I e-mailed this in as well, but I'm not surprised that I wasn't the first. :wink:
There seems to be ongoing confusion here… If it's any help:
Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) is about a big fat anthropomorphic pig (or rather, a man who was turned into one) who talks and drinks beer on an island in the Adriatic sea in the summer of 1929.
Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pom Poko (a Takahata, not Miyazaki film) is a documentary of the native tankui's efforts to prevent, or at least postpone, the building of Tama New Town, western Tokyo across a few years in the 1960s. I'm not entirely sure what a "dam" is, but out of all the films I've seen (Ghibli or otherwise) Pom Poko is, if I had to choose, my 3rd favourite after Mononoke and Laputa. I like it because it's the most Japanese, in terms of both sound and visuals, and also the most emotive of the Ghibli films - it's the only one (so far) to make me physically laugh and cry. It is worth having the DVD if only for the yôkai parade, in which you pause the screen every second (or even more frequently, in some parts) and see something completely different, but for me the most emotive moments were the arrival of the 3 masters and the final illusion which would be ruined if I were to try explaining it.
I am a bit uneasy that such adult films as Porco Rosso and Mononoke are being shown in the family slot and will probably be dubbed, but this is still such a great achievement that I have no right to criticise it. There's a strong possibility (especially if the viewing figures are good this time round) that the Takahata films and Whisper of the Heart will be shown at a latter date, but I agree that I'd like to see some Satoshi Kon films even more - Millennium Actress in particular, as the dub of that is English, rather than American. I can certainly see that happening, but having serial experiments lain and Paranoia Agent on UK TV still seems an awfully long way off.