Why Japan Sucks
So you already know that the lack of non-smoking areas in restaurants over here gets on my nut but there is another thing - we always get the films last.
Its usually due to when the Japanese have money to spend/holiday seasons and not because of time needed for dubbing/translations/preparing of marketing material.
We still don't have Iron Man (September 2008) and there is no sign of Wall E at all. Is it the same in you region or do you get your movies pretty much the same time as the US?
I hear many good tings about Wall E. Anybody seen this yet? What is your fave Pixar movie so far? I think I choose the Incredibles.
Image from Gizmodo and full high res trailer at Apple. Low res trailer below.
Real Wall E below - want.
If you are interested in reading about life in Japan, seeing photos taken daily around Tokyo, like Japanese subculture (anime, manga, figures, Dollfies) then you may want to start delving into the Japan or Figure categories for a start or have a gander at all photo articles.
If you don't have much time now, maybe subscribe to the RSS Feed, Twitter Feed or join the other readers in the FaceBook Page.
Alternatively, you may want to read more about the site.
If you are a regular reader then this message will probably annoy you each time - hide it forever.
-Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
Random Worker/Haruhiist/Geek
http://bigartsblog.blogspot.com/
Its a must see pixar movie and a tie for my favorite one. hmm i try not to use the word but its "cute". haha i feel funny for using that term.
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Wall E is out already?? I only see it coming to my region later in the year based on ads here.
same here Wall E is coming out later near the end of the year i think 4got when was the date never the less Wall E is on my watch list for movies...bout the ironman y dont u download it off the net..though i wouldnt say what quality would be like since i dont really download movies off the net..well as i sometimes say to myself watching a movie in a theater is better than sitting on my chair
From the commercials on t.v., it looks really funny.
Student and full-time otaku
Well we have the reverse in some way: we get all games last. Only yesterday Smash Brawl was released over here after *months* of waiting.
Universitary Student
already seen iron man and wall-e is on the way, i think my fave pixar movie is toy story
lover of games, artist
http://blueflamer90.deviantart.com/
i think everyone's fav is toy story cause its clasic
Freelance Digital Production Artist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victor_lee/sets/
I will be seeing Wall-E later today (Saturday). Will let you guys know how it is on Sunday.
流浪人
Seeing it today, too. From everyone I've heard from, the movie is wonderful. Looking forward to it. ^_^
Freelance Digital Production Artist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victor_lee/sets/
Wall-E was very good. Not Pixar’s best film, but very entertaining. Would see it again.
Hooray!
http://www.ferricorp.com
Here in Italy, smoking in public rooms is forbidden. One of the few good things around here.
Uni Student
http://animecore.org/forum/
we usually get movies 2 weeks after America unless the movie was made here
Ironman has been out for a couple of weeks now I can't wait for Wall- E though it looks so cute and awesome!!
My fav pixar movie would be finding nemo
IT Crowd
I agree, Finding Nemo is great. Lots of funny adult humour in there.
I think it's anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months behind the U.S. for movie releases. Very occasionally we get it first (by a few hours) or a simultaneous release. I saw the 3D cardboard Wall-E display at the cinema when I took my 3yr old to see Speed Racer. He wanted to take it home to play with, but it wouldn't fit under my shirt 8-)
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
The UK is usually pretty late with getting movies... And with some movies when they're not too popular we only get them for a limited run(like most places I assume) but I really wanted to see Harold and Kumar escape guantanamo.....
University Student
I'm studying in Brisbane, Australia and i don't think Wall-E came out in the cinema let alone advertisement about it except when you walk into the cinema.
Perv
If I recall correctly, Poland gets the movie in some order AFTER Japan, so I guess I won't see this sooner than you Danny ^^ Besides I don't go to cinemas, lately there's too much crap in the film industry here >.<
a guy who cares (sort of...)
