Netflix Australia Just Picked Up 21 Studio Ghibli Movies

The good news is that Netflix just got the rights to stream pretty much every major Studio Ghibli release, from Totoro to Princess Mononoke to Ponyo. Even better news: Australians can get it all.

Ghibli’s homeland has its own rights deals, and in North America HBO Max has access to the catalogue, but today’s announcement means literally everywhere else, from Europe to Australasia, will have access to the following movies as part of their Netflix subscriptions, and they’ll start rolling out from February through to April.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Feb. 1: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbour Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Ocean Waves (1993), Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbours the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Arrietty (2010), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1: Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), The Wind Rises (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014).

Netflix is going to provide subtitles in 28 languages, while there will be dubs available in 20.

If you’re unsure as to which order to watch them, this guide might help you out.

Comments

Well, at least now I have the option to watch Grave of the Fireflies on the train if I want.

namiwakiru says:

January 20, 2020 at 6:50 pm

Sir, your sobbing is making the other passengers uncomfortable.

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pylgrim says:

January 20, 2020 at 8:33 pm

Dude, commuting is already depressing enough.

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jamesh says:

January 20, 2020 at 9:06 pm

That film doesn’t seem to be in the list of 21 from the article.

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- knifeyspooney says:
  
  January 21, 2020 at 9:33 am
  
  Yeah but you can definitely see it here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vldWhL5JQxg
  
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Wonder which rips they are. I have the blu ray box set and they are amazing

gazzadbro says:

January 20, 2020 at 7:48 pm

wondering the same thing as i have the madman blu rays also

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Aww yeah! Ghibli discs never seem to be on special. Time for some binging

Is there a decent English dub of Kiki’s Delivery Service? I love that movie in Japanese, but the English version I once came across on SBS (with Phil Hartman as Jiji) was damn near unwatchable. I know people that I’d love to recommend it to for their kids, but they wouldn’t be able to / want to read subtitles and I probably couldn’t in good conscience recommend it in English if that’s still the soundtrack they’re using.