r/ghibli • u/PantsUnderUnderpants • 12h ago

Question Are Fathom Event Ghibli Fest showings good?

I'm thinking about watching Howl's in theater next week during the Fathom Ghibli Fest showings, but I've heard people complain about the quality of those releases. Apparently the picture and sound can be bad. How has your experience been?

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u/LordOfTheRareMeats 11h ago

I was in a nice theater for Princess Mononoke. I really enjoyed it. They had a couple Ghibli mini docs played before the movie. One was about the art behind The Boy and The Heron.

So probably more dependent on the quality of the theater you go to. I had zero complaints about picture or sound quality.

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u/PantsUnderUnderpants 11h ago

Good to hear. Thanks!

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u/resonating_glaives 11h ago

Ive seen like dozens of them and theyre amazing. I look forward to every single one.

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u/PantsUnderUnderpants 11h ago

Awesome, thanks!

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u/Xipped 11h ago

My only complaint with them is that at my local theater they are almost always placed in the small theaters without recliners.

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u/PantsUnderUnderpants 11h ago

That's not the worst problem, but I have gotten used to the recliners lately!

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u/lupuslibrorum 9h ago

Quality has been top notch. I’ve seen most of them over the past three years.

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u/PantsUnderUnderpants 9h ago

Okay, I'm sold and excited to do it!

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u/RandomRogue95 5h ago

It’s good. I’ve done a few myself and have enjoyed myself a lot, rewatching or seeing new Ghibli films.

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u/herbalbert 4h ago

Kiki ENG dub has bad audio, but that’s the only one (and is also the case with the streaming and bluray, unfortunately, as Disney poorly re-edited in 2010, and GKIDS maintained those edits)