From Up on Poppy Hill Dub

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via Studio Ghibli Int'l Twitter

Working on the English-language dub of Kokurikozaka Kara (From Up On Poppy Hill). Looking (sounding!) good.

via Variety.com

GKids plants N. American flag on 'Poppy Hill'

It will release latest toon from Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli in March

ANNECY -- New York-based indie animation distributor GKids has acquired North American rights to "From Up On Poppy Hill," the latest release from Japan's Studio Ghibli.

Hayao Miyazaki ("Castle in the Sky," "Spirited Away") wrote the screenplay. His son, Goro Miyazaki, directed. GKids will qualify "Poppy Hill" for 2013's Academy Awards and plans a March release.

Announced Tuesday by GKids prexy Eric Beckman at Gaul's Annecy Animation Film Festival, "Poppy Hill" builds on a September deal that gave GKids North American rights to 13 Studio Ghibli library titles. The retrospective has been touring major North American markets throughout 2012.

Set in 1963 Yokohama, "Poppy Hill" turns on a pair of high school students who are battling the demolition of a historic building as they deal with their own families' past secrets. "Poppy Hill" was the highest-grossing Japanese film of 2011, taking over $56 million.

Studio Ghibli is producing an English-language version, with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall exec producing.

The deal is GKids' first release of a first-run Studio Ghibli film. Disney has been Ghibli's longterm U.S. distributor.

It follows a spate of toon acquisitions by GKids, including "Chico & Rita" and "A Cat in Paris," which snagged best animated feature Oscar nominations this year. GKids aims to increase its number of animated feature releases and the scale of releases, Beckman said.

"There is a huge U.S. indie distribution sector for adult audiences but nothing parallel for animation. That's the hole we're filling."

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via Studio Ghibli Int'l Twitter

Poppy Hill English Dub: Recording this week, multi-Academy Award-winning Gary Rydstrom directing. Wonderful! @GKIDSfilms

EDIT: via RealRonHoward Twitter

Did some voice work for the English language version of Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill pic.twitter.com/MC1G2Nid

EDIT 2: via Studio Ghibli Int'l Twitter

Poppy Hill English Dub: Delighted to welcome Gillian Anderson to another Studio Ghibli film! @GKIDSfilms #PoppyHill

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via Studio Ghibli Int'l Twitter

Poppy Hill English Dub: Chris Noth in the recording studio today. #PoppyHill

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Poppy Hill English Dub: Sarah Bolger (The Spiderwick Chronicles) recording right now! #PoppyHill

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via Ronan Farrow Twitter

Did some voice work for the English language version of Miyazaki's "Poppy Hill." Love those @ghibli_intl guys. pic.twitter.com/o0POJDaU

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via Variety

GKids has tapped the English-language voice cast for Japanese animated title "Up on Poppy Hill" including Gillian Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard, Chris Noth, Aubrey Plaza and Anton Yelchin.

Other voice cast include Sarah Bolger, Beau Bridges, Jeff Dunham, Isabelle Fuhrman, Emily Osment, Charles Saxton and Alex Wolff.

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English dub trailer via iTunes Movie Trailers: LINK | YouTube version (http://youtu.be/k-vfzhfq5JA)