Walt Disney Studios has announced that Spirited Away is being re-released into theaters this Friday, March 25th, in the wake of its Oscar win for Best Animated Feature last Sunday (see 'Spirited Away Takes Best Animated Feature Oscar'). Although the release didn't indicated a number of theaters, the LA Times and Cartoon Research (as referred by Anime News Network) are indicating 800 theaters, which would be a far wider release than its initial bow, which hit 97 theaters at the highest point we noted. This will give retailers another opportunity to sell the Viz manga and art books, and to pre-sell the DVD release (see 'Disney to Release Three Miyazaki Films'), as well as giving anime its largest theatrical exposure ever in the
In Wake of Oscar Win
Posted by ICv2 on March 25, 2003 @ 11:00 pm CT
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