I'd say about 95% of the English translations were good but there are a few hiccups here and there such as grammar, spelling mistakes and uncommon phrases. If your blu-ray player is locked within Europe, you won't be able to play this although I had no problems playing back the blu-ray on my PS3. The bonus material such as the trailers and interviews do not.Īlso, be very careful which region you're in. Note that only the movie contains translated subtitles. That includes the normal editions so you don't have to pay an arm and a leg to import. Other than that, you will find that both the Blu-ray and DVD contains English/Simplified Chinese subtitles. I'm more interested in the fully rendered scenery than pencil sketches ^^ Speaking of 5cm, there is a small advert that books containing all the storyboards used during production will be released separately some time next year. To be honest, I'd much prefer the collector's goods were an OST and a set of short stories like with 5cm. Presumably it takes place before the movie. You'll find a spin off story centred around the brothers from Agartha, Shin and Shun. The sample is actually made up of two Mangas. You do get a generous 64 pages of image boards used for this movie though.Īnyone interested in the way Shinkai produces his animation can also have a look at the other goods available purchasing the official guide book to the movie and can also order a branded USB flash drive containing 5 PSD files for this movie!Īs for the sample Manga itself, half of it is the Manganised version of the movie drawn by Tomoko Mitani. Instead, you have a quick guide to the movie and a fairly short transcript of the interview that you'll find on the bonus disc.Ī good change I'm sure since his techniques hasn't really changed. You no longer have the pages showing how Shinkai creates and renders his movies in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects like previous releases. Much better than the random shot of Takaki I got with my 5cm boxset! =DĪs for the booklet itself, Shinkai (or the production staff) decided to take a break from the norm. So first up inside the blu-ray case are the two discs - the movie itself and a bonus disc which only comes with the collector's edition.Īnd it looks like I got a shot of the opening scene with Tenmon's name (the music composer) on it and the cat Mimi! There's still a long way to go before Shinkai's work will be one of those that sell out on day one but he'll get there I'm sure.Īnd yes, it contains English subtitles (and Simplified Chinese)! After watching a "preview" of it, I decided to go ahead and import the collector's edition. At the same time, I was expecting it to be better than 5cm because with every new movie released, his direction seemed better. I say Engrishy because it's not exactly a great title for marketing ^^ Īs you'll know from my 5cm posts, I wasn't really impressed by Shinkai's first two movies so I was pretty cautious when Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo, his latest work, was announced. Hence the Engrishy name, "Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below". From there, Asuna goes on a journey in the world of Agartha to learn more about where this song came from. Fortunately, she is saved by the young man Shun and soon learns a secret organisation "Arch Angels" was seeking the secret underground world he came from for its powers to grant any wish. Not long later, there were reports that perhaps a wild bear was on the rampage in the forest but Asuna soon learns it was an alien creature. She was mesmerised by the happy and at the same time sad feelings that it conveyed. Using a memento her father left her to complete the circuit, she manages to catch some kind of song which wasn't something from one of the local radio stations. Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo is about a young girl named Asuna creates a small radio and goes up to a cliff. You will find me Tweeting more on Twitter since it's quick and short compared to lengthy articles like these. Feels like it's been a while since my last post but very busy with my full time job these days.
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