Lord knows I can not wait for this Bluray. The Tokyo skylines, the mountainous regions, the shrine, the small town vibes compared to city living visually is absolutely stunning. Shinkai is known for the gorgeous scenery in all of his filmography (Garden of Words, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, etc.) and this time is no different. Trust me, the movie’s worth watching a few times and you really want the best experience out of it that you can get.Īesthetically speaking this film is a masterpiece. That being said, I still say it is worth giving both a chance and seeing for yourself which you prefer. ![]() The sub will benefit people who watch anime much more frequently and have gone out of their way to understand some social elements in modern Japanese culture such as Japanese pronouns and their gender dependency, honorifics in how people address one another, and generalized lifestyles of modern Japanese teenagers in high school dramas. The cast did a phenomenal job putting this dub together. There are plenty of scenes that are just funny all around but I feel the dub does a great job in keeping the pace and helping the viewers relate to the story through laughter.Īlso most importantly the quality of voice acting, voice directing, and the translation is all spectacular. Luckily, the dub does a fantastic job translating this humor into something more relatable to western comedy. But that’s just not everyone.Īnother reason I would recommend the dub to the more casual and newer fans is because a fair bit of the humor is very Japanese, and if you just aren’t used to that you may not find yourself enjoying the quaint comedic gems this film has to offer. Look I know there are people out there who probably have seen all of Monogatari and can scan the subs the very frame they hit the screen and basically download the script into their mind as its happening. By this I mean there’s so much going on visually from pastel backgrounds to character expressions and the details of everything in the general scenery, that it feels like a waste to spend so much time looking down at text. The reason being this movie is something I felt has to be watched and not read. I would recommend the dub mostly to people who don’t usually watch a lot of anime, and obviously also to those who prefer dubs in general. It’s a close call, and seeing both is worth it to decide for yourself which you prefer. ![]() However, I’m not saying the original Japanese dialogue is sub-par, nor am I calling the subtitled experience any less enjoyable than the English voice over. Now I know this is all a matter of preference and I’m sure many will disagree. Let it be known I saw both this weekend in theaters for a proper side-by-side comparison.įor starters, I would like to just say that the next time I watch this film I would prefer to watch again dubbed. Yes that’s right, the classic “Subbed or dubbed?” fiasco. Now before getting straight into it, I wanted to take a second to discuss the common question for those who haven’t seen this and plan to. At long last it has reached US theaters and, oh boy, it did not disappoint. ![]() Makoto Shinkai’s latest hit film that stormed into Japanese theaters and broke Japanese box office records as the highest grossing anime film of all time.
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