MarcoBiscotti
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I ordered mine from Play-Asia last year... it's such an elegant and elaborate package! The box itself is about the thickest and heaviest I've ever seen for any DVD collection, it doesn't even feel like cardboard (in fact I'm not so sure it is); I'm not even sure what to compare it to. Beautifully painted and secured by a stylish wrap-around string with a Ghibli logo on a pendant hanging from the end. It has a really eastern asian organic feel to the aesthetic of it. It also opens like a pair of double-doors by pulling the tie-up string forward to open one half of the front of the box and than by gripping the side and swinging the next open with your hand. The keepcases themselves are all single-sized double disc sets in terrific clear see-through amaray cases with much nicer and better suited cover art than any of the Disney versions! Plus it comes with a certificate of authenticity, serial number and a handfull of rare postcards with wonderful reproduction art from the various films featured. There is English text on all the menu screens for the feature disc, and just as many, if not more extras than the R1 DVD's... however unfortunately no English subtitles are offered. Still, the main features are the storyboards and art galleries, etc. for which English audio and subtitles are obviously not necessary. It's definitely highly reccommended!