Walt's Butcher Shop

Jesse Walker | 1.25.2003 11:41 AM

Attention bootleggers: Disney seems intent on creating a market niche for you.

Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time. Report abuses.

Franklin Harris
January.25.2003 at 8:52 am
But Miyazaki’s animated films — not just those two, but “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “Castle In The Sky” — are or soon will be available on DVD with the original versions subtitled and intact. Disney may not know how to market anime in theaters, but there are enough Miyazaki fans in the animation division to keep his films in one piece. It’s a different story at Miramax and Dimension.
Andrew
January.25.2003 at 11:53 am
Forget bootleggers, you can often find Asian films with English subtitles that were released for the Hong Kong, Singapore, or Australian markets before Disney got the US rights. Sure, they’re not supposed to be sold here, but tell that to folks on Ebay and the like.
dagny
January.27.2003 at 5:31 am
It’s not just lack of promotion that Disney inflicted on Spirited Away, it’s lack of distribution. There was huge word of mouth promotion if they’d have only got it into any but the largest cities.