tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post115471758425650797..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Sabaku no TamiDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1155735067845226582006-08-16T08:31:00.000-05:002006-08-16T08:31:00.000-05:00Hi Daniel,I think republishing these works in Engl...Hi Daniel,<BR/><BR/>I think republishing these works in English would be a very important event ; not only from a fan perspective (which would be my primary perspective), but from an historical record perspective. <BR/><BR/>For most of us in the English speaking world (and including people like me who are currently studying Japanese but have not yet mastered the language) lack of availability of the text in English, published by US/British/Canadian/etc. press equates to complete ignorance of its existence. For example, I hadn't bothered to research several of the titles you referenced in your reply comment.<BR/><BR/>If these could be licensed, translated, and published for consumption in the English speaking market, I think knowledge of this aspect of Miyazaki's creative career would become much more widely known and he wouldn't *simply* be "that great animator from Japan" but also that wonderful "manga creator from Japan."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, too long of a comment, I guess! Sorry! <BR/><BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1155454098674285622006-08-13T02:28:00.000-05:002006-08-13T02:28:00.000-05:00Hey! That's another book idea! Dagnabbit, stop t...Hey! That's another book idea! Dagnabbit, stop that. My plate is already spilling over enough as it is.<BR/><BR/>It would be really cool to publish a book of Miyazaki's comics, such as People of the Desert, Animal Treasure Island, Puss in Boots, yadda yadda. Would probably make a better anthology than a series of seperate books, just for the sake of size.Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1154966995324278012006-08-07T11:09:00.000-05:002006-08-07T11:09:00.000-05:00Very cool! I guess it's entirely too much to hope ...Very cool! I guess it's entirely too much to hope for that a work like this will ever get bought by a US distributor, translated and published in the States. Of course, I would have said the same thing seven or eight years ago about something like Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha," and that made it out in print in late 2003.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com