Here’s a short piece for MAL about my favorite anime film of all-time. One day I’ll wade into the subject much more deeply, I suspect…
Princess Mononoke: The Girl Behind the Mask
Here’s a short piece for MAL about my favorite anime film of all-time. One day I’ll wade into the subject much more deeply, I suspect…
Gary Cochran
December 17, 2015 at 5:45 pmYa it was a great movie. I even liked the dubbed version with Billy Bob Thorton, Minnie Driver, and Gillian Anderson (tho the subbed version is best).
admin
December 17, 2015 at 5:55 pmThe thing with Mononoke-hime is that there are two dubs, and the first one cut massive amounts of material out of the movie. It practically convinced Miyazaki never to allow his films to be licensed in the U.S. again.
I would agree, the second one is decent (I think it had Billy Crudup as Ashitaka too, if I remember right). But the sub was still way better.
sonicsenryaku
December 17, 2015 at 7:45 pmyea mononoke-hime is one of those anime movies where i definitely feel that the subbed version outclasses the dub (even tho i dont really care much for the whole subbed vs dubbed thing)..i remember watching the subbed version when i was 10 and being enamored by it
Zoro50
December 17, 2015 at 8:59 pmI never realized the dub and sub were so different, I must have been to young to really realize the difference. Still this is probably true for me as well. As far as Theatrical movies go. Mononoke-Hime definetely ranks at the top.
Jeb Nemo
December 18, 2015 at 2:04 amThere is a dub from before the Miramax one written by Neil Gaiman? The Disney-Tokuma deal did not allow cuts to the running times of the Ghibli films, so there is no editing. Were you thinking of Warriors of the Wind?
Jon Turner
December 18, 2015 at 11:37 pmActually, no there isn't. The Miramax released dub with Billy Crudup is the only known dub that was made. Whatever alternate dub existed was probably just a 'rough cut' of the dub.
Nadavu
December 19, 2015 at 10:58 pmFor me as well, watching Mononoke was a watershed moment, which marked my transition from casual viewer to anime enthusiastic.