Turner Classic Movies Offers Fans Opportunity to Win The Ultimate Hayao Miyazaki DVD & Book Sweepstakes
January 04 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Grand Prize Winner Receives Gift Collection Featuring Works by
Legendary Japanese Animator Hayao Miyazaki, Sponsored by TCM, Buena
Vista Home Entertainment & Viz Media LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4
/PRNewswire/ -- In January 2006, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will
honor one of Japan's most celebrated filmmakers, Oscar(R)-winning
animator Hayao Miyazaki, often called the Walt Disney of Japan. For
this celebration, which coincides with the director's 65th
birthday, TCM has created The Ultimate Hayao Miyazaki DVD &
Book sweepstakes with partners Buena Vista Home Entertainment and
Viz Media to provide anime fans with the chance to win the
definitive collection of Miyazaki's work, including a variety of
unique books, graphic novels and collection of DVDs, featuring
Hayao Miyazaki's latest theatrical release, Howl's Moving Castle.
The Grand Prize Winner will enjoy The Art of Howl's Moving Castle,
a hard cover, beautifully illustrated, full-color, coffee table
edition containing a generous collection of concept sketches, fully
rendered character and background drawings, as well as paintings
and cell images. The book also presents interviews with and
comments from the Studio Ghibli production staff, including key
observations and commentary from director Hayao Miyazaki. The prize
also includes Howl's Moving Castle Film Comic Series Volume 1 - 4,
which presents the action from Howl's Moving Castle in a
full-color, frame-by- frame format; Howl's Moving Castle Picture
Book, aimed at younger readers and featuring scene by scene film
footage with character dialog and The Art of My Neighbor Totoro,
the essential companion to the film containing concept sketches,
drawings, paintings, and interviews and comments with the
production staff and key points from the director; My Neighbor
Totoro film comics series and picture book; and the Spirited Away
film comic series and picture book. The Grand Prize winner also
will receive these Hayao Miyazaki DVDs provided by Buena Vista Home
Entertainment: Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro and
Spirited Away. In addition, 50 first prize winners will receive a
copy of The Art of My Neighbor Totoro along with the Graphic Novel
and My Neighbor Totoro DVD. Fans can enter The Ultimate Hayao
Miyazaki DVD & Book Sweepstakes by logging on to TCM's Website,
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/, from January 1 - 31, 2006.
Fans wishing to enjoy Hayao Miyazaki's work will also have the
opportunity to tune in to TCM each Thursday in January for some of
his best work. Each film is shown first in its English-dubbed
format, with an encore presented with the original
Japanese-language track. The festival kicks off Thursday, Jan. 5,
Miyazaki-san's 65th birthday, with the movie that earned the
esteemed director the Oscar(R) for Best Animated Film, Spirited
Away (2002). TCM's telecast of each movie will be introduced by
animation director John Lasseter (Toy Story), who directed the
English-language track on Spirited Away. Hayao Miyazaki is among
the most beloved and prolific animation directors in Japanese
history and is the creator of several successful anime films,
including Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke (winner of the Japan
Academy Award for Best Film release of 1997), My Neighbor Totoro
and the 2002 Academy Award(R)-winning Spirited Away. Along with the
exquisite artwork, his films are celebrated for their captivating
characters, involving stories and ecological and humane concerns.
Miyazaki's films often have a fairy-tale spirit, with winsome young
protagonists and magical settings. In addition to writing,
producing and directing many of his own films, Hayao Miyazaki has
produced a number of movies made by other animators, including his
longtime collaborator Isao Takahata, for whom he served as
executive producer on Only Yesterday and Pom Poko. Headquartered in
San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), is one of the most
comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga
publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese
content. Owned by three of Japan's largest creators and licensors
of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and
Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. (ShoPro Japan), VIZ Media is a
leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for
English speaking audiences in North America and a global licensor
of Japanese animation. The company offers an integrated product
line including magazines such as Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat,
graphic novels, videos, DVDs, audio soundtracks and develops and
markets animated entertainment from initial production, television
placement and distribution to merchandise licensing and promotions
for audiences and consumers of all ages. Walt Disney Home
Entertainment is distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Inc., a recognized industry leader. Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Inc. is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt
Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, Dimension and
Buena Vista videocassettes and DVDs. Turner Classic Movies,
currently seen in more than 70 million homes, is a 24-hour cable
network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner
company. Since its launch in 1994, TCM has presented the greatest
motion pictures of all time from the largest film library in the
world, the combined Time Warner and Turner film libraries, from the
'20s through the '80s, commercial-free and without interruption.
More information is available at the TCM website at
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/. Turner Broadcasting System,
Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and
entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of
programming for the basic cable industry. DATASOURCE: Turner
Classic Movies CONTACT: Dawn Lach of Turner Classic Movies Los
Angeles, +1-310-788-6787, or Web site:
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