Oh come on, you are overreacting, we got Ironman BEFORE Americans as for Wall-e it will be shown in cinemas only 3 weeks after US premiere, probably due to a dubbing, its an animated movie after all.
freelance digital artist
Wow , that kinda sux for my part , ... never heard (EVER) of this one before >__<~!
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
I think we need to wait a few weeks after the US release of the movie...
Mechanical Engineering student
http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
I think we get to watch the movies released a few weeks after it's shown in the US. Well I wouldn't mind if I were living in Japan despite that fact. I rarely watch movies in cinemas anyway x_x
IT Tech
http://www.t-ono.net
Plan to watch it later today, though so far the reviews are pretty good.
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/walle
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
in sinagpore we usually get to see blockbusters before the US. well that's because of differences in time zone. we are 1 day ahead of the US.
additionally, some countries in Asia get to see the movies first in a attempt to fight piracy. if the release dates are too far back, people will start buying pirated DVDs.
oh just to add, pirated DVDs are very much under control in singapore. we usually get our movies form axxo, FxG and FxM. ^^;
dannychoo.com の読者
well in malaysia, our cinema usually get the movies early - between 0 days to 1 week++ after premier.
however, at some of the "dvd-sellers" they somehow sometimes get movies even before the premier..
the thing that sucks here, is the dumb censorship board - they sometimes cut off kissing scenes, too much blood is also a no-no, 4 letters words are also no-no, and many more
Figurine & Gundam Hunter
I agree with ornehx here in malaysia sucks when it come to movies.
3D artist- Codemasters KL
Well, it's a give and take situation, Danny. We don't get much anime on the silver-screens here (although we're gonna be getting EVA 1.0 and Tokikake next month). >_<
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
And that's only exclusive to Cathay Cineplexes and the Picturehouse cinema so it does not receive as much publicity.
Figurine & Gundam Hunter
What's wrong with Anime in cimena? Kiddy cartoon okay here. Stupid censorship board.
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
...but you do get animes first! ^^'
I posted yesterday a ton of trailers on my blog:
http://xspblog.com/2008/06/27/wall-e/
And intended to go yesterday, but some friends told me to wait for them, so I did.
Maybe I'm going today.
Oh, why Brazil sucks: So far, I only saw dubbed versions being shown on theaters.
F*cking hate that. Lots of Pixar movies are only released dubbed version because they think the movies are for children only, and they won't mind having only dubbed versions.
I'm a purist. Dubbing usually ruin movies for me. Didn't watch Ice Age 2 'till now because there are only dubbed versions on the market... DVD too.
Student
http://animestuff.wordpress.com/
We're one of the first countries to receive the movies, sometime we receive them before they even air in the States because our premieres are at Thursdays.
Graphic Designer
Wall-E rules!!
Freelance Photographer
I saw Forbidden Kingdom months ago in Hong Kong and it was amazing.. wanted to show all my friends and it's still not out here in the UK for another few weeks.. Saying that we tend to get the major block busters within a month of the American release if not on the same day...
As for the smoking thing, I understand about why people don't want to be near smokers while eating, but as a "casual" smoker I by far preffered the way you do it in Japan than over here in the UK where you can't smoke anywhere nowerdays..
Programmer
http://benohki.blogspot.com
Canada's problem is that we're so tightly knit with the USA in culture and trade that it's hard to distinquish ourselves (and yes, we get movies the same time as the US release, and we share DVD "region"). It's gotten such that the government has a policy of helping support Canadian media content by offering financial support to Canadian film-makers ...the horrible side effect being that a lot of a crappy Canadian film gets made regardless of the quality of the project. :p
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
http://www.vimeo.com/longhim
There's some truth to that, but at the same time, there's a lot of good Canadian films that would never see the light of day without it. As a film student, I'm rather grateful.
Wall E is out, and I'm itching to see it. I've heard nothing but really good things about it. Besides, the same guy did the voices for him and R2D2, which should be interesting.
