This is the story that I've heard, mostly from people who had worked at Nippon Animation back in the day and fans who did some digging:
'Mirai Shonen Conan' ('Future Boy Conan') was very loosely based on 'The Incredible Tide' by Alexander Key, though while the basic premise is the same, the story in the anime is mostly Miyazaki's original material and he changed a lot of elements from the novel when the project was brought to him (though the series still credits Alexander Key's estate). NHK, a Japanese Television Station that aired the series in the 1970's, is known to be very difficult to work with and have a tendency to keep a tight grip on any intellectual property they broadcast.
Though an English dub was supposedly in the works in the early 1990's (by Streamline Pictures) for a North American release, Alexander Key's estate found out about it and were so angered by the idea of 'Future Boy Conan' coming to America that they filed a cease and desist order, and this resulted in Streamline Pictures giving the distribution rights back to NHK. Until now, you could only watch the series through pirated VHS recordings of varying quality and bootleg DVD releases.
This is kind of a big deal, given the legal hurdles this (and many other older anime series) have to go through.
Anyone have any experiences with Gkids announcing then releasing stuff? They were meant to be releasing Evangelion on blu ray "early 2021" and then been radio silent ever since the announcement
They're likely going to use the English dub that was recently commissioned by the Japanese rightsholders. I don't expect that GKIDS is going to produce their own dub.How is Gkids history with dubs recently? I'll probably stick with Japanese but just curious.
Did they say early 2021? I thought they made the announcement in October and just said sometime in 2021?
They are of course making a big deal about "Miyazaki's first series", but would a Studio Ghibli era Miyazaki fan find it a good show? Or is it like a standard 70's anime, that he just happened to work on as his first Director job? I guess I'm asking, if he wasn't involved, and it wasn't rare, would it still be getting all the hype?
They are of course making a big deal about "Miyazaki's first series", but would a Studio Ghibli era Miyazaki fan find it a good show? Or is it like a standard 70's anime, that he just happened to work on as his first Director job? I guess I'm asking, if he wasn't involved, and it wasn't rare, would it still be getting all the hype?
I haven't seen it, but its probably worth watching even if just for the art.They are of course making a big deal about "Miyazaki's first series", but would a Studio Ghibli era Miyazaki fan find it a good show? Or is it like a standard 70's anime, that he just happened to work on as his first Director job? I guess I'm asking, if he wasn't involved, and it wasn't rare, would it still be getting all the hype?