Re:Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US
by jonhohle on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:24PM
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The original Fox English dub of Kiki’s Delivery Service is wonderful - especially Phil Hartman as Gigi. I normally wouldn’t recommend a dub, but I have always enjoyed this one. My understanding is that Disney redid at least some of it when they acquired distribution rights and I’m not sure if that’s still the English version, but there are definitely DVDs available with it.
Porco Rosso seems to get ignored frequently. It’s fantastic as well.
Re:Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US
by bdowling on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:55PM
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That English dub has two serious flaws. First, they took out the two fun 70's J-POP songs, which really set the tone of the film, and replaced them with forgettable American songs written for the movie. Second, they inserted background music into parts of the film that aren't supposed to have music (e.g., when the mood is set by the sounds of the town, or suspense is heightened by only having the sound of the wind).
Edit: Also, Jiji (Kiki's cat) played by Phil Hartman has a completely different character from Jiji in the Japanese version.
Re:Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US
by 2muchcoffeeman on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:59AM
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Watch the original japanese with subs!
That said, I've liked pretty much every film they've made except Kiki's Delivery Service (I found it a bit dull) and Howl's Moving Castle (it just didn't work for me). They're pretty much all worth watching at least once.