Disney

Disney 4K Blu-ray see caps

• 70mm 4.1 mix: 1998 Disney DVD

• 35mm Dolby Stereo mix: 1995 Disney LaserDisc

• 5.1 remix: 2011 Disney Blu-ray

• 7.1 Atmos remix: 2025 Disney 4K Blu-ray

The 5.1 is a more faithful remix than the later Atmos track.

Japanese audio: The HQ Audio Restoration by Hydra Spectre (made using the 2011 US Disney Blu-ray and the 2003 Taiwan Disney DVD), 2003 Japan Studio Ghibli DVD or 2003 Taiwan Disney DVD as an alternative

English audio: 2005 US Disney DVD

2002 Buena Vista UK DVD

2004 Buena Vista US DVD has exclusive extras

Japanese audio: 2012 US Disney Blu-ray

English (2003 mix): 2003 US Disney DVD

English (2010 mix with Japanese music): 2012 US Disney Blu-ray

English (2010 mix with American music): 2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray

2012 US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles. Other Blu-rays have proper English subtitles.

1999 Disney DVD

1999 Disney DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in 4.1 (mislabelled as 5.1 in the US release)

2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray

2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray
Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/6JWnlfit

All sources are within margin of error. Comparisons: Japanese, English
Alternate Streamline English dub is available only on 1994 Fox LD.

US GKIDS Blu-ray has more bonuses than the US Disney Blu-ray

Otherwise available on HD Streaming

Touchstone Home Video US LaserDisc [940 CS]

Touchstone Home Video US LaserDisc [940 CS] has the original stereo

1988 LaserDisc for the original Dolby Stereo

5.1 is the same on all Blu-rays

Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray announced for a November 25, 2026 release

Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray

English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio

Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals

English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Aa Ippai Collection boxset

2012 US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles. US GKIDS Blu-ray has bonuses that are absent on the US Disney Blu-ray

Disney 4K Blu-ray announced for September 29, 2026

Theatrical: Japan Disney DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in 4.0, all other releases save for Disney+ only have a 5.1 remix. Disney+ Streaming has a new Dolby Atmos remix that nonetheless is truer to the original 6-track mix than the past 5.1 remix.

Extended: Disney LaserDisc

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Disney 4K Blu-ray's artificial smoothening of facial textures making actors look unnatural, grain reduction and other changes to make the film look less like a product of its time

Old WEB-DL or HDTV rip for non AI version

LaserDisc

Original Theatrical Version: Any of the Disney LaserDiscs or Disney Limited Issue DVD (caveat: Limited Issue DVD has compression issues)

Restored Versions: Disney Platinum Edition DVD or Disney Diamond Edition Blu-ray

3D Restored Version: Disney Diamond Edition 3D Blu-ray

The 3D Blu-ray has most of the grain kept

The Disney 4K Blu-ray, while improving slightly on resolution, has significant DNR applied; see Blu-ray

1990 Disney LaserDisc for OG stereo mix

1997 Disney LaserDisc for proper 5.1 mix (caveat: "Part of Your World" instrumental in the end credits is replaced with regular version)

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The compression is poor, but it still beats the previous Blu-ray. (Luminance plot)

1991 Fox Video LaserDisc

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The 4K Blu-ray only has Atmos which is possibly the original mix, but the previous Blu-ray’s 4.0 sounds good too.

More Chroma artifacts

Disney Blu-ray has the original 5.1 CDS mix

1995 US Disney LaserDisc

Original Theatrical Version: 35mm scans

DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray are altered

1992 Disney LaserDisc or 35mm scans

1992 Disney LaserDisc or 35mm scans for OG stereo mix

Fox has Blu-ray

1995 Fox LaserDisc

OG theatrical version - uncensored: Pre-1993 35mm scans

OG theatrical version - censored: 1993+ 35mm scans or Disney Deluxe Edition LaserDisc

OG theatrical version has a racially insensitive lyric in opening "Agrabah" song replaced for re-releases, available on OG soundtrack CD and pre-1993 35mm prints only

Every release since the 2004 restored version on the OG Disney DVD has the line "Come on, good kitty, just take off and go" replaced with "Take off, good kitty" due to the 1992 line being misheard as "Come on, good teenagers, take off your clothes" (an occurrence called a "mondegreen")