Region 4 Winners and Losers

     The Region A Blu-ray release of this movie includes a few extra items about other Miyazaki films however crucially does not include a HD audio track in the original Japanese language (only the English dub). To me this makes our local release the best Blu-ray available (which is exactly the same as the UK release; in fact, you get to choose the territory on start up and you get Madman logos one way and UK Optimum Releasing logos and trailers the other way). There are also Japanese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong Blu-ray editions of this film although I am having trouble getting any conclusive details about those. The US and UK releases are also packaged with a DVD version of the film whereas the local one is not. I would say our local release is tied for the best available for English speaking audiences with the UK release unless you want a DVD copy as well.