Second US Ponyo Trailer Released
|Yahoo Movies has begun streaming the second US trailer for Ponyo, which opens theatrically on the 14th. I don’t mean to sound negative about a new Studio Ghibli film getting a significant American distribution effort, but this second trailer really sounds dumbed down. More specifically, it gives me the impression that all of the beautiful subtlety and uniquely Japanese “naturalness” of the film’s universe have been eliminated in favor of expository dialogue. I hope I’m mistaken, and the whole English dubbed film will actually reflect the intuitive charm of the original Japanese version. But both US trailers have really given me the impression that the English dub has all the subtlety and nuance of a sledgehammer.
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I caught the trailer while watching Disney Channel this past weekend… but I wouldn’t think too much about it. Lasseter once again took to the helm of the film’s localization, and he respects anime more than anyone else at Disney.
Something tells me you’d like the Spanish dub with English subtitles as it matches the gentle charm of the Japanese dialogue.