great post adam! pixar has done a fantastic job with these ghibli films. i wonder if they'll be revisiting mononoke, castle in the sky, or kiki's delivery service.
great review. i intend to pick up both this and my neighbor totoro. sorry to hear they both have video problems. that's really a shame. miyazaki's animation is so beautiful. you'd have to think pete docter and john lasseter would be upset by this. as they're both huge miyazaki fans. oh well...