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NEWS: Ghibli's Arrietty Film Trailer with U.K. Dub Streamed

enurtsol wrote:

BorgmanJayce wrote: I actually feel sorry for the American Ghibli fans who will probably end up importing the British BD/DVD release if the US dub sucks ass. What makes ya think that? Have the past US Ghibli dubs suck ass? The past US Ghibli dubs have been using Disney Channel VAs, and none of 'em have failed yet. Ya guys should stop pretending that Ghibli films are not for the mass market - they are.

Please kindly don't accuse me of being a Ghibli snob.

I actually like the previous Disney dubs, to be honest, especially "The Cat Returns"! (In fact I actually asked Cary Elwes who played "The Baron" in the Disney dub when he was at Collectormania in London last year if he ever got the chance to work on any more Disney Ghibli dubs, would he do so, and he said that if he got the chance he would definitely be interested in working on one again! I definitely could have seen him as Arrietty's dad in the Disney dub if he had been asked to do so)

And FYI, I know that Ghibli movies ARE for the mass-market, I'm just concerned at the fact that with the US dub, rather than have well-known actors and actresses for their dub as with previous ones, they've decided to go with relative unknowns, although Will Arnett is vaguely familar to me...

BorgmanJayce wrote:

enurtsol wrote: BorgmanJayce wrote: I actually feel sorry for the American Ghibli fans who will probably end up importing the British BD/DVD release if the US dub sucks ass. What makes ya think that? Have the past US Ghibli dubs suck ass? The past US Ghibli dubs have been using Disney Channel VAs, and none of 'em have failed yet. Ya guys should stop pretending that Ghibli films are not for the mass market - they are. Please kindly don't accuse me of being a Ghibli snob.

Well, you were pretending pretty good.
Apologies nonetheless.

BorgmanJayce wrote:

I actually like the previous Disney dubs, to be honest, especially "The Cat Returns"! (In fact I actually asked Cary Elwes who played "The Baron" in the Disney dub when he was at Collectormania in London last year if he ever got the chance to work on any more Disney Ghibli dubs, would he do so, and he said that if he got the chance he would definitely be interested in working on one again! I definitely could have seen him as Arrietty's dad in the Disney dub if he had been asked to do so)

Ha! We got Cary Elwes autograph since The Princess Bride!

BorgmanJayce wrote:

And FYI, I know that Ghibli movies ARE for the mass-market, I'm just concerned at the fact that with the US dub, rather than have well-known actors and actresses for their dub as with previous ones, they've decided to go with relative unknowns, although Will Arnett is vaguely familar to me...

Bridgit Mendler is quite well-known (or at least by face --that's how I recalled her the first time the dub cast was announced-- even if not by name) among the Disney crowd, which is followed by millions more people than do anime (especially tween-teenage girls, which Miyazaki particularly targets - why do ya think his main protagonists are usually tween/teen girls). And she's also on a music group now called Lemonade Mouth, which gets plenty playtime on Disney and teen radios (kinda like how the Jonas Brothers got so popular at their peak). Don't discount how far Disney's mass-marketing reach can go.

I think I can understand where you're coming from in a way in why Disney are using certain people in this dub, but at the same time, it might not work in other countries which would probably show the US dub rather the UK one; especially the likes of South Africa and Australia where they're probably not as well known as the likes of those who starred in the previous dubs.

Also, over here, the Borrowers is a well-known and beloved novel which is probably another reason why Optimum decided to do their own dub rather than wait till next year.

(As for Cary Elwes, he signed my copy of "Men in Tights" on DVD and he was actually a really friendly guy and we chatted for a couple of minutes about his movies)

PS: Apology accepted.

CareyGrant wrote:

I had the same thought. Looking at whom they cast in the US dub, it looks like they're aggressively targeting the witless tween audience in North America: the very same who lap up the mindless live-action dramedy (Drama + Comedy = Dramedy) drivel Disney regurgitates. Which leads me to believe the US dub is for them, while the UK dub is for everyone else, i.e. anyone who isn't a mindless tween.

Um...... that's the same audience that Miyazaki targets in Japan!
What, ya think Miyazaki primarily targets animation connoisseurs?!
Lemme guess, ya hate kids, doncha?

would love to have a tri-audio of this one, with the original japanese, and both english dubs.

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2) What accent is Ronan using there?

An English accent?

This English dub sounds fine to me. So why does Disney need to localize this? It seems to me they could cut costs with just licensing this dub, and then we would get it sooner.

By the time the Disney version is on the shelves, everyone will have pirated the British version. Disney should know better. *facepalm*

mudduck454 wrote:

would love to have a tri-audio of this one, with the original japanese, and both english dubs.

But would you be willing to spend several extra dollars for another track altogether? Because just having a English dub makes the DVD slightly more expensive, having an additional dub would likely raise the overal price of the DVD and might turn off some fans.

mudduck454 wrote:

would love to have a tri-audio of this one, with the original japanese, and both english dubs.

But would you be willing to spend several extra dollars for another track altogether? Because just having a English dub makes the DVD slightly more expensive, having an additional dub would likely raise the overal price of the DVD and might turn off some fans.

It might not raise the price, but tri-audio versons of anime are seldom very cheap.

BorgmanJayce wrote:

And FYI, I know that Ghibli movies ARE for the mass-market, I'm just concerned at the fact that with the US dub, rather than have well-known actors and actresses for their dub as with previous ones, they've decided to go with relative unknowns, although Will Arnett is vaguely familar to me...

How would that affect quality? As long as they can act, who cares how well known they are?

And Amy Poehler is quite known. She's a comedienne, but comediennes have actually done quite well with Ghibli. Status wise she's like Tina Fey when she was on SNL--not yet famous, but reasonably known on TV. Heck, she was even in a movie with Tina Fey! (Not a good one, but alas...)

I see the desire to have the UK dub since this story is of UK origins, but to basically torpedoe the U.S. dub as already being crap is ridiculous, since Disney really has never done a truly bad Ghibli dub. (I'm nitpicky on some, though).