The Boy and the Heron (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Studio Ghibli) [UK]

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Release date: October 7, 2024
Purchase links: Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £34.99

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If that's the art. It's a pass from me. That's really, really, really, poor.
Jeez.

Elysian on the spine - who are they?

Edit: Quick search. They're the films UK distributor. Never ever heard of them. Well Elysian, if you're reading this, that artwork is utter trash, lazy and a waste. Miyazaki's beautiful design work and that's all you can bother doing. Why bother at all.
 
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What the f**k is that. No thanks, huge disappointment
 
Shame they couldn't team up with Studiocanal (as Universal once did for The Thing) to match the artwork with the previous wave of UK steelbooks.
 
Shame they couldn't team up with Studiocanal (as Universal once did for The Thing) to match the artwork with the previous wave of UK steelbooks.
This is not a release from StudioCanal
It’s distributed by Elysian Film Group and similar style artwork was used on their previous UK SteeBook


Example previous Elysian release
Earwig and the Witch Blu-ray SteelBook UK

Thread 'Earwig and the Witch (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]'
https://www.hidefninja.com/community/threads/earwig-and-the-witch-blu-ray-steelbook-uk.111040/
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This is not a release from StudioCanal
It’s distributed by Elysian Film Group in UK and similar style artwork was used on their previous UK SteeBook


Example previous Elysian release
Earwig and the Witch Blu-ray SteelBook UK

Thread 'Earwig and the Witch (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]'
https://www.hidefninja.com/community/threads/earwig-and-the-witch-blu-ray-steelbook-uk.111040/
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Which is why I said it's a shame they couldn't team up with StudioCanal
 
Which is why I said it's a shame they couldn't team up with StudioCanal
StudioCanal had nothing to do with Earwig and the Witch and The Boy and the Heron releases so would not get involved in regards to artwork on those releases.

Studiocanal distribution rights for future Studio Ghibli home media releases in UK ended due to legal issues that's why the above films home media releases was with Elysian and not StudioCanal in UK
Elysian even had they tried approach StudioCanal it would have been ignored.

My Neighbour Totoro is getting a cinema re-release by Elysian in UK on August 2 2024
 
StudioCanal had nothing to do with Earwig and the Witch and The Boy and the Heron releases so would not get involved in regards to artwork on those releases.

Studiocanal distribution rights for future Studio Ghibli home media releases in UK ended due to legal issues that's why the above films home media releases was with Elysian and not StudioCanal in UK
Elysian even had they tried approach StudioCanal it would have been ignored.

My Neighbour Totoro is getting a cinema re-release by Elysian in UK on August 2 2024
He knows that paul. He's trying to say, for the sake of the design of the steelbook, he wished they did.