Student
http://bk201.wordpress.com/
Well it can't be all that bad, this is the first time I've heard of Wall E!! Australia has movie releases like a half a year later than the US. Most of my friends download them, unlike me, I like the movie experience,big screen, surround sound yay. It's funny when you talk about a new movie release in Australia to a person living in America and they've already forgotten about that movie. Movie releases are coming faster and faster anyway, so its only a matter of time Japan gets them quicker.
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
Don't really care for American movies nowadays.. Never even heard about Wall-E.
Anyway Australia probably is about a month or 2 behind the US... and maybe a year behind Japan.
Popular Culture Vulture
Singapore gets most movies 'on time' but most of them are Hollywood ones. Prefer a wide selection of movies: indies, documentaries, anime :) ... The situation is improving now, I think.
Btw, I vote for 'Finding Nemo' as the best Pixar film just ahead of 'Toy Story' because of its very smart script, gut-wrenching funny and touching at the same time plus a great cast. Perhaps Wall-E could become the best one?
Danny, you should count yourself luckier than those in China, who usually have to wait ages, and might not even see the movie due to the censors there. Besides, you get all the latest anime first hand, guess that cancels out the frustration, huh? :D
I think for movies in the summer blockbuster season, it's usually Asia-Pacific (bar Japan and China) first, followed by Europe and then rest of world, as Asia draws in more money which will look good on the "overseas box office" column of their statistics.
For Oscar-season movies, it's Europe first and then other places, as they will want as many movie critics (who are mostly based in North America and Europe) to see those movies as possible to increase their chances of winning more trophies.
C. Engineering Student
http://otaku.baywords.com
I seen it already, first showing when it came out yesterday, I went in with a friend and saw it. As expected of Pixar it's an awesome movie, I highly recommend seeing it which is something I don't say often about movies.
Programer, Gamer, Otaku, freak, geek
http://www.myspaceout.blogspot.com
We don't have this problem because we are close to USA ; )
I'll see wall-e on July
For a movie with robots, smooth-cold things, I got all warm and fuzzy feelings from this film. Yes, it was that good. I watched it yesterday and I could not stop smiling after the movie. Not only that, the 2 main characters only say about 5 words throughout the movie.
free lance otaku, full time Protector of Peace.
never heard of it in singapore...but there's always open source versions out there for those living in areas where movies are often late..
Art Student/Freelancer
http://jenarwen.deviant.art.com
Is Kung Fu Panda out there? If so WATCH IT. It's epic. I really want to see Wall E. It just came out here.
medicine student & otaku
Wall-e's cute i wanna go & watch it ....i don't even know if it's out already ahaha anyway my favorite Pixar movie is Toy Story i don't but i think it's the best.... one more thing isn't Wall-e the new version of Short Circuit? they look alike no?
Photography
wasn't the robot from short circuit called "number 9" ?
anyway, wall-e is alot less annoying than the short circuit robot.
Looking for work again
http://flickr.com/photos/darktek13/
I thought it was "Number 5 is alive, number 5 is alive"
Photography
ohhh yeah, that's it.
Looking for work again
http://flickr.com/photos/darktek13/
Too many years that phrase has run through my head for no reason other than it rhymes.... :(
medicine student & otaku
u got that right!
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
I watched Wanted instead yesterday, it had sorta weak storyline but had top of the line action ^^; I did want to go see Wall-E too but hard to convince friends to watch Pixar movie nowadays -_-
Once again, I can't believe Iron Man is not coming out in Japan until September. It's an international smash hit right now, not sure what marketting people are thinking. They should of at least released by the time of summer vacation, September seems odd time to release it.
http://www.americajin.com/
In Italy it used to be that we would get the movies 6 months to 1 year later - this till the mid '90s I think. At that time, one actor basically dubbed all the movies (his name was Ferruccio Amendola) - that might have been one of the reasons.
Italy has recently gotten to sim-launch, or at the most "1 month delay" launch; it's generally better business for the Studios who can use their staggering mktg budgets in 1 worldwide push.
