The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | GKIDS | NA Debut at TIFF | WINNER OF THE OSCAR FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

[cannastop]

I wonder how much the reception on the US depends on how it does in Japan.

Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke got hype before their US debuts from how much BO they did in Japan... looks like The Boy and the Heron might not have that advantage.

We'll just have to wait for reviews from Toronto.

[Royce]

The pamphlet finally came out and some stills from the movie are floating around... as well as clips in a certain popular video app. Idk why that video hasn't been taken down yet after 4 weeks. I'm pretty sure Japan is very strict with that.

 

And yeah, now I get why there's zero marketing when the production costs are already that high omg.

[cannastop]

5 hours ago, Royce said:

The pamphlet finally came out and some stills from the movie are floating around... as well as clips in a certain popular video app. Idk why that video hasn't been taken down yet after 4 weeks. I'm pretty sure Japan is very strict with that.

 

And yeah, now I get why there's zero marketing when the production costs are already that high omg.

On the contrary. If it cost so much they should have promoted it.

[Issac Newton]

The book has sold 2,000,413 until August 6 - via @Oricon. Last Week - 11,367

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Issac Newton said:

The book has sold 2,000,413 until August 6 - via @Oricon. Last Week - 11,367

wow that's a lot. That book must be really popular in Japan.

I think something like The Catcher in the Rye sells about 300,000 a year in the USA. In terms of old books that still sell a lot.

[JustLurking]

50 minutes ago, cannastop said:

wow that's a lot. That book must be really popular in Japan.

I think something like The Catcher in the Rye sells about 300,000 a year in the USA. In terms of old books that still sell a lot.

Those copies were mostly sold after Miyazaki announced the title of his film (oricon only started tracking fairly recently in 2008 and has no idea of the book's sales prior to it, and IIRC the number between 2008 and the announcement wasn't very high).

Edited August 11, 2023 by JustLurking

[Morieris]

 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Morieris

[harrisonisdead]

Allegedly the US release date will be announced this week. Please, GKIDS, give this a proper release...

[MovieMan89]

The first official images have me so hyped. This already looks like the Miyazaki fantasy epic I’ve wanted from him again since Howl’s. I wish the reception in japan seemed better, but it also hasn’t sounded bad either. 

[Issac Newton]

Taiwan - 06.10.2023

[cannastop]

21 hours ago, Morieris said:

 

Did this tweet get deleted?

[Issac Newton]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

Did this tweet get deleted?

Yes. Probably got Copyrighted Strike.

[dudalb]

On 8/11/2023 at 3:29 AM, cannastop said:

wow that's a lot. That book must be really popular in Japan.

I think something like The Catcher in the Rye sells about 300,000 a year in the USA. In terms of old books that still sell a lot.

That the Catcher In The Rye is required reading for many College English courses has a lot to do with that.

[dudalb]

On 8/14/2023 at 9:21 AM, harrisonisdead said:

Allegedly the US release date will be announced this week. Please, GKIDS, give this a proper release...

Please give it a decent title first.

[interiorgatordecorator]

end-of-eva-looking movie (what the images most reminded me of)

Edited August 16, 2023 by interiorgatordecorator

[cannastop]

I think GKIDS should choose a release date for this movie that lets it take advantage of IMAX screens. If Suzume could get American IMAX screens, so should The Boy and the Heron.

[TheDude391]

It's playing on the big Toronto IMAX screen for a few of the TIFF showings...I'm gonna try my best to get tickets to this.

[cannastop]

4 hours ago, TheDude391 said:

It's playing on the big Toronto IMAX screen for a few of the TIFF showings...I'm gonna try my best to get tickets to this.

ooh! Scotiabank Toronto huh. I would LOVE to be there.

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[ThomasNicole]