| 1. | (13 posts) | "Spirited Away" Trailer |
| 2. | (3 posts) | Etymology of "Totoro" |
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Biggest thread this week revolved around (I am not making this up) translator accents.
Sophia Elanor Rogers asked, "So...IS the Spirited Away trailer at the beginning of Lilo and Stich?"
Jonathan Miller beat everyone else to the punch with, "Nope, no sign of it. :-("
Zarabadoo wrote, "it wasn't at the beginning of the showing i went to last night, unfortunately. i haven't heard any rumors of any american trailer being available though, so i wasn't really expecting it either."
Marc Hairston clarified, "There never was a "rumor", just hopeful thinking by myself and others that Disney might have enough for a "teaser" trailer in time for "L&S". Oh well...
No one else has mentioned it, but I did want to report that the ending of "L&S" is very Miyazaki in style. They show a series of vinettes of what happened later (as in Nausicaa and Kiki) and then end with still shots of more of what happened later (as in Totoro). While this isn't unique to Miyazaki, the whole section felt very Miyazaki-like to me. ^_^
Paul Mayer wrote, "Just for the record, here's the list of trailers that came with Lilo & Stitch:
Attached to the print: Country Bears
Loose in the can:
So a trailer for Spirited Away hasn't shown up yet. I'll post as soon as I see it... ^_^
(Attached means theatres must show this trailer)
(Which means theatres have the option to show or not show these)
Powder Puff Girls
Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie
Santa Clause 2
Treasure Planet
Crocodile Hunter
Stuart Little 2
Hey Arnold
Nyausicaa (or "DQJ04123E", take your pick) wrote, According to the early part of the image boards disigned by Miyazaki, 3 types of Totoro have respective names and ages:
Enrico Casarosa asked, "I looked up the words and found very little, but zuku seems to mean OWL and Mimizuku (without N ) is a type of owl... (their shape is very much owllike, so it kind of makes sense)"
Nyausicaa followed up with, "Definitely, Japanese "mimizuku (=miminzuku)" means a horned owl in English, "zuku" in the end of a bird's name stands for an owl. As for "Min", I'm not sure, but it probably comes from "minimal".
Here is another episode as to naming of Totoro ; the place which the scene of Tonari no Totoro is laid in is a village in Tokorozawa city located in the nothern part of the outskirts of Tokyo. Totoro is modeled on a ghost of Tokorozawa. On one occasion, Miyazaki heard a little girl pronounce "Totorozawa", and he had an idea to name the ghost "Totoro".
Kevin Wagner spots the "Laputa" DVD release date. Hanno Mueller muses about Roger Ebert's "Lilo & Stitch" review.
The list is going to be slow for the next few weeks (vacations and holidays taking their toll) but MML Traffic will keep running.