Do they dub movies in your region, or do you see Hollywood ones in english with subtitles?
Encoder
Here in the Philippines, we get American movies usually the same time it's released in the U.S. (sometimes 1 to 2 days earlier ^_^) Too bad though, Wall-E is going to be shown on August 9 here. :( My sister is excited to watch Wall-E but was disappointed to find out the release date. Currently, Wall-E is 97% fresh on Rottentomatoes and is said that it's Pixar's best work. My favorite Pixar movie is Ratatouille.
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
children's movies are usually dubbed in the native language here and then shown in theaters. dubbing is so awful that sometimes i feel like crying. even the cartoons on tv are dubbed :(
most movies are released a few months after us release, maybe cause of the dubbing?
anyway i like all the pixar movies, all of them being unique in a one way or other. btw no one likes Monster's Inc??
A Real RocknRolla
most of the time the same as the US. but if the premier was in Europe before the US :P
NEET
http://austrianotaku.com/
yeah walle-e ^^
we get wall-e in october 2008, usually the same time as germany
you think Japan sucks?
ok here I proudly present: the top three reasons why Austria sucks!
1.)there are only a few boring tv channels, most of them from germany
by the way, there is hardly shown anime (0,0000000000000000025% maybe...), and if then years after the release in Japan,
I'm not really concerned because subgroups are fast nowadays^^
2.) internet: japan has a average broadband speed of 60Mbit...
take a look @ the chart http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/5690/broadbandspeedchartgd3.jpg
we have 6Mbit average broadbandspeed!!! my 8Mbit line costs ~4200 Yen/month
3.) figures and other merchandise have to travel 9500km before the reach us here!!
in general, I would say: Austria is not the best place to live for otakus^^
student
http://beastofbloodgaara.deviantart.com
being in America, we get it first. As for Pixar movies, after being massively disappointed by Finding Nemo, Pixar hasn't been wow-ing me recently. Wall-E looks SOOOO adorable, though.
Software Quality Engineer
http://brotherwormgear.blogspot.com/
Hmmm... My fiancee and I are not really too big on following the latest hollywood blockbusters, and we like smoking-- sounds fine to me! What bothers me is having to wait 8 to 24 months to watch the latest anime on TV in the U.S.! :-)
Student
http://www.tecurious.com
I'm in Canada so we get the movies at about the same time I think.
Replenisher
Went and saw Wall E yesterday, and have to say it's one of my favorite Pixar movies. Just really funny and sweet. It also has a really deep message to it too. Plan on seeing it again this weekend.
full time student, 60% of the time.
http://www.games.dcu.ie
Well Ireland gets it the same time as all of Europe, which is usually about 2 - 3 weeks after North America does, probably to allow time for the stars of the film to do promo work.
full time student, 60% of the time.
http://www.games.dcu.ie
well I meant to say we get the english version, I think some countries have to wait longer for their own language version to be released :/
Graphic Designer, Sistems ING
http://www.jamaikitoanimedia.com
The movies usualy get here at the same time as in USA, right now WALL- EE is on theathers
Ohh.. just saw Wall-E last night (Canada). It's a great movie! They really played on the music and expressions that a little robot can make. Lots of amusing pokes at society and such as well. Worth watching. ;-)
Graphic Designer
I live in the US, so no problems here for getting US movies on time. But for us anime and JRPG videogame fans, it's terrible. It takes forever before we get to see anime over here. We're still waiting for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time here! And it takes eons for SquareEnix to translate their games for us too (still no Final Fantasy 4 DS).
