Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 2

By brenden ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

This is a huge release week for me. One of the most important of the year. There’s not a lot hitting the shops today but a couple of films here number amongst my favourites. As always, your clicks matter. If you enjoy this weekly column and want to support it and the site, please make your purchases through our Amazon links. By doing so, you’re directly helping the The Blu-ray Blog stay alive…just like Johnny 5.

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Ponyo Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ February 28, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Yeah, I’m a a bit of an unabashed Miyazaki fan but the Blu-ray disc of his latest film, Ponyo has completely blown me away! I didn’t think 2-D, hand-drawn animation could look this good in my home!! …Continued…

Miyazaki’s Nausicaä to be the next Ghibli Blu-ray release?

By brenden ⋅ February 21, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Remember how we told you that it looked like My Neighbors the Yamadas would be the next Ghibli film to make it to Blu-ray? Well, it seems that Disney, Ghibli’s distributor has other plans. At the conclusion of an airing of the film on Japanese TV, the studio made the announcement that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind would be the next Ghibli film to hit Blu! And it’s apparently going to be released this coming summer in Japan. …Continued…

Studio Ghibli Blu-ray Update: No Lossless Japanese Audio, Ponyo Sale on Amazon, Yamadas up next

By brenden ⋅ January 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

All right. We’re only a month and a bit away from finally getting our grubby little hands on the US/Canadian edition of the Ponyo Blu-ray. I can barely contain my excitement. Seriously! But a couple of days ago I found out that the Japanese language track on the disc will not be lossless. Only the English dub is receiving the royal treatment! …Continued…

Ponyo Blu-ray officially Announced and Detailed

By brenden ⋅ December 5, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

No sir! It’s no longer just a rumour or a dream. This is for real. It’s official, Ponyo is coming to Blu-ray on March 2nd, 2010 (as disc producer Frank Marshall had revealed to us a couple of months ago.) We may not be getting the sheer cornucopia of special features that the Japanese Blu-ray release received but with the collection of short documentary features, we’re certainly seeing more content included than previous domestic Ghibli disc releases. …Continued…

Ponyo Blu-ray US/Canada March Release Date Confirmed

By brenden ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

March? Seriously, we have to wait until March 2nd for Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo to show up on Blu-ray here in North America?! That sucks. But it’s now been confirmed by producer Frank Marshall via his Twitter account tonight. Guess I had better sit tight or start saving my pennies for that Japanese import, available December 8th. …Continued…

Studio Ghibli/Disney Ponyo Japanese Blu-ray Bonus Features, Release Date Confirmed

By brenden ⋅ September 4, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

We’ve heard rumours and speculation about both the Japanese and North American release dates for Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo on Blu-ray disc but now we can finally confirm, thanks to the Asian Blu-ray Guide that Gake no ue no Ponyo will be hitting the Japanese market on December 8th! …Continued…

Studio Ghibli/Disney Ponyo US Blu-ray release date revealed?

By brenden ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo hasn’t even hit theatres in North America yet and it looks like we have a release date for the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the film. I had surmised in a previously article that because Ponyo was scheduled for a December Blu-ray release in Japan, we would end up seeing it in US and Canadian shops around that time. Well, according to listings in the newest Diamond Distributor catalogue, Ponyo will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on October 28. It looks like there will be a single DVD disc, movie only edition at $19.99, a special edition multi-disc DVD set at $32.99 and a Blu-ray release at $39.99. …Continued…

Ponyo and Studio Ghibli films on Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ July 12, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

My favourite movie on the planet, I mean the absolute best film ever made, in my eyes is Tonari No Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki. Damn near cinematic perfection. And Miyazaki’s best work, by far. Even compared to his most recent, Ponyo, which has just been released on DVD in Japan.

How can you get Ponyo or Totoro on Blu-ray? Well, you can’t. Not yet anyway. …Continued…