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Miyazaki is pretty well known for having “world-class” dubs; I don’t think liking them is considered controversial. Liking the Akira dub or the dub on a Satoshi
by woodruffw 3y ago
Miyazaki is pretty well known for having “world-class” dubs; I don’t think liking them is considered controversial. Liking the Akira dub or the dub on a Satoshi Kon film, on the other hand :-)
- ryandrake 3y agoThe English dub of Castle In The Sky was famously very poor[1]. Most notably, much of the movie's quiet parts got crammed with music and extra dialog because Disney felt Americans' attention span could not handle long stretches of silence and simple ambient environment sounds. Granted this was one of the earlier Ghibli films and Miyazaki reportedly clamped down on these shenanigans on future dubs. 1: https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-castle-in-the-sky-english-version-changes/ https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-castle-in-the-sky-engli...
- the_af 3y agoMuch was said about Mononoke's English dub, but I find it terrible and flat. In contrast, the Spanish dub was top notch!
- woodruffw 3y agoThis listicle is hard to follow: it seems to be confounding the 1988 dub (hilariously bad) with the 1998 dub (which was done by Disney and is, IMO, pretty good). In particular, the items about Sheeta's recharacterization and removed silences don't apply to the 1998 dub. Miyazaki has had his fair share of bad dubs (including one of the Castle of Cagliostro ones), but I think it's fair to say that he's fared the best of any major Japanese anime director.
- mock-possum 3y agoNausicaa was REAL bad too, originally, iirc
- pks016 3y agoRelevant video analysis https://youtu.be/jM6PPxN1xas https://youtu.be/jM6PPxN1xas
- ryandrake 3y agoBingo. I knew I wasn't hallucinating. Specific CitS comparison at around 4:00.
- erulabs 3y ago"Ponyo" had Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Tiny Fey, and Matt Daemon as voice actors, as an example of not skimping on the english dubs.