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Magi604 | 8 months ago

Mononoke is also my favorite film. It's also (imo) one of the few animes that is equally good both in sub and dub.

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echelon|8 months ago

> Mononoke is also my favorite film.

How are there that many of us? It really is a spectacular film.

> equally good both in sub and dub.

The dub has decent voice acting, but is plagued with changing the meaning of several scenes. Kaya is Ashitaka's little sister, not betrothed. They inserted fart jokes. Moro's voice is significantly different [1]. Also, Neil Gaiman was involved in the localization. I've never been a fan of his.

There was also a really great anecdote about Miyazaki winning out over Harvey Weinstein [2]. "No Cuts!"

Back when I was a kid, I bought Miramax's old Princess Mononoke marketing site [3]. I still have it floating around, I think.

[1] https://www.out.com/film/2022/8/24/meet-japanese-drag-queen-...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f4BgE1kdTGQ

[3] http://www.princess-mononoke.com/ (not SSL, whoops!)

justsomehnguy|8 months ago

> They inserted fart jokes

Whaaa? Can you provide any details?

The fondness of Americans of anything butt-related is well known but this is something penultimate.

HideousKojima|8 months ago

The dub is good, but Moro's Japanese voice actor makes the subs superior every time.