UOIT student
jrpg is so underrated over here it's sad :( also, EA, Blizzard, and Halo always steals the shelfspace.. (ubisoft has their share as well but they aren't bad or overrepetitive.. actually i think they've gone lower than they used to but still, they aren't the big ones. maybe Blizzard shouldn't be a blame either but aside from the first star craft, i haven't really paid attention to their games) for a soccer game i prefer winning eleven by konami over EA... but you never see ppl buying the few that ever get on the shelves because either they aren't there, they are hiding behind other games, or people just never pay attention to it..
also for anime, as much fanbase as there is now, it's still seen mainly as "anime = kids show (unless it is hentai)" by most people (at least I believe that's the current case over here) even when there's all sorts of anime. where i live, i think the only anime movies that come to theatres here are the ones from mainstream shows aired from tv. only ones i can think of are pokemon, yugioh and maybe naruto. they've thown good anime on tv before but i have never realized they've shown them. one such was witch hunter robin. it was shown maybe 4-5 years ago i think, and i was only able to watch a few shows and i dont' think they ever showed it again. there's also fma, i think also Lain, but i haven't seen them. i do know though that they prefer showing dubs.. i hear there was a show or two that they showed subbed but not many.. another horrible thing is their seeming love for reruns. it took maybe 10-11 years to get through dbz because every now and then they'd return to the beginning of dbz and then run it to maybe 1-5 episodes past their drop-point and rerun it again. repeating the process until they finally reach the end. and also, sometimes they'd decide to rerun it without adding the few episodes.
haven't seen Wall-e yet but i've played the first few chapters of the ps2 game and i'm loving every bit of it ^_^ it feels as if i'm watching the movie.
hikikomori
I wait for movies to come to me through TV :X
The last time I've been to a movie theatre would be Dec 17, 2003.
http://eeknoos.blogspot.com
i haven't been to the cinema for a long time. my want to watch list for now is incredible hulk, kungfu panda and hancock
architect
usually for Blockbuster we get it at the same time than in US, and Ironman wasn't a worlwide released? (sometime before: Indiana Jones 4 release 1 day before US because of the avant-première at the festival of Cannes) If it's not a worldwide release then we usually wait for a month or two max, but I guess it's because we are with UK the largest market in Europe.
-1
http://necrophadian.blogspot.com/
i heard good things about this movie, some say it's Pixar's best yet. Finally a CGI animated movie that doesn't involve talking animals. Lately all these CG movies haven't been thrilling me, (maybe because of all the furries they have in it?)
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
http://otterhangar.blogspot.com/
ummm, what about this?
>there are no SRWs coming out in America, b/c of licensing issues
>there aren't that many anime that comes across the Pacific pond, B/C of licensing issues
So yea, I am just going to say, America finally has it's perks?
substitute for Chuck Norris
while I don't agree with pirating/ downloading stuff... there is a website for you guys who can't wait any longer for iron man and other new movies that might not even make over to japan... its called www.watch-movies.net and it streams movies rather than you download them...what i normally do is watch the movies on the site and then go watch the real thing in theaters that way i know i like it... i did that with iron man... watch it on the site then saw it for real twice cause i liked it so much...
Designer, Trader
http://piratesotaku.blogspot.com/
Wall E will be out in Indonesia probably next week. Our cinemas usually get the same release week for Hollywood movies as in US, for most movies we can watch them earlier than people in US since theaters usually play new movies on Wednesday (not Friday like in US). But those rules only apply for big budget action/animated movies like Harry Potter, Marvel/DC super heroes, animated movies, etc. For drama/romcom/indie movies usually they play 6 months after US release.
Parasite
I'm thinking if I ever go to Japan, I will need a gas mask... smoke gives me instant headache and makes me nauseous. People are not allowed to smoke inside of public places here, but they still have the smell... ugh...
In Montreal we usually get the movies on the US release dates, even with the French dubs... I never go see them in theatre because it's too noisy and there's always an idiot to kick you in the back through the whole movie...
I think my favourite was Monsters Inc. Just because. I like little monsters...
America gets the movies, Japan gets the anime, manga and games. So, I think Japan gets what's more important...
I hate Pixar. xD; Their movies are annoying. x3
bartender
Hey guys I just saw wall-e last night and it was really good. it is pixarand they keep putting out great movies.
Can't wait for Wall-e, it looks great.
