Re: Princess Mononoke: Subtitles or Dubbed?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Kelk wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:25:51 GMT, "Airwalker"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>(At least its not like CASTLE IN THE SKY with its unbearable dub and
>>completely mistimed subtitles; I couldn't believe that Disney would allow
>>such a poor release to be done of such a great movie.  Does anyone know if
>>the R2 version has subtitles or not?  If it does it looks like I'm going to
>>have to pick it up.)
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>Did you watch the same "Castle in the Sky" that I watched?  I don't
>recall seeing any mis-timed subtitles, and the dub cast was made up
>almost completely of people with long experience in cartoon voice work,
>putting in a performance either equal to or better than most anime dubs.

My R1 copy of _Castle in the Sky_ does have a fair number of mis-timed
subtitles -- enough to annoy me, certainly.  (I'm trying to think of a
specific instance.  I believe there's some substantial mistiming in the
scene where Pazu and Sheeta are falling from the railway, frex.)  As for
the dub: I thought James van der Beek miscast as Pazu (he sounded too
late adolescent -- Anna Paquin *just* slid in under the wire suspending
my disbelief in that area), but the rest of the voicework seemed
reasonable enough.  I do prefer Terada Minori's interpretation of Muska
to Mark Hamill's, but that isn't to diss Hamill -- he's fine, but I like
Terada better.

Disclaimer:  The only dubs I'm really happy with thus far in my
anime-viewing career are _Spirited Away_ and _Fruits Basket_.  

Peace,
Liz

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