Introduction

[Michael E. Kerpan]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:

> Out of curiosity, what Ghibli films have you all seen?  I'm fairly certain I
> have almost all of Miyazaki's main films, except for Porco Roso, and all of
> his Lupin III, but I only have Grave of The Fireflies from non-Miyazaki
> Ghibli films.  If there's anything I have which you have not seen yet, I
> might be able to make you a copy.  (Though there are probably people on this
> list who could make better copies.)

We have Nausicaa (Japanese), Laputa (Japanese), Totoro (dubbed), Grave of
the Fireflies (subbed) Kiki (dubbed and subbed), Only Yesterday (Japanese),
Whisper of the Heart (Japanese), Porco Rosso (Japanese) and Princess Mononoke
(Japanese).  So I think we are only lacking Pompoko and Ocean Waves(of Ghibli
releases). We also have the new release of Castle of Cagliostro (subbed) and
should have Panda Kopanda in the next few days.  Of course, that still leaves
all the other pre-Ghibli stuff (which seemingly will require a code-free DVD
player and lots of money to acquire).

Thanks for your copying offer, but I suspect we will get Pompoko in the next
month or so -- and Ocean Waves is not yet a high priority.

Interestingly enough, our children have decided that they like "raw" Japanese
copies best, as long as they can have a script translation available .

I suspect our next long range acquisition project will be Ozu. Alas, it does
not seem that Ozu script translations are as easy to come by as Miyazaki ones.

BTW, how often is the list digest supposed to be sent out? (I haven't gotten
one yet). Also, what is the typical daily message volume?

Best Wishes

Michael Kerpan
kerpan at attglobal.net