It was one of those exiting days. At that time, I was one of those nerdy collectors (now I'm just nerdy). From Japan, one of the crowns on my DVD gift set collection would come in. The Spirited Away Limited Collector's Edition. Numbered and everything! Little did I know, I would sell it the following year. But that's a whole nother story.
As
Spirited Away was
one of the best rated movies last month, this is a small update on the movie. Not only was Spirited Away a box office success, it was also a big commercial success after the movie left the theater. Particularly in Japan, merchandise was all over the place.
Characters -- notice how they are for 9 and above.
A ball of rise, which Miyazaki ate every day during the making of this movie.
But most popular were DVD gift sets, which as I said, I was collecting at the time. And in the end, only two were worth owning.
The Japanese Limited Bathhouse Edition:
Only 10,000 were made and it is numbered on the plate.
And the Korean gift set:
With a gorgeous book full of production pictures.
Actually, I'm lying right now. There was one more set. And I just had to have it. And it's kind of embarrassing, because it was quite useless. The Spirited Away Limited DVD-Player Gift Set. Even more limited than the two other ones. I just HAD TO HAVE it. Not even caring about the different voltage and power plug, which made it useless over here. So... I got it:
Yes, you use the nut as a remote.
But if you are eager to get one of these sets now, I have to disappoint you. These are pretty much sold out and never to be sold again. But to still give you some Spirited Away goodness, I did find some new (old) videos.
