| Now normally I'm totally a Sub person, I usually can't stand dubbed anime, but I just bought Castle in the Sky and watched it in japanese and then again with my little nephews in english, and I have to say that I like the english dub better. It seems more complete, and well thought out, as well as funnier. There are some lines in the japanese version that I wish weren't left out for the dub though. Has anyone else noticed this? |
| I know what you mean. I've watched all of the studio ghibli films that ive seen in both languages and I have to say I liked Howl's moving castle better in English. But I can't watch My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Whisper of the Heart etc in any other language than Japanese. The voices just don't seem to fit as well for me Especially Mononoke Hime, i saw that on tv once and th dub killed a bit of my soul... |
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| Id rather watch subs,as well. But for some of the Ghibli films,Id rather watch in english. They did really good,but thats just my personal opinion.. |
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| the ghibli movies are really exceptions of ger. dubs wich are normally really bad but in ghibli movies it is really ok^^ |
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| yeah normally i hate dubs with a vengence, but with all the ghibli films, the translation are actually accurate and the voice actors can actually do voice acting, so both are as good as each other! personally i prefer the dubbed as its just easier (not as much hassle to read the subs) |
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| I think I like the dubs better because they tend to use actual actors (for better or worse). I mean, hearing people like Christian Bale and Uma Thurman lend their voices to anime is just awesome. So far, Ghibli is one of the only studios to get this to happen on a regular basis. I mean, CB didn't even v/o his own character in Gotham Knight, but he played an effeminate wizard? I watch both sub and dub so I can see if they're at least equal, and so far I tend to go for the dubs. |
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| i always prefer sub. but the ghibli movies that are dubbed are not bad. |
| I've always been a sub person, and it holds true in this as well. But the dubs for these aren't bad as they usually have larger budgets then most anime things. |
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| studio ghibli are always top notch wit the dubs (except kiki delivery service dub, kirsten dunst is terrible) howls moving castle and spirited away are great examples but they can leave things out in the translation. For my money though I wud go with subs because i dont like to miss out on the details eg. my neighbour totoro. |
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| It's what the person feel, which voice fits which character's. I loved Castle in the sky, when Pazu would scream(Japanese) SHEEEETA!, SHEEEETA!, haha it's great. |
| well i watch the subs for more info, but for preference i choose the dubs as i get more enjoyment out of them, and can rewatch whilst doing other stuff. select ghibli films are the only things i would watch in dubs, otherwise i watch subs. |
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| Ill always say Subbed. I cant stand Dubs. Though I must say, Ghibli's dubs arent as bad as most. |
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| even thought i talk english i still would like subs better |
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| even thought i talk english i still would like subs better |
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| Yet another thread full of people who hate dubs:( All the Ghibli films i have watched in english have had good to excellent dubs, Howls dub is awesome. Saw ponyo last week that's got a pretty good dub, only Ghibli film i wouldn't watch dubbed is Whisper of the Heart, the english version of country roads is BAD reallly BAD. |
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| I don't have much reference for dubbing in the Studio Ghibli films, but from what I have seen Disney has done a pretty good job getting real actors to participate, rather than the low budget voice actors you see in other anime brought to the states. For example, Michael Keaton in Porco Rosso or Christian Bale in Howl's Moving Castle. They didn't make the characters unnatural or stilted because they weren't just reading lines; they were getting in character. (I watched both of those films with Japanese audio first as a reference) While I do praise Disney for that, I still have a bit of an issue with them trying to Americanize the films as well. Most prominently I recall the theme song from Kiki's delivery service. After having watched the Japanese with subs version I started the dvd to see how they did with the english audio and was horrified to find that they had replaced the awesome jazzy theme song with country music, which was totally unnecessary. Oh, and they changed the gender of the cat, which is strange. |
| So far I've watched Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart, Castle of the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service and The Cat Returns. And all in english dubbed version. I love them. I'm also usually a sub person and I can't stand watching dubbed anime but the english voices in these films really suit the characters. Recently I was re-watching Whisper of the Heart and I watched parts in both sub and dub but I didn't really think that the japanese voices suited the characters as wall as the english ones. So I would have to say that dubbed Ghibli films are definitely my favourite. :D |
