What's New

Most recent additions first

7 October 1999

• Updates of the script and associated pages were delayed for several weeks due to:
  • a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for their retrospective of Studio Ghibli films; and
  • a trip to the New York Film Festival for its special-event presentation of Miramax's English-language version of Princess Mononoke, with Miyazaki-san and others from Studio Ghibli and Miramax present (see Ryoko Toyama's report with photographs on Nausicaa.net).
• Made minor revisions in Part Three, Scene 9 of the Japanese/English script.
• Added Miramax's official Web site for Princess Mononoke to the Related Web pages page.
• Updated the Recommended Books page.

12 September 1999

• Made first-pass revisions in Part Three, Scene 9 of the Japanese/English script through Cut 911.  This corresponds to the Vol. 3, page 15 of the MH Film Comics.

7 September 1999

• Minor revisions of Part Three, Scene 8 of the Japanese/English script.
• Added the Princess Mononoke Trailers page at Nausicaa.net, and a link to Roger Ebert's review of Princess Mononoke, to the Related Web pages page.

29 August 1999

• Completed first-pass revisions of Part Three, Scene 8 of the Japanese/English script.  This corresponds Cut 876 of the movie script, and to the end of Vol. 2 of the MH Film Comics.
• Added the Studio Ghibli Festivals page at Nausicaa.net to the Related Web pages page.
• Completed an English translation of Miyazaki's manga The Return of Hans.

22 August 1999

• Made first-pass revisions in Part Three, Scene 8 of the Japanese/English script through Cut 807.  This corresponds to Vol. 2, page 120 of the MH Film Comics.
• Added the MH English Dub Impressions page at Nausicaa.net to the Related Web pages page.

15 August 1999

• Completed first-pass revisions of Part Three, Scene 7 of the Japanese/English script. This corresponds to the end of Disc 1, Side 1 of the import laserdisc video; Cut 729 in the movie script; and Vol. 2, page 85 of the MH Film Comics.

30 July 1999

• Completed second-pass revisions up to the end of Part Two of the Japanese/English script.

29 July 1999

• Made some revisions in Part Two of the Japanese/English script, cuts 550 through 679 (the end of Part Two).
• Completed work on Episode One of the manga The Return of Hans on 28 July.  Episode Two is in the works.

25 July 1999

• Following work on Episode One of the manga The Return of Hans, completed first-pass revisions of Part Two of the Japanese/English script. The end of Part Two corresponds to Cut 679 of the original movie script, and to Vol. 2, p. 73 of the MH Film Comics.
• Also completed second-pass revisions of Part Two through Cut 549 of the original movie script (corresponding to Vol. 2, p. 25 of the MH Film Comics).

5 July 1999

• Note:  Updates to this page began again after a hiatus of two months due to work on the Otto Carius manga translation.
• Completed first-pass revisions of Part Two of the Japanese/English script, through Cut 549 of the original movie script (corresponding to Vol. 2, p. 25 of the MH Film Comics).
• Installed the new main page and the manga translations page.
• Removed the Illustrated Script and the text-only English script.
• Minor updates to the Related Web pages page.

3 May 1999

• Completed second-pass revisions through Cut 502 (see entry for 18 April below) of Part Two of the Japanese/English script.
• Note:  Further updates to the MH script will be delayed for a couple of weeks due to work on the Otto Carius manga translation.

19 April 1999

• Updated the Related Web pages page with new link for MH at the Anipike.

18 April 1999

• Completed first-pass revisions through Cut 502 (the end of the scene in which Ashitaka treads the Tatara foot-bellows) in Part Two of the Japanese/English script.  Cut 502 corresponds to the end of the MH Film Comics Volume One.   Also made some more second-pass revisions (through Cut 452).

5 April 1999

• Made some more progress with first-pass revisions in Part Two of the Japanese/English script.

2 April 1999

• Added a link to the New York Times article on the Jomon people of Japan to the Related Web pages page.

26 March 1999

• Added a link to the Otto Carius translation page to the Related Web pages page.

25 March 1999

• Continued second-pass revisions on Part Two of the Japanese/English script, currently done through the end of of the scene in the cattle herdsmen's dining hall.

23 March 1999

• Updated the information about the Hyperion Press book on the main page.

17 March 1999

• Began second-pass revisions on Part Two of the Japanese/English script.  Also made a minor correction to the romanized Japanese text, and updated footnote 3 (concerning Yakkuru) in Part One.  (This footnote update should be propagated to the other versions soon.)

15 March 1999

• Updated Part Two of the Japanese/English script with revisions through the end of the scene in the cattle herdsmen's dining hall.
• Added description of the village shrine to Part One, Scene One of all versions.
• Minor text updates to Part One, Scenes Four and Five of all versions.
• Added the image to this page, and added the current caption and acknowledgement to the image in the Related Web pages page.

9 March 1999

• Minor corrections to Parts One of all versions.

8 March 1999

• Completed "second pass" revision of Part One of the Japanese/English script.  Also made minor corrections to Part Two.
• Copied revised translation of Part One from the J/E script to the Illustrated Script and the (English-only) Text-Only Script.

7 March 1999

• Added Part Two to the Japanese/English script; "first pass" revisions currently are about one-fifth done.  Also made minor revisons to Part One.

5 March 1999

• Added info on Hyperion Books publication to the main page.
• Added caption to image on the Related Web pages page.

4 March 1999

• Added the Related Web pages page.
• Added an access counter to this page.

3 March 1999

• Updated the Japanese/English script with "second pass" corrections in Part One, Scene Two.  Also added Footnote 7 to Part One.

27 February 1999

• Completed "first pass" update of Part One of the Japanese/English script using the "primary source" script.

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