Lost in Translation promotional mini booklet

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Lost in Translation promotional mini booklet

#1 Post by osullic » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:52 pm

I have a small collection of Lost in Translation chirashi/flyers etc. (For anyone not familiar with chirashi, they are mini movie posters quite common in Japan that are a popular collectible item.)

I was looking at the Lost in Translation items for sale on a site that sells mostly chirashi here:
http://www.jmshop.net/drama2.html

There's a mini booklet there, listed as sold out, that I've never seen anywhere else. I thought maybe it was just an "insert" from a DVD box, but I emailed the site owner and he thinks it was distributed at Japanese cinemas.

I'm just wondering if anyone can identify it. I'm really curious about it.

Thanks!

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#2 Post by samwright8380 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:39 pm

I can't remember specifics, but I do remember a chirashi being discussed on here a few years back on here that was produced for early screenings in Japan.
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#3 Post by onlyshallow » Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:47 am

Ha! I've been looking for that one for ages as well but with no luck. :(

It's the same picture as the DVD cover for Japan, so I wonder if it may be a promotional booklet forthat release instead?

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#4 Post by Bob_san » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:49 pm

If the one on that site is the same thing then I have that one! I bought it on eBay from someone in the UK. I think I paid between $10 and $20 with shipping. I've been meaning to scan it in and add it to the site.

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#5 Post by onlyshallow » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:31 am

Hey Bob_san,

If you could upload it to the site, that would be great. Maybe some of the writing on the poster will give us a clue as to wheather it was for the cinema release or the DVD release. Might be able to track down another one then!

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#6 Post by SuperDuper » Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:07 am

Not sure if anyone still wants this but I think I bought the chirashi that you are talking about in 2010. The description is called

"LOST IN TRANSLATION(2003)(six pages mini booklet)", I think it is now since gone from that site?

Anyways, I uploaded a scan of the booklet for those curious. It seems like the layout is similar to the Japanese DVD booklet but aside from the location map, they are quite different.

Sorry for the bad quality scan but hope that helps someone.

http://imgur.com/a/ZWrbo

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#7 Post by onlyshallow » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:31 am

Hey SuperDuper, thanks so much for the scan! It looks really cool.

I might get in touch with a couple of websites and see if they can use this to track one down.

Cheers!

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#8 Post by TokyoGirl » Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:53 am

I'm pretty sure that's the booklet from the Japanese DVD. Mine looks the same.
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#9 Post by SuperDuper » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:22 pm

onlyshallow, you are right! Haha I am an idiot! I went back and checked and I scanned in the DVD insert actually in my previous post. Probably mixed them up when I took them both out to compare. Here is what the booklet should be..

http://imgur.com/a/eGpiE

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#10 Post by onlyshallow » Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:20 am

SuperDuper wrote:onlyshallow, you are right! Haha I am an idiot! I went back and checked and I scanned in the DVD insert actually in my previous post. Probably mixed them up when I took them both out to compare. Here is what the booklet should be..

http://imgur.com/a/eGpiE
Err, TokyoGirl was right! :wink:

Thanks for scanning this as well, really appreciate it.

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#11 Post by samwright8380 » Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:30 pm

thanks for scanning this in! it's something I haven't seen before.
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