Who's responsible for Miyazaki films on VHS? (1 Viewer)

[Joshua Clinard]

Who is responsible for getting the Miyazaki films released in widescreen on VHS? I was thinking it might be John Lassater, or it might be Miyazaki himself, but then again he did let Fox release My Neighbor Toroto P&S, so who knows who it was.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Fox released in P&S only because that's the only master they had access to. I think it was said earlier that when the rights revert (probably to Disney for US dist.) that it would likely be original widescreen.

 

[Edwin-S]

I can't quite figure this, because the LD release of My Neighbor Totoro was letterboxed.

 

[Damin J Toell]

I can't quite figure this, because the LD release of My Neighbor Totoro was letterboxed.

From Fox? As far as I can tell, Fox only released a 4x3 LD in the US, although there was a 1.85:1 LD released in Japan. DVDLaser's review of the Fox LD, while not specifying the AR, notes obvious cropping of the image.

DJ

 

[Joshua Clinard]

Ok, so now that it's settled that Fox released it PS because that's what they had access to, can we get back to my original question? Does anyone know?