Howl's Moving Castle

innerSpaceman · 03-31-2006, 11:07 AM

Sorry, GD, but that's another reason I like the English better. With no offense to the Japanese (going on Alex's assertion that the subtitles are accurate), the "original" language has a sort of See Dick Run quality of unexpressiveness that I find, well, boring.

I'm really glad I had my subtitle "malfuction" - because I frankly find the English translation to be better and more entertaining.

And without any offense meant to whoever does casting for Studio Ghibli, I have my suspicions that the top-name American actors are actually giving better peformances than the original cast.

(Though Pete Doctor admitted in one of the bonus features that the Howl character was sexed up a bit because it was felt the effiminate/androgenous character of the Japanese version would not translate well to American audiences.)

03-31-2006, 11:07 AM	#15
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sorry, GD, but that's another reason I like the English better. With no offense to the Japanese (going on Alex's assertion that the subtitles are accurate), the "original" language has a sort of See Dick Run quality of unexpressiveness that I find, well, boring. I'm really glad I had my subtitle "malfuction" - because I frankly find the English translation to be better and more entertaining. And without any offense meant to whoever does casting for Studio Ghibli, I have my suspicions that the top-name American actors are actually giving better peformances than the original cast. (Though Pete Doctor admitted in one of the bonus features that the Howl character was sexed up a bit because it was felt the effiminate/androgenous character of the Japanese version would not translate well to American audiences.)
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