I think so but it is on one of the audio channels in mono most likely and analog.

Why it was not on the japan dvd i assumed it was.

The dub with Phil Hartman as jiji to me is preferable with kirsten dunst as kiki.

Which i also have the us laserdisc for and it is in ac3. The dvd is at a lower bitrate i believe but i could be wrong.

Ponyo will be the first studio ghibli film released on blu ray but won't be the first HD presentation as i have seen the files online for howls in 1080i.

I have seen some of the footage from the concert blu ray of ghibli music and the footage of the earlier films looks upscaled but noticeably better than the dvd releases.

Well here now i brought the thread completely off topic,lol.

Laputa and Nausicaa look like they definitely need a restoration before blu ray though since even the japan dvd's were less than perfect. They look the worst in those clips, especially nausicaa really shows it's age.

Not even being a studio ghibli film it is topcraft studios just like castle of cagliostro.

There were HD broadcasts of my neighbor totoro and spirited away and princess mononoke i believe but nobody seems to have preserved them with a recording.

The broadcast of howl's moving castle though was simply stunning like watching the actual animation cels and HD cgi files.