Miyazaki DVD's - Dubbed, or Japanese w/Engrish subtitles?

[codeyf]

Which should I get? I like hearing the Japanese, took about 4 years of it between HS and College. Of course the only thing I really remember is saying "Suck me now!" in about the rudest way possbile :Q Anyway, but if I expect the wife to watch with me, should prolly get the engrish dubbed versions. The Japanese region 0 DVD's are only around $10 on eGay. Been really wanting to see the other flicks. Only have seen Mononoke and Totoro

 

[SaltBoy]

Ummm... which DVD's are you looking to get? Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, and maybe some others (Totoro?) all come with both dubbed and subbed versions on the same disc...

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Ummm... which DVD's are you looking to get? Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, and maybe some others (Totoro?) all come with both dubbed and subbed versions on the same disc...

Sadly, the recently released My Neighbor Totoro is a vanilla release with no features such as a Japanese soundtrack.

Castle of Cagliostro and Grave of the Fireflies do have a subtitled Japanese language track.

 

[codeyf]

I'm not looking at the newly released copies that just came out.

I'm looking at these:

Kiki's Delivery Service
Castle In The Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

On the Totoro, I'd more than likely get one in Engrish so my 4yr old son could watch it. lol, actually watched that in Japanese class back in HS.....

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Kiki's Delivery Service
Castle In The Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

I'm 99% certain that those are bootlegs. If you read the auction descriptions, you'll see most don't have English-dubbed tracks, although they will tend to have English subtitles.

 

[0roo0roo]

sub.


dub = inaccurate translation

 

[UncleWai]

Hold on, my friend has a collection of Miyazaki dvds that he wants to get rid of.
I will ask him if it has english subtitles.
We live in Seattle too.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Those eBay ones are not the US or Japanese versions, since US are dub + sub and Japanese releases are priced higher than US versions. They are HK boots, though if you're lucky the boots are DVD rips instead of movie-theater camera captures.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Those eBay ones are not the US or Japanese versions, since US are dub + sub and Japanese releases are priced higher than US versions. They are HK boots, though if you're lucky the boots are DVD rips instead of movie-theater camera captures.

Ah, good to know. Will pass on those then. Thanks for the info!