Title: good movie, bad DVD
Review: When I saw the US premiere of Spirited Away I was thrilled to hear the Gibli studio representative tell us that all of Miyazaki's movies would be released in the US within the next two years.Disney studios (since they apparently feel the need to control all feature length animation in the US) was to handle the distribution. Apparently, like the fable goes, once they had it they didn't want it anymore and sold it to Fox to do with what they would.What they have done, and this won't be news if you've read some of the other reviews here, is to release a very inexpensive product, but you get what you pay for.Specifically, pan and scan instead of widescreen and English dub only.If you are looking for a nice movie for children, and you are not familiar with Miyazaki's work, this version should be OK.To most adults my advice is to get yourself to your nearest search engine and find yourself a widescreen version with a Japanese soundtrack and English subtitles.
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