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Thursday, January 19, 2006

I watched Tonari No Totoro on TCM, but it was a different dub than the one I grew up on. I had mixed feelings about the new dub--I liked that it was more loyal to the original script, but the voices bothered me a little bit. Satsuki and Kanta sounded too young, and the Nekobasu's voice was all messed up. I like the "MRAAAAAAAOOOOOO" thing, not some little "mew". I also missed a few little things--Kanta whooping as he ran in the rain, the Nekobasu announcing its next stop (Shichikokuyama Hospital), and calling the soot sprites dust-bunnies. I also didn't like the new singer for the opening and ending songs. The old one seemed much more kid-friendly and less pop.

I absolutely love having the Totoro karaoke CD (a little find I ran across in an anime shop in NYC a few years ago). It includes all the main tunes of the movie, only turned into full songs. It's so cute, especially the Susuwatari song. ^.^ Also after listening to it I noticed the music in the movie more.

And no, the title of this post doesn't have anything to do with Totoro... It was just something my dad said over dinner.

I thought an upbeat post with actual content might be a nice change, eh? We're taping Whispers of the Heart at 11:15, as TCM does these little Miyazaki-devoted nights, but oddly enough my sources tell me that Mimi Wo Sumaseba wasn't directed by Miyazaki, though it was a Ghibli production. Then again, so was Grave of the Fireflies, which was totally not Miyazaki at all in any way shape or form. And then Miyazaki also did Castle of Cagliostro, which was very not Ghibli.

Umm, yeah. I'm just spouting random facts now. Anime Club gaming day is tomorrow! Yay! I will wear either my Hiroshi Gravitation shirt, which is an ugly purple, or a shirt I got from a local sandwich restaurant that says "Unusual but tasty" on it. Decisions, decisions.
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