo. So, no guarantees on getting in.
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jdnation



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:19 pm Reply with quote
Looks awesome!

Miyazaki's name alone will give it a better chance at a nomination, even without Disney.

Mario will get a nom too.

But Spider-Verse will more than likely be the guaranteed winner on name recognition alone. And well, Spider-Verse was good and is a high bar to beat, despite the cliffhanger, so I ain't gonna complain about this year's winner, unless The Boy and the Heron is that much better...
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blahmoomoo



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:54 pm Reply with quote
Farhanawesome wrote:
Since GKIDS only mention the release date for the theatrical, That means they not have plan on the english dub ?


I can't recall them releasing an anime movie without a dub, so I'm sure it is planned. Ocean Waves is the one exception I'm aware of, but that got a very limited theatrical release while The Boy and the Heron will likely be a country-wide release.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:26 pm Reply with quote
IMO, the majority of film goers don't give a crap about the Oscars. It's well-known that they hardly take animated films seriously and that they award it to "popular" American films (e.g. Frozen beating The Wind Rizes; Big Hero 6 over Princess Kaguya, etc.). Miyazaki-san's films (and Ghibli's as a whole) are works of art that will last forever; the Oscars will one day sink without trace.
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Southkaio



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:19 pm Reply with quote
MAHITO MAKI: Vincent Tong
THE GRAY HERON: Bill Mumy
HIMI: Brenda Song
NATSUKO: Kelly Hu
THE GREAT-UNCLE: Brian Tee
KIRIKO: Lauren Tom
MAHITO'S DAD: Tohoru Masamune
THE PARAKEET KING: James Callis
THE OLD PELICAN: Brian Doyle-Murray
ALL OF THE MAIDS: Lori Tan Chinn
THE WARAWARAS: Kate Higgins

Thoughts?
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