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Dec 16, 2013 8:54 PM
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The English dub cast has been announced for Hayao Miyazaki's latest and last film "Kaze Tachinu" (The Wind Rises).

The cast includes:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Jiro Horikoshi, main character
Emily Blunt: Nahoko Satomi, love interest
John Krasinski: Honjo, Jiro's college pal and fellow aviation engineer
Martin Short: Kurokawa, Jiro's grumpy boss
Stanley Tucci: Caproni, Italian airplane creator
Mandy Patinkin: Hattori, senior designer at Mitsubishi
William H. Macy: Satomi, Nahoko's father
Werner Herzog: the mysterious Castorp
Mae Whitman: Kayo, Jiro's younger sister, as well as Kinu, Nahoko's caretaker
Jennifer Grey: Mrs. Kurokawa
Darren Criss: Katayama, one of Jiro's engineering colleagues
Elijah Wood: Sone, another of Jiro's colleagues
Ronan Farrow: Mitsubishi employee

In an interview with USA Today, Gordon-Levitt said in regards to the film, "The Wind Rises" is "clearly the work of someone who's a master at their craft." Rather than imaginary creatures and worlds, "this one is more grounded in human beings and a historical moment in time. He goes on to say that "there's still a flavor of magic in it as you go inside the mind of this aeronautics engineer and you see him walking on the wings of airplanes in his dream."

Source: USA Today
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Dec 16, 2013 8:55 PM
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Cool. Haven't even watched this yet, so seeing a dub cast is pretty neat.
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Dec 16, 2013 8:56 PM
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My reaction to that cast was this.

Being serious, I'm looking forward to the movie even more now. With this cast I'll most likely be watching this one dubbed.
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Dec 16, 2013 8:59 PM
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I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt so I think I actually will watch the dubbed version (eventually). But lol at John Krasinski, William H. Macy, and Elijah Wood. I'm eager to see how the dub turns out.
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I desperately want to say 'lel' but I'll refrain from that.

I'm looking forward to this. Seems like a nice line-up.
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Dec 16, 2013 9:04 PM
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, eh? Love the guy for some weird reason
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Dec 16, 2013 9:05 PM
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Martin Short. Oh my god.

Dec 16, 2013 9:16 PM
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Great post !
Dec 16, 2013 9:20 PM
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Wow that cast.
Dec 16, 2013 9:49 PM

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JGL, yeeeaaaahhhh!
Dec 16, 2013 10:00 PM

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The cast looks solid, still sad that this is HM last film
Inb4 OMG DUBS SUCKS ERM SUB FTW EWW and this becomes another sub vs dub thread
Dec 16, 2013 10:04 PM

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I haven't even seen this movie yet but whoa, what a cast list :>
Dec 16, 2013 10:04 PM
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GEO9875 said:
The cast looks solid, still sad that this is HM last film
Inb4 OMG DUBS SUCKS ERM SUB FTW EWW and this becomes another sub vs dub thread


What are you talking about? Miyazaki dubs were always more professional than your average anime dub.
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Dec 16, 2013 10:09 PM

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I wish MAL would add the cast to the database already so I can put ❤❤❤JGL❤❤❤ into my favourites.
Dec 16, 2013 10:14 PM

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This means that this will more than likely go to theaters. Can't wait.
Dec 16, 2013 10:32 PM

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First time I am actually looking forward to a dubbed version of anything Anime related. Granted I will probably watch this film in Japanese first, but this is a pretty decent A-list cast. Unlike some previous dubs where they cast Disney Stars and siblings of Disney Stars.
Dec 16, 2013 10:48 PM

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Is his a sign studio Ghibli wants to make a Batman movie?

Bale - Howl's moving castle

Joseph Gordon levit - wind rises
Dubs>subs.
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Dec 16, 2013 11:02 PM

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That is a very odd cast. Might be the first anime I'll watch dubbed in like 6 years.
Dec 16, 2013 11:21 PM

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Slightly related: I stumbled over to Twitter after seeing this news and found out JGL IS ALSO PRODUCING A MOVIE OF NEIL GAIMAN'S SANDMAN HOLY SHIT ARE YOU MY FAVOURITE PERSON EVER NOW OR WHAT?
Dec 16, 2013 11:49 PM

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The cast is a nice little suprise. I usually don't want English dubs but I'll see if I make an exception here.

Also:
>Elijah Wood
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not one real va in the bunch baf cast
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not one real va in the bunch baf cast


Shut up, no one cares.

Robin, Frodo Baggins, Jim (The Office) and Cesar (Hunger Games) are in it. They put asses in seats. Some random Japanese person does not.
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Dec 17, 2013 12:21 AM
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt. ♥ I WILL DEFINITELY WATCH THE ENGLISH DUB. :3
Dec 17, 2013 12:59 AM

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I haven't seen this yet, but I really like Joseph Gordon-Levit and I bet Darren Criss's character is gonna be great, considering how funny he normally is.
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ona said:
I wish MAL would add the cast to the database already so I can put ❤❤❤JGL❤❤❤ into my favourites.
+1
But Elijah Wood keeps clashing to me
Dec 17, 2013 2:03 AM
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These are actual genuine actors.


