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I opened a couple of Ghibli movies on the HBO Max app just now, and the only audio and subtitle options were English.
by rahimnathwani 4y ago
I opened a couple of Ghibli movies on the HBO Max app just now, and the only audio and subtitle options were English.
- mttjj 4y agoI think HBO Max is weird in that you have to pick the options before you start the movie. I found I couldn't change languages from the audio track or subtitles options while the movie was playing. But I can 100% confirm that I watched all of the movies on HBO Max in Japanese audio with English subtitles. AppleTV 4K.
- rahimnathwani 4y agoThanks for the tip! https://i.imgur.com/nuRLkcH.png https://i.imgur.com/nuRLkcH.png The only way I can find to switch the audio track is by clicking the word 'English' on the description page (screenshot above), before hitting 'play'. This is really confusing because: 1. There's an option to change the language track once you're playing the movie, but it doesn't show the other option. 2. When you click that button, there's a helpful notification saying you can choose language in 'settings' (which isn't the case!). 3. The icon next to where it says 'ENGLISH' looks like a speech bubble, which to me indicates 'subtitles'. 4. I have to click the word 'ENGLISH' to switch to Japanese!
- mttjj 4y agoAh yes, I remember doing this dance at the beginning of January. As you've discovered, there are about two dozen UX violations with this procedure. Thankfully, I only had to do this once; all the rest of the films played in Japanese by default from then on.
- poulpy123 4y agoWhy is it a problem?
- nicoburns 4y agoThe original versions of the films have Japanese audio, and you're missing out on that if you watch them in english.
- HideousKojima 4y agoAlso, at least on the Disney blu-ray releases, there were some notable differences between the English dub and the English subtitles. The most glaring one I ever saw was in Porco Rosso when Curtis says he's from Alabama in the subtitles but from Texas in the dub. The Japanese voice acting is also usually way superior, even though they hire quality actors for the dubs. For example, Gillian Anderson is a great actress but she doesn't do the character of Moro (in Princess Mononoke) justice, especially compared to the Japanese VA (Akihiro Miwa). See their voices compared at 4:19 https://youtu.be/1X4RWYsDs8A https://youtu.be/1X4RWYsDs8A
- TremendousJudge 4y agoafaik the English dub literally changes the ending of Kiki's Delivery Service
- mytailorisrich 4y agoThere are a lot of differences between the English and Japanese audio in Kiki. For instance, there are more silent periods in the original Japanese version, whereas in the (American) English version they almost stereotypically cannot stop talking. So it seems there was some cultural adaptation beyond simple translation.
- SECProto 4y ago> There are a lot of difference between the English and Japanese audio in Kiki Definitely. Jiji (the cat) has a totally different character if you listen to the dub vs the original Japanese. One of the few instances where I prefer the dub... but I think it's just because I watched it that way as a child. This article [1] is convincing me to go back and give the Japanese audio another try. [1] https://www.otaquest.com/anime-kikis-delivery-service/ https://www.otaquest.com/anime-kikis-delivery-service/