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Post #4009341
2026-07-21 08:52 UTC
About six months ago I got my hands on one of the Studio Ghibli CD sized Video Single Discs (VSD) and ever since I've been keeping an eye open for the others in the series.
After months of nothing suddenly they all appeared at once, all from the same seller...so I finally have a complete set!
They are:
-The Seven Days of Fire (火の７日間) - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
-The Book of the Heavens (天空の書) - Laputa: Castle in the Sky
-Mother Comes Home (帰って来たお母さん) - My Neighbor Totoro
-Ursula's Painting (ウルスラの絵) - Kiki's Delivery Service
These are all short videos mostly showing illustrations set to music, sometimes offering a little bit of extra lore to the films.
A VSD is essentially a CD Video (CDV) with just the laserdisc portion. CDVs also have a CD portion that can be played on any CD player (more on this later).
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My favourite of these is probably the Laputa disc as it features a lot of beautiful animation rather than just stills like the other ones.
I'll need to check, but I think some of these are essentially textless versions of the opening/ending credits of some of the films.
To my eyes it shows the world before the story takes place, showing the airship based society that built Laputa.
The Nausicaä disc is also a prequel; showing a tapestry detailing the world falling into ruins.
The Totoro disc is very sweet; showing the girl's mother returning home after her long hospital absence.
The Kiki disc, which was the first one I got, features a detailed look at the painting the character Ursula created during the film.
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