From Up on Poppy Hill

So, Goro Miyazaki's second film has been released in Japan. I only heard a tiny bit about it some time ago, so I was surprised to hear that it had been released already. Does anybody know anything more about it?

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Well, I knew this movie was being released on summer 2011 from what I read here: http://www.kokurikozaka-kddi.jp/trailer.html

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この夏 、スタジオジブリは“親子二世代にわたる青春”を描き ます。

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Post last edited by mubay on 07.29.2011, 02:53 PM.

I've heard that it's behind the new Pokemon movie in box office sales. I can't believe that. Pokemon was a big part of my childhood, but give me a break. Why won't it die already?

It doesn't really matter, though. Poppy Hill will probably sell more in the long run anyway. And besides, who really cares of sales figures?

Oh, and here's some more pictures of it of stuff not shown in the trailer. Check them out:

http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2011/07/ph...poppy-hill.html

Post last edited by on 07.29.2011, 03:38 PM.

Sounds intresting.

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Wow it's already released! Why do we get ours released way after anyway?

I saw the trailer on youtube a while a go, i kept playing it over and over because the song with it is so beautiful.

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Looks interesting from the trailer and the other pictures. Somebody said somewhere that it was similar to Takahata's style, which is certainly the impression it gave me. And zacharykrodel's link had another link to a review that sounded extremely positive. So I'm looking forward to seeing this.

And Calforsale, there are various reasons. Sorting out subtitles, and usually a dub, must take quite some time. Also, Ghibli don't distribute the films overseas themselves, so deals have to be made with foreign distributors, which differ between the countries the film is being released in. I think this is probably the most time-consuming aspect, because even once a - for example - English language version has been prepared, distribution deals then need to be organised for each English-speaking country that will show the film. I don't know an awful lot about the little details myself, and there are probably even more things to take into account, but even from what I do know, you can see that it's a lengthy process.

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Post last edited by arren18 on 07.30.2011, 03:36 PM.

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Originally posted by arren18
Looks interesting from the trailer and the other pictures. Somebody said somewhere that it was similar to Takahata's style, which is certainly the impression it gave me. And zacharykrodel's link had another link to a review that sounded extremely positive. So I'm looking forward to seeing this.

And Calforsale, there are various reasons. Sorting out subtitles, and usually a dub, must take quite some time. Also, Ghibli don't distribute the films overseas themselves, so deals have to be made with foreign distributors, which differ between the countries the film is being released in. I think this is probably the most time-consuming aspect, because even once a - for example - English language version has been prepared, distribution deals then need to be organised for each English-speaking country that will show the film. I don't know an awful lot about the little details myself, and there are probably even more things to take into account, but even from what I do know, you can see that it's a lengthy process.

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Wow it's already out?? How did I not know this? The reviews seem good. Reminds me of Only Yesterday/Whisper of the heart. Can't wait to see it!

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thanks for the info, I didn't know it was out already. Definitly looking forward to it

I saw it last weekend and intend to see it again today. I've got some problems with it, but it's definitely a worthwhile movie to see. None of my problems have anything to do with Goro or his skills.

I've got the feeling that Hayao Miyazaki (who wrote the screenplay) changed the original Shojo comic in significant ways, but I don't have the comic to compare. I think he was writing about himself and the other veterans, Takahata and Suzuki--especially Suzuki. It has to do with being student radicals during that era. He's trying to pull two historical times together and has an eight to ten-year gap: the relative ages of the characters in the story and themselves.

Though maybe not by the amount demonstrated in Mimi wo sumaseba and Omoide poro poro, Goro adds quite a bit of value to the film by animating it. (It's a quirk of mine. Umi ga kikoeru had zero added value) The Latin Quarter, a building that housed the male student clubs, was over the top with character that couldn't have been duplicated in live action. The inside was Howl's Moving Castle on steroids. Also, Japanese filmmakers don't do Showa-era period pieces well. Animating it makes it easier to get transported back to the early sixties.

I was just listening to the title song on youtube and noticed that the singer looked and sounded exactly the same as the lady who sang Therru's song in Earthsea. Same singer?

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I was just listening to the title song on youtube and noticed that the singer looked and sounded exactly the same as the lady who sang Therru's song in Earthsea. Same singer?

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Yes, it's the same singer. Apparently Goro Miyazaki likes her.

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Originally posted by dballred
I saw it last weekend and intend to see it again today. I've got some problems with it, but it's definitely a worthwhile movie to see. None of my problems have anything to do with Goro or his skills.

I've got the feeling that Hayao Miyazaki (who wrote the screenplay) changed the original Shojo comic in significant ways, but I don't have the comic to compare. I think he was writing about himself and the other veterans, Takahata and Suzuki--especially Suzuki. It has to do with being student radicals during that era. He's trying to pull two historical times together and has an eight to ten-year gap: the relative ages of the characters in the story and themselves.

Though maybe not by the amount demonstrated in Mimi wo sumaseba and Omoide poro poro, Goro adds quite a bit of value to the film by animating it. (It's a quirk of mine. Umi ga kikoeru had zero added value) The Latin Quarter, a building that housed the male student clubs, was over the top with character that couldn't have been duplicated in live action. The inside was Howl's Moving Castle on steroids. Also, Japanese filmmakers don't do Showa-era period pieces well. Animating it makes it easier to get transported back to the early sixties.

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Originally posted by Heidi80
I was just listening to the title song on youtube and noticed that the singer looked and sounded exactly the same as the lady who sang Therru's song in Earthsea. Same singer?

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Yes, it's the same singer. Apparently Goro Miyazaki likes her.

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I just saw the film at the Toronto Film Festival. Since I disliked Earthsea, this film was refreshing - while I don't think it eliminates all doubts about Goro, it shows he can certainly make a film with the essential Ghibli character that you associate with the company. The small moments of daily life, the lush depiction of the semi-rural setting, and the lead character herself - a Ghibli heroine through and through - are all highlights.

What isn't a highlight is the slightly melodramatic conflict pushed into the story as a snag in the main love story - though to be fair, it is slightly self-aware about that. If Whisper of the Heart could be a captivating film about a young girl's life without an external conflict, there is no reason that Kokurikozaka kara needed one. Most of the emotional moments could have remained by only modifying it slightly.

Regardless, it's a good film, one I enjoyed as much as Ocean Waves - but not Omohide Poroporo or Whisper of the Heart.

Post last edited by Theowne on 09.17.2011, 09:55 PM.

Don't know if this is new or old news, but some of the US actors have been selected.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798188/

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