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Title: Would have been 5 stars if Disney weren't Disney....
Review: If you've never seen the original or a good fansub version of (ahem) "Spirited Away," you will find it to be a wonderful journey into Miyazakiland. However, if you have a decent fansub, you'll probably be happier sticking with it and passing on the Disney version. The translation is not true to the original - I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and guess they had an inexperienced translator working on it. Better that than the alternative of purposely trying to dumb things down/be PC for the American audience. Words were dropped, nonexistent dialog was added and typos abound. The Japanese version ends with the American-version's cast list. I guess Disney figures Americans don't care about the real actors, even though the voices have more emotion than their English-speaking counterparts. Most of what's written here applies, as well, to Disney's two other recent Ghibli releases. Why couldn't they leave perfection alone?
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