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NEWS: Ghibli's Arrietty Film Promo Streamed with U.S. Dub


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GhostShell



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:44 am Reply with quote
28076004505531 wrote:
I got carried away watching the one with UK dub. It was a lot better than the US dub. Hope when the dvd comes out the UK dub is included.


As Disney is issuing the US release, I doubt they will also include the UK (Optimum) dub.

Considering how beautiful the original theme song by Cecile Corbel was, I have to wonder why Disney thought it was necessary to include additional songs, other than as a marketing ploy. I'm still leaning heavily in favour of the UK dub version, but I'll still give the US version a fair chance.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:22 am Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Is there some specific reason they have to push these child actors into these roles?


Hahaha, probably the same reason J-talent agencies push their child actors and singers like ClariS for own roles - to make money for themselves, of course. Laughing
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SymposiumForGeek



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Redlinks wrote:
Sho sounds way too old the US dub. -_- At least they made him sound young in the UK dub and kept his Japanese name.


Don't worry, she sounds 14-ish throughout the film.

Hey guys, I actually saw the English, er, NA dub for Arrietty this past weekend at GKID's special pre-screening in NYC. The dub was fairly well done throughout. My only annoyance was the aunt/caretaker woman's voice, but both Arrietty and "Shawn" were very enjoyable.

Also, from what I remember, that song or some other song was used during the credits.
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TurnerJ



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:51 pm Reply with quote
I'm probably one of the few who actually liked James van der Beek as Pazu. He did sound like a teenager, true, but I thought he brought a lot of zest and exuberance to the role which worked in favor of the character's personality. I wouldn't say he's my favorite voice of the Disney dub, but aside from the teenage issue, I had no major problems with him. In fact, I had trouble going back to the Japanese version after listening to the Disney dub for the first time, especially after the fantastic orchestral new score and Hamill's outstanding Muska.
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StudioToledo



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neocloud9 wrote:
UK dub retained the Japanese name Sho, since the film was set in Japan and all the humans are Japanese. (Sho's family also have Japanese names.)

I did kinda wonder how the British felt about it anyway, I sorta thought of "The Iron Giant" in that respect since Brad Bird set the film in the US instead of England anyway.
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