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A blessing in disguise, perhaps.
If the English release of Nausicaa had been done well, Ghibli may have continued allowing foreign distributors to make major changes to their movies under the remit of "internationalisation"
But they screwed it up, which lead directly to the now-famous "no edits" policy.
In the long-term I think that fuck-up really helped Ghibli to cement their reputation in the west for making good stuff.
I suppose my point is more that I've reservations with believing Miramax simply made a series of oopsies (still took the money, though), vs the far more likely: their parent co (Disney) internationally burned its release.
Hell, it was so slack-ass, so devoid of effort, it screams "slap in the face". Never mind that it's indefensibly illegal —Disney no doubt was betting they'd skate at worst, 'cuz: Murica.
Impressive, from an academic point that, to this day, so few've seen the insane box art for that "fuck you" robbery Disney pulled (by proxy), much less are even aware of this event at all.
Whomever they paid to bury it deeper than fish shit really took it to the enth. 🧏🏽♂️
I'm not familiar with this situation, what did Miramax change about the English release of Nausicaa?
I'm also not familiar but here's a reddit post from 2 years ago where the VHS is titled Warriors of the Wind:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Miyazaki/comments/1bzyr6v/the_vhs_version_of_nausica%25C3%25A4_that_caused_miyazaki/