I'm wonder if AL would find the Shinkai set easier to negotiate if it didn't have Children Who Have Lost Voices, which is already out on Blu-Ray via Kaze/Manga - personally I'd be fine with that. 5cm/s is the one that I'd really like to see put out on Blu-Ray, along with Place Promised/Voices from a Distant Star.
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I earlier went to a sold-out screening of Shunji Iwai's
The Case of Hana & Alice, which was the one film from the Scotland Loves Anime line-up that I really wanted to see so I'm pleased that I came to my neck of the woods. It's a really wonderful film; I'm a fan of Iwai's previous works like
Love Letter,
April Story and the original
Hana & Alice and I was very curious to see how he'd work with animation and it looks gorgeous. In doing some background reading, I've found that Makoto Shinkai himself was very complimentary saying that it's a "masterpiece that should be seen" and there's an interview with him and Isao Takahata on the Japanese Blu-Ray.
It was speculated in the MCM thread that this might be on AL's slate and, while it wasn't announced, I certainly hope that it is. An Ultimate Edition with The Case of Hana & Alice, the 2003 film and the short films would be...*mops up drool*.
EDIT: Woohoo! It has been announced! Now about that latter detail...