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Spirited away english dub subtitles1/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Dissatisfied at the way Miramax marketed Mononoke, he felt that Miyazaki's movies deserved better attention, so, thanks to persistent campaigning on his behalf (as well as that of Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki), Disney finally decided to purchase Spirited Away's rights for theatrical distribution. Enter John Lasseter of Pixar Animation Studios, a longtime friend and admirer of Hayao Miyazaki, who often uses the master's works as inspiration for Pixar's own productions, such as Toy Story and Monsters Inc. In fact, it seemed as though Disney was reconsidering distributing the rest of Miyazaki's films worldwide out of fear that they would fail to find an audience. Despite a successful video release of Kiki's Delivery Service, Mononoke failed to find an audience theatrically (even its video/DVD sales, although considerably more successful, weren't good enough in Disney's eyes), and consequently, Castle in the Sky's upcoming video release was put on hold. ![]() At the time of its Japanese theatrical run in 2001 (where it outgrossed Hayao Miyazaki's own Princess Mononoke to become Japan's most successful film), the Disney-Ghibli deal was on uncertain terms, at best. ![]() What's most remarkable about Spirited Away is how it ever got released worldwide at all, notably in America.
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