Two instant classic anime films by the new master of Japanese animated film, now up for pre-order!
First off, The Boy and the Beast! This award-winning film is still playing in select theaters–go check it out on the big screen and relive the adventures again and again on home video! Funimation will be releasing a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and a DVD-only version on June 7; both are available for order right now at http://funi.to/1UEIPkc.
Next up: Mamoru Hosoda’s first non-franchise film and the first-ever winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, finally returns to home video in North America for its 10th anniversary, ending a long stretch of being out-of-print for several years. For this momentous milestone, we are releasing two different versions of the film–the standard edition Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Combo Pack and a commemorative special, the Hosoda Collection edition. Both feature over an hour of extras, with additions from the original Bandai release as well as brand-new content, and are available for pre-order now at http://funi.to/1Z728Do, coming out June 7 as well.
In celebrating the 10th anniversary of the film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – The Hosoda Collection edition features an exclusve 52-page book with artwork, sketches, and a full-length interview of director Mamoru Hosoda plus producers Takashi Watanabe and Yuichiro Saito. Ever wanted to know how the film was concepted, what bits were added or cut, or how the film’s visual style was determined? This book is your behind-the-scenes look into the creative process involved in making a full-length anime film, as well as to peek into mind of a world-famous director. In addition to the book, this edition features a handsome clear slipcover with a premium design.
This release of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the first in our new Hosoda Collection, a premier line dedicated to the works of Mamoru Hosoda, celebrating his films and revealing how each one has affected the trajectory of his award-winning career. Featuring everything from stunning extras to exclusive interviews with the director himself, the Hosoda Collection brings fans of animation and film the rare opportunity to follow a director’s career as it unfolds before them. Future releases in The Hosoda Collection will include Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast.
YES! I shall take the Collector’s Edition of one and the combo pack of the other. This will complete my collection!
I’ve been waiting for this for FOREVER!!!!! Pre-ordering both and can’t wait to get them in the mail!!
Any possibility of a Hosoda box set? I don’t have much room for BDs these days and rather own all movies in compact packages akin to the Hayao Miyazaki collection from last year.
I wonder if they are re-dubbing it…
The Hosoda Collection sounds nice, just a shame that you’ve already announced fans will need to double-dip for Boy. Why buy the forthcoming version when a better one is coming? Why not go Hosoda Collection AND regular edition like you are for Girl?
I am super excited about the Hosoda Collection! Definitely buying them all when they come out, seeing as how he’s my favorite director in anime!
You guys should add the One Piece movie he did to the Hosoda Collection as well. Out of all the One Piece movies that came out before Strong World, that one is definitely the best!
I wonder if The Girl Who Leapt Through Time will be the original Ocean dub or a FUNimation re-dub? I never saw the movie yet and I refuse to watch until FUNimation re-dubs it (it’s not that I think the Ocean dub will be bad, it’s just that I already saw 3 Mamoru Hosoda movies by FUNimation and I think that it’ll be weird to watch The Girl Who Leapt Through Time with an Ocean dub). If it does get re-dubbed, what do you guys think a good cast would be?
Question – Since you guys have the license for One Piece, are you guys going to make a Mamuro Hosada collection for: One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island ?