At 11:32 AM 10/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Ayanami^Rei wrote:
>
>> The biggest worry I have about this will be the degradation of the stories,
>> the cuts that WILL be made, and the standard of the dubbing work.
>> For those who don't believe these things will affect the outcome....
>> Well...  I can be wrong, but I'm putting money on a reasonably poor
>> outcome.  I'm sure I'll win something along the way.
>
>I think you're being a bit too alarmist about this. First off, the
>contract with Ghibli states quite clearly that Disney is not allowed to
>edit the content of the films, period. This was a major part of the deal
>and one the folks at Ghibli were quite serious about. 
>
>As for the dubbing, well, that should be the LEAST of our worries.
>Seriously, have you ever heard a badly voice Disney film? For all the
>folks complaining that the dubs in America are bad because they can't
>afford to hire "real actors" (read: people who cost a ridiculous amount of
>money) the fact that company like Disney, which can easily afford name
>brand actors, will be doing anime should be a cause for celebration.
>
>Disney is not unaware of the properties they have been allowed to license
>and their significance to the fans. Quite a few people who work at Disney,
>including some of the animators, read Animecca on a regular basis and are
>very aware of the attitudes among anime fans. Hell, a team of folks
>from Disney placed third in Animecca's Anime Scavanger Hunt contest we
>held a while back. They're not going to do anything to intentionally
>screw-up these films.

I shall rest my concerns when the product arrives....  But as I said, I
have money on there being a few nips and tucks here and there, regardless
of whatever Ghibli hoped to achieve.

I can imagine what would happen with Pon Poko....  The scenes where the
Tanuki use certain portions of their anatomy to mimic things....  Thats if
it gets released.  Disney might just sit on the contract and not spit
anything out.