Spirited Away & Ghibli Film Release Details

Disney and Studio Ghibli representatives revealed at last weekend’s American premier of Spirited Away that Disney will theatrically distribute both a subtitled and a dubbed version of Spirited Away in American theaters tentatively beginning September 20th. American producer and personal friend on Hayao Miyazaki John Lasseter will be supervising the American release of Spirited Away, hopefully assuring the most credible and artistically sound release and support of the film in America as possible.

There are plans to release 2 Ghibli films on American DVD later this year and 4 next year. The delay is mandated by the Studio Ghibli requirement that particular films be released on Japanese DVD before they are released on American DVD. The forthcoming American Ghibli film DVDs will be in Japanese with optional subtitles. English dialogue tracks will be included if they exist, but Disney will not be recording new dub tracks specifically for the American DVD releases. All of the American Ghibli film DVDs will be mastered in Japan to maintain the superb image and sound quality typical of Japanese produced anime DVDs.

Source: Ain’t It Cool News