Wednesday, December 22, 2004
99 and 44/100`s % Hayao Miyazaki
The 99 Cent Only Store has done it again! This time I am almost positive that they have a Spanish version of the 1974 Zuiyo Studio Heidi with layouts and design by Hayao Miyazaki and direction by Atsuji Hayakawa, Masao Kuroda, and long time Miyazaki collaborator Isao Takahata.
I can`t be 100% because I have never seen it before but Yee Gods and littl` fishes it looks like Miyazaki even if the picture quality is not the greatest. It is copyright 1974 which is the right year. Not only that but they do credit Takeo Watanabe with music even when no one else gets credit but the people that repackaged it in Canada.
One of the things that makes it a little hard to nail down is the fact that the original was a Japanese television series and this one is packaged as a feature. A lot of the images I find around the web look like stuff that has been cut from this packaging.
The final fact in favor is that the characters look the same just a little washed out in the 99 cent version. As you can see from the images below. This has got to be the real thing, it just has got to be. And if it is not then you are only out a dollar.
Miyazaki`s Heidi -------- 99 Cent Mystery Heidi
¶ 7:41 PM
The 99 Cent Only Store has done it again! This time I am almost positive that they have a Spanish version of the 1974 Zuiyo Studio Heidi with layouts and design by Hayao Miyazaki and direction by Atsuji Hayakawa, Masao Kuroda, and long time Miyazaki collaborator Isao Takahata.
I can`t be 100% because I have never seen it before but Yee Gods and littl` fishes it looks like Miyazaki even if the picture quality is not the greatest. It is copyright 1974 which is the right year. Not only that but they do credit Takeo Watanabe with music even when no one else gets credit but the people that repackaged it in Canada.
One of the things that makes it a little hard to nail down is the fact that the original was a Japanese television series and this one is packaged as a feature. A lot of the images I find around the web look like stuff that has been cut from this packaging.
The final fact in favor is that the characters look the same just a little washed out in the 99 cent version. As you can see from the images below. This has got to be the real thing, it just has got to be. And if it is not then you are only out a dollar.
Miyazaki`s Heidi -------- 99 Cent Mystery Heidi
¶ 7:41 PM