This. Real actors as VA are usually very good. More than your average English nobody VA.
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John Krasinski?

omfg i'm watching this
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Dec 17, 2013 4:26 AM

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That. cast. is. fuckin. HUGE.

HOLY SHIT!
Dec 17, 2013 6:25 AM
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I'm not really a fan of English dubbed Anime but damn that cast is so awesome!!!!

I'll watch Kaze Tachinu in Japanese first then after that in English :3
Dec 17, 2013 6:50 AM

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Oh wow.

I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt. So this might be my first time watching something dubbed before subbed and my first time watching a Ghibli movie.

The movie still looks so unappealing to me in so many ways like the rest of Ghibli movies....
Dec 17, 2013 7:28 AM

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Some random Japanese person does not.


Since when is Hideaki Anno just some"random Japanese person"? haha
I get your point though.

It's nice to see JGL and Emily Blunt back together, especially since I've just seen Looper.
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Woah that's quite a interesting cast alright. Might actually give the dub a try.
Dec 17, 2013 8:17 AM

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Wow dat cast : 0 Can't wait to watch this movie!!!
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more people to add to this
http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=29693

I look forword to seeing this, i prefer ghibli dubbed so i can focus on the gorgeous animations rather than the text

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Dec 17, 2013 8:40 AM

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as expected, miyazaki's film always have top-notch dub
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GZTC said:
NoSurrender1690 said:
not one real va in the bunch baf cast


English voice actors suck.

These are actual genuine actors. There's a reason why Ghibli dubs are actually good.


Are you serious? The traditional English VA are actual actors as well. Only difference between English VAs are they didn't have the talent to get Live Action jobs so they turn to Voice Acting.

And if you aren't convinced actual A-list actors aren't better than English VAs, just go look at every Pixar Film. Most of them are stock full of A-List Actors/Actresses and they do one hell of a job (ex. Toy Story).
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I don't watch anime dubs, but that cast is too good to pass by.
I wanted to watch this anyway, but I guess I'll just wait until the dub is out.

Has it been announced yet when that will be?
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That is one heck of a dub cast! And some of them do have VA experience, JGL and Martin Short in particular.
Dec 17, 2013 1:19 PM
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Dat dub cast tho.

Might actually watch this dubbed.
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NoSurrender1690 said:
not one real va in the bunch baf cast


Mae Whitman plays Katara in Avatar: TLA. I'm surprised no one has made the connection yet.
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Anoki said:
GZTC said:
NoSurrender1690 said:
not one real va in the bunch baf cast


English voice actors suck.

These are actual genuine actors. There's a reason why Ghibli dubs are actually good.


Are you serious? The traditional English VA are actual actors as well. Only difference between English VAs are they didn't have the talent to get Live Action jobs so they turn to Voice Acting.

And if you aren't convinced actual A-list actors aren't better than English VAs, just go look at every Pixar Film. Most of them are stock full of A-List Actors/Actresses and they do one hell of a job (ex. Toy Story).


A ton of the VAs do theater performances as well actually.
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> Joseph Gordon-Levitt
> William H. Macy
> Elijah Wood

Sold
Dec 17, 2013 7:52 PM

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Ghibli, dub and original, are no different than Disney. I think Miyazaki said that he didn't want his characters to sound like "typical anime", but real humans, thus he doesn't hire pro seiyuu (unless they often due Japanese dubs). Something like that.

Still, I can't help but see "Hollywood influence". But for some reason I'm actually really intrigued.

and Elijah Wood and Short should be trustworthy (nod)
Dec 17, 2013 7:59 PM

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Watching for JGL <3

Has he ever done any voice acting work though? Hopefully this turns out good.
Dec 17, 2013 8:27 PM

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It will be hilarious to see lots of people adding JGL and Jim John Krasinski to their favourites. Count me in the latter group.
Dec 17, 2013 8:48 PM
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Levitt's performing the Main character in this dub? I'm in. (though, will also check out the original. Creator of Evangelion playing the Main Character? I'm in.)
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JGL is a turd irl but I will concede that he has a nice voice.

lol why is Ronan Farrow in this.

GZTC said:
NoSurrender1690 said:
not one real va in the bunch baf cast


English voice actors suck.

These are actual genuine actors. There's a reason why Ghibli dubs are actually good.


Billy West, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Phil LaMarr, Maurice LaMarche are only a few examples of English-speaking voice actors who are superb. You may not know their names, but if you've watched anything animated out of the US in the past oh, 20-30 years, you know their work.
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Looks like a pretty awesome cast to me.
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Wow, those are big names. I'd still watch it in the original Japanese first, then the dubbed version for a rewatch.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Elijah Wood
What a surprising cast
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