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My neighbor totoro english trailer12/24/2022 ![]() ![]() One side will be disappointed by the lack of a surround track. This disc has three audio tracks and there will be two camps in terms of the presentation here. My Neighbor Totoro is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. This is a good way to do it as it negates having to store the entire movie twice on the disc, which would soak up valuable space that should be reserved toward a better presentation of the film due to a higher bitrate. These will be inserted and play instead of the Japanese ones if the viewer selects the English audio track from the setup menu. Similar to other Studio Ghibli titles from Disney, there are video tracks just for the opening and closing titles in English. In fact, the colors were more vibrant on the Fox My Neighbor Totoro DVD from 2002. Granted, this is probably really close to how the film originally looked, but so many older films have been improved with more vibrant arrays that it feels out of place to see the more muted palette. They look more muted, especially the whites which take on a more gray tone that gives the film that feeling that the brightness is too low. In fact, the biggest complaint to be had is that the colors don't quite pop here. That said, despite praise, the film does appear at times to be too dark, but rather it's the colors. Furthermore, artifacts are nearly non-existent to the eye, owing to the added space on the medium and improvements in compression. Now grain isn't totally removed, but it's much more faint than I have seen on previous releases and looks more natural to the eye here. ![]() This includes removing noise from the frame, which was present on the DVD release. or to be more precise, a lack there of.ĭisney has done a great job with restoring the video for this Blu-ray release. This Blu-ray review will touch on the extras available on the DVD, though. As a result, this review will focus on the Blu-ray, while those who want to know about the DVD should read that review. Even the disc art and serial number on it is the same. The DVD, though, is the first disc from the 2010 My Neighbor Totoro DVD set from Disney. It should be noted that this is a dual format release. That includes a good video and audio track, preserving how the movie was originally released, while the set also includes a decent array of extras to look over as well.
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