My favourite pixar movie/s would have to be the Incredibles or Finding Nemo.
Student (for-ev-er)
I see the movies the same time as the US... because I'm in the US. Sorry Danny. But if you ever *happen* to be in the area would gladly take you to all the newest films ; )
Question, does Japan get the DVD releases latter too?
Student
well, if u ask me how quick do we get our hand into movies here, i would have to say less than a month....for bootlegs, about the others ones, you have to wait until censorship takes a decision, for some movies can take over a YEAR!
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
We get our movies pretty quick here, but I wash I could say the same for some manga titles :/
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
http://www.xjaymanx.com/toyboxx
Oddly enough, just came back from watching it tonight~ Unexpectedly impressed at how well the inhuman animation communicated such human emotions! ^_^
U.S. Navy
http://twitter.com/palm9x
say it today - thought it was awesome! want the $190 remote wall-e
Hetalayer
Oohhhh, Danny I feel soooo bad for you missing out on Iron Man! It's a good movie. <3
And also, I raced to the theatre opening day of Wall-E. <3
It's a very cute and funny movie.
Student
I'm just surprised you guys get the films last. In Turkey for nearly all of the films, we get the films at the same time they're released in Europe/America.
Student
Correction for misunderstandings: at first I considered as: "how the hell they'd get the films last, the leading country in electronics, technology blabla, I guess its a matter of investment in dubbing/translation/marketing etc.
Computer Science Student
http://gnuoykun.bebo.com
I've seen some advertisement about the movie, but I don't think it "arrived" here yet ._.
Student
http://anime.tedfox.com/
i have the utmost respect for the production team over at pixar...
cars was my favourite of all the pixar movies, hopefully wall-e can usurp them hurhur
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
CARS was my least favourite one. my favourites are toy story 1 and finding nemo.
Student
It is definitely one of Pixar's best which automatically makes it extremely good. I saw it yesterday and was blown away. Too bad there is no sign of it in Japan.
Shinra First Class
at least danny you've got anime first hand.. XD
Vampire
http://feeout.blogspot.com/
eh? no smoking sucks!? I'd love that :D
IT Guys
It depends on the distribution, in Indonesia, Ironman got put on the theater a week before US release and also the same for some other movies. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was released in the same date as international release.
Web Designer
http://eropanda.aoindonesia.net
usually 1-2 month after US. well it is quite fast i think
Student/Daemonhunter
WallE was Such a good movie, great plot, awsome executions and so on. definately one of Pixar,s best works to dats.
Supervisor
http://carlosmonge.blogspot.com/
Here in Costa Rica the movies like Iron Man and Hulk were Premiere just like in the US, same time, Wall-E will be playing here on July 3rd, so that's very cool.
student
Reminds me of Johnny Five from "Shirt Circuit"' for the head. I liked "Toy Story"
University Student
Germany gets the movies (i´m not interested in) one week to one month after the US, but animes 2-5+ years after Japan :´( - This is why Germany Sucks..
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmyk88
Canada gets them the same time as the states. Iron Man was pretty good and my friend just saw Wall E yesterday
The majority of the movies come out here at the same time as the US too, especially the big budget ones.
Programmer
http://www.philanime.com
major hollywood movies are released here the same day as the US (sometimes earlier) but we get to see it first 'cos of the time difference. LOL
as for WALL-E... saw it last weekend. it was good. but my fave pixar movie would have to be The Incredibles.
Student :(
http://applesforthoughts.blogspot.com/
Wall-E < Iron Man
west virginia janitor
http://yahoo.com
Well, I live here in Charleston, W.Va and Iron Man and Wall-E are already on DVD. I have a suggestion to anyone there in Japan reading this, go to Ebay, chances are there might be a copy of these two films. I'm not saying for sure if they have them but anyone interested may want to check it out. Iron Man 2 is about to come out too here in USA. I don't understand why Japan gets the movies at a later date. Japan Ebay may also have the 2 movies but I don't know for sure.