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A short review of Grave of the Fireflies' English localisation.
Shockingly bad. Using a woman to pitch her voice higher for Setsuko and naff it up to heaven and back ripped the heart of the emotional connection she shares with her brother. The actress voicing their aunt also completely overplayed her part and ruined the subtlty of how her opinion changes towards them throughout the course of the film (central to its beginning and end).
This isn't elitism for the sake of it. GotF is a beautiful, heart-wrenching film in its original language if you catch it that way.
It's disappointing seeing such a wonderful film being mercilessly butchered by such an unconsidered dub.
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