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Clarifying, since Neil Gaiman was actually listed in the ending credits.
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** When Creator/NeilGaiman scripted five drafts for the English adaptation, Miramax ended up rewriting his scripts. Six months later, however, Gaiman returned to finish what he started, but the execs (from Miramax and surprisingly, even Studio Ghibli themselves) deleted his name from the credits and thus he went uncredited until he revealed his role via Twitter.
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** When Creator/NeilGaiman scripted five drafts for the English adaptation, Miramax ended up rewriting his scripts. Six months later, however, Gaiman returned to finish what he started, but the execs (from Miramax and surprisingly, even Studio Ghibli themselves) deleted his name from the credits theatrical posters and thus he went uncredited until he revealed his role via Twitter.
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** When Creator/NeilGaiman scripted five drafts for the English adaptation, Miramax ended up rewriting his scripts. Six months later, however, Gaiman returned to finish what he started.
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** When Creator/NeilGaiman scripted five drafts for the English adaptation, Miramax ended up rewriting his scripts. Six months later, however, Gaiman returned to finish what he started.started, but the execs (from Miramax and surprisingly, even Studio Ghibli themselves) deleted his name from the credits and thus he went uncredited until he revealed his role via Twitter.
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Trivia tropes can't be played with.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Fortunately averted, as opposed to earlier efforts to adapt Miyazaki's films into English:
** Harvey and Bob Weinstein of Miramax wanted to remove 20 minutes from the English release, which, given Miramax being a division of Disney at the time, was explicitly forbidden by the Disney/Ghibli distribution agreement. When Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki found this out after a very successful screening for the New York Film Critics Circle, he sent the Miramax executives a katana with a note attached: "No cuts"—very much mindful of what had happened the [[Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind last time]] a Ghibli film got trimmed for a Western audience.
** Harvey and Bob Weinstein of Miramax wanted to remove 20 minutes from the English release, which, given Miramax being a division of Disney at the time, was explicitly forbidden by the Disney/Ghibli distribution agreement. When Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki found this out after a very successful screening for the New York Film Critics Circle, he sent the Miramax executives a katana with a note attached: "No cuts"—very much mindful of what had happened the [[Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind last time]] a Ghibli film got trimmed for a Western audience.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Fortunately averted, as opposed to earlier efforts to adapt Miyazaki's films into English:
ExecutiveMeddling:
**Harvey and Bob The Weinstein of Miramax wanted brothers attempted to remove 20 minutes from the English release, which, given Miramax being release to earn a division of Disney at the time, was explicitly forbidden by PG rating despite the Disney/Ghibli distribution agreement. agreement prohibiting any edits to the footage (as Creator/{{Miramax}} was a division of Disney at the time). When Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki found this out after a very successful screening for the New York Film Critics Circle, he sent the Miramax executives a katana with a note attached: "No cuts"—very cuts" -- very much mindful of what had happened the [[Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind last time]] a Ghibli film got trimmed for a Western audience.audience. Even then, Harvey Weinstein kept trying to stand his ground, this time seeking to axe an even stricter 40 minutes behind Ghibli's backs; he only acquiesced when the PG-13 film earned a rave review from the ''New York Times'' that didn't mention the length at all. Finally, Weinstein [[InvisibleAdvertising scrapped the planned elaborate promotional campaign for the film]] out of spite.
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