| i'm much more of a sub person. but Disney did an outstanding job with the dubs. |
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| I prefer subs definetely...I mean the original is always the best ^^ |
| I generally prefer anime subbed, but I can't think of one Studio Ghibli film that I did not enjoy dubbed. Probably has something to do with them working with Disney most of the time; Disney films generally have great voice acting. Voice acting is an art, and usually, when it comes to anime it's not done right. But Studio Ghibli's dubs are always fantastic. |
| I like all my anime dubbed because I'm a visual person and having to read subs distracts me from being able to look at the picture plus sometimes those subs go by too fast and it's annoying to have to keep pausing or rewinding to see what they say. However, I did watch Pom Poko both subbed and dubbed and I have to say that the subbed version was quite a bit more adult/mature of a movie based on the dialogue, then the dub translation was. I figure that's probably becuase Disney figures the little kids won't watch the movie with subtitles so it's safe to accurattely do more adult/mature dialogue translations for the subs than for the dubs, which kids will probably watch. |
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| If you can read you have no excuse to watch dubs, is my highly personal opinion. =P ^^ But seriously I recently found out I've been watching the English dub of Mononoke Hime for so many years! I realized it when I watched the film the last time, it was in the original language and it felt so weird. The voices were strange and some dialog was changed or just gone. And in the scene where they walk out of the forest and (in the English version) the injured man yells "It's HEALED!" (so funny! XD I love this part) I knew I had watched the unoriginal version all these years. I actually prefer the type of voices chosen for Jigo and Moro in the English version over the Japanese version. So I guess of all the dubs of the Ghibli-films I like the MH-dub the most. :D But I have a dilemma because now I remember all the English lines and expressions when I watch the movie as it should be watched. I can't decide what to think or witch version I should choose. :( I think I'll stick with the Japanese language version though, but still keep the English language version in my memories ("ærh, no it's still broken." XD) ^^. |
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| Definitely dubs. I've always watching all ghibli studio masterpieces in english (only ghibli, others i prefer in subs). I like the voices of eng version, they r pretty well done, very clear and sweet to listen. Also, as someone already mentioned above, they r very funny. And i'm not against the subs. They r a lot better choice if you r bad at listening in english, then you can just open your dictionary and look for the word you don't know. After all it comes to the person's personal taste : English or Japanese. Of course you'll choose according to which language you'd like to listen more in anime field. |
| I only saw all the movie in dub so i don't know how good it is in Japanese ... I think I might watch all of them with subs! |
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| I actually have only watched the Dubbed versions of these films, I guess I should try subs at some point but it's never sprang to mind. The dubs just fit... and its perfect, the voice acting in nearly all of them is brilliant! |
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| Spirited Away and Porco Rosso dubs were pretty good |
| I usually watch anime with sub. In Pompoko, the main character's voice was better with hungarian dub, but they cut scenes out of the film. The hungarian dub for Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Nausicaa were pretty good. But the hungarian dub of Totoro and Grave of the Fireflys was just horrible. For the little girl in Totoro they gave the voice of a teenager, and the voice of Setsuko in Grave of the Fireflys was like a 30-year old woman's voice. |
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| Subs all the way. However, the Studio Ghibli movies are one of rare that actually have some splendid Dubs as well. Regardless, Subs overpower them, IMHO. |
| I prefer dubs in principle, but there hardly ever are any good ones :P Most Studio Ghibli films have good dubs, but Laputa's is miscast (Pazu and Sheeta sound too old, etc.), and Pom Poko is so Japanese it's too hard to dub. |
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| I really can't stand dubs. Subs all the way! |
| I prefer sub.. It's already in my mindset, if anime is from Japan.. So it just sounds strange or weird or didn't fit with the animation xD and I watched some anime with dub, I think it isn't really bad :D |
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| Both are great, but some of Ghibli's dubs are just fantastic. Disney gets some amazing voice actors. Overall, I would choose subs if I had to choose only one but it's hard to go wrong either way. Certain movies should definitely be watched subbed though..Grave of the Fireflies standing out. |
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