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NEWS: Disney to Release The Wind Rises in N. America

And I heard some were skeptical Disney would pick up a movie about a guy that invented the planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. But no, it's Miyazaki so it should've been a no-brainer. Looking forward!

Urgh. Get ready for Selena Gomez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Debby Ryan and other schmucks like that. I don't give a shit what anybody says. They need to use professional VAs. It will fix the mistakes all movies after Ocean Waves had. Also, they need to outsource dubbing to Bang Zoom, who KNOW how to write a script and have good dubbing directors. As bad as Kaeko Sakamoto's Engrish is, her dubs are STILL good and some of the best in the country. Use Bang Zoom Disney. If you don't, you'll regret it.

pachy_boy wrote:

And I heard some were skeptical Disney would pick up a movie about a guy that invented the planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. But no, it's Miyazaki so it should've been a no-brainer. Looking forward!

Bigger question is how they'll do a theatrical run. It's definitely not for the kiddies if even Japan's children weren't big on it

Ghibli doesnt use professional Voice actors either, they use Japanese celebrities. Japanese Otaku criticize ghibli movies Voice Acting for not using professional VAs either

In a weird way, its fitting lol

Some old article about the Princess Mononoke dub

Miramax head Harvey Weinstein opted to abandon a planned release of the subtitled version last year in favor of taking the time to dub the film into English. Considering the quality of most foreign-film dubbing, especially of anime, this was a sore disappointment to those who had seen and fallen in love with the Japanese version. Thoughts of cartoony voices giving stiff line readings within the audible confines of a tiny recording studio sprang quickly to mind.

Fortunately, the expected debacle did not occur. Miramax hired a big-name voice cast (Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson, Billy Bob Thornton), giving the American version its own sheen of respectability. Equally important, they hired author Neil Gaiman to write the English-language dialogue, working from a translation of the original Japanese. Gaiman is a noted author in his own right, who has worked in diverse media, including comics (SANDMAN), television (NEVERWHERE), and even records (he collaborated with Alice Cooper on the concept for the album THE LAST TEMPTATION, and also wrote the tie-in comic book illustrating the story). Gaiman captures most of what was apparent in the subtitled version and even clarifies a few points for the benefit of Western viewers—while also making the whole thing sound natural in English, adopting a poetic, sometimes mythic tone in keeping with the film’s visual impact.

Purists might quibble over whether the result matches or exceeds the subtitled version. But it is a testament to the quality of the dub that any evaluation of the new version has to be based on weighing the relative merits of valid artistic choices. Whether or not one thinks English-language performances improve upon the original, one has to acknowledge that they are legitimate acting performances in their own right. In short, the fact that the film has been dubbed is almost no longer an issue: we’re not assessing a clearly inferior product whose only justification is selling tickets to those too lazy to read subtitles; rather, it is a faithful rendition that has been rendered into a new form for the benefit of its audience.