I'm fine with actual children voicing fictional children. Besides, the Fanning sisters did a great job as Mei and Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro.
I didn't have a problem with the fact that they cast someone close to Chihiro's age to be the English dub actor for Chihiro. I just feel like Daveigh Chase wasn't a good choice. She made Chihiro sound way too young, more like a seven-year-old than a ten-year-old. I wish they could have tried having a 13-year-old American actress voicing Chihiro like Miyazaki did for the original Japanese dub. It would have made Chihiro's journey into adolescence more realistic to American audiences by having her voiced by someone who's realistically at that stage in their life.
Heres my opinion, honestly I loved the dubbed version but I think Chihiro in the original Japanese ver. Is more mature for her age and I think that fits her. I'm going to be honest, I cringed at the scene where she asked Haru to fight off the flying papers in the dubbed ver. I dont exactly know why. So they could've got someone a bit older but I'm not going to complain, I seen worse
I'm Japanese and I've watched the original version over and over as a child, long before I've come across the English version. And despite all that imprinting, the English version feels just as natural and authentic to me. Their interpretation of characters is in depth and you can see real dedication of all the voice actors. Very grateful that I got to enjoy this great movie with a different take.
Jason Marsden was PERFECT for Haku. I remember hearing his voice-overs in promos of Disney Channel shows from back in the day, and I never thought he'd actually end up doing an English voice dub for an anime film, let alone an anime film made by Studio Ghibli.
I couldn't believe it when I realized that the woman who voiced Meg in Disney's "Hercules" was the one voicing Lin for the English dub of "Spirited Away." When I first watched "Spirited Away" in English, I though the actress voicing Lin sounded familiar. I just didn't figure out where I remembered her voice from until seeing this DVD featurette, LOL!
She does indeed. Best voice for Lin they could have found. BTW Hamsaphina, I had to let you know I love your image. The battle flag of the NY Irish Brigade from the War Between the States. I had an ancestor who fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg and was one of the Confederate Irishmen of the GA Regiment that stood behind the Stone Wall. He wrote after the battle that the Irish Brigade got closest to the wall, and they stood the longest. Even though they were Yankees and the "invaders" he thought no ill will of them and admired their courage. I just happen to love Irish culture, Southern heritage, and civil war and revolutionary war-ear banners from both sides.
here's how I think they meant it John is Pixar's good luck charm David is Disney's good luck charm notice the emphasis on the "our" when both names are mentioned, and who's speaking
I think the most accurate to the original character's personality would be Lin's voice actress. It's not that her voice is the most similar to the original seiyuu, but her voice is the most similar to Lin.
I just love how dedicated and devoted John Lasseter is to these Ghibli projects, you can tell he has a lot of respect and admiration for Miyazaki's work
I gotta admit I like the dubbed versions! The voices share Disney flavor to it: Chihiro = Lilo Haku = Max Goof Lin = Meg Coal man = cogsworth slug = Piggy bank
+Nicolas Tyler Doyle Haku's voice was much youthful sounding in the Japanese version. Marsden's voice was okay but his voice is so mature, sometimes it just didn't fit right like half of the time in the movie even though he has a lovely sounding distinct voice. Despite that, Marsden was the reason why I decided to watch this film when this was shown on the Disney Channel so I guess I was thankful he was a part of this or else I wouldn't have seen this masterpiece of a movie.
Honestly, it fits. Despite his appearance he's a very old Spirit, although his river may have been young before it was destroyed - giving him his eternally youthful appearance.
+Anime Deamon LOL I see what you were doing there! But seriously, despite the fact that James is much older than he appears and much older than Haku, he did a terrific job with the way he voiced Haku in the English dub of "Spirited Away." Not a lot of voice actors can easily pull that off. The only other voice actor I know who could also do that was Scott Nenville who voiced Robin in "Teen Titans."
@@caitlinjane92 If it's Marsden you're talking about, actually, it's Jason. But, yes, there is a James Marsden, but he is not even related. You may know him for one of two roles in 2007: Corny Collins from _Hairspray_ and/or Prince Edward from Disney's tribute film _Enchanted._
Huh. Daveigh Chase voiced Chihiro, and David Ogden Stiers voiced Kamaji. A year later, they're working together again, this time as Lilo and Jumba. Love stuff like that.
Up until now Haku’s voice was my favourite. But now I realised, each of their voices are unique and remarkable in their own way and bring so much life to the movie ❤❤❤❤
Spirited Away disney character comparison: Chihiro= Lilo Haku= Max Goof, Kovu Yubabba= Zira Lin= Meg Camagi= Cogsworth, Govenor Radcliffe, Mr. Jolly and Jumba Slug: Ham
3:20 Wow, I can't believe I didn't recognize her voice as Meg until now! Shows how immersed I am in the movie I suppose. I love her voice, it's so unique. I feel so grateful for all the English dubs of Studio Ghibli films; they've put so much work into them. I wish the Japanese ones were easier to find, but the English dubs are all that's on Internet Archive & what I have access to currently. 😔
If you even watch the original japanese version in full japanese which I have the script hasn't changed that much it remains intact like most anime are. If the english side starts changing too much the original producers do not approve of it. When dubbing companies dub the english, they have a limitations from Japanese creators as to how much they can alter the script for English purposes.
🎵Happy Birthday To U WHOO Happy Birthday Two U WHOO Happy Birthday Dear Jason Happy Birthday ✌️ U🎵 WHOO Happy Birthday and New Years Eve Jason Marsden. Your awesome legend, man. Your pretty kool! I love A Goofy Movie. It's awesome. Fallout New Vegas, Spirited Away, Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy, Tarzan, Garfield Gets Real, The Lion King 2 Simba's Pride, Killzone 3, The Fairly Oddparents, Codename Kids Next Door, Kim Possible, Xiaolin Showdown, Teen Titans and My life as a Teenage Robot really kick-ass. Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy is a good game... love Star Wars. Love u Jason. May the Peace be with u Rosh Penin, Max Goof, Chester McBadbat, Haku, Kovo, Craig Boone and Triackery Binx. From Harlingen Texas. January 3, 1975 January 3, 2022 through January 3, 3022
🎵Happy Birthday To U WHOO Happy Birthday Two U WHOO Happy Birthday Dear Lilo Happy Birthday ✌️ U🎵 WHOO Happy Birthday Daveigh Chase. UR beautiful. I love Lilo & Stitch The Movie, Stitch The Movie, Stitch has a Glitch, Leroy & Stitch and Spirited Away. I never thought u be, in a anime movie of japanese. I seen Spirited Away on Cartoon Network in Friday, maybe I was 10 or 12, I dunno. I never forget. It was pretty kool, love it! May the Peace be with u Lilo and Chihiro. From Harlingen Texas. July 23, 1990 July 23, 2022 through July 23, 3022
I've loved Donnie Darko for years, so finding out Daveigh Chase was in Spirited Away was really cool. Then I watched The Birds for the first time yesterday and was really intrigued by Suzanne Pleshette who played Annie in the movie, and by some coincidence she's in this too. What a small world
So.... Am I the only one here coming from Skyrim and realizing Haku is voiced by the same guy who did Onmund from the College of Winterhold? Where all my fellow Dragonborn at?!?!
Pia Trishia Aparis Search up "Spirited Away 2, journey back to the spirit world", it's a fan made story, but it's absolutely fantastic. It really hooked me, and before I knew it I finished the whole thing.
damn right I guess Rose must've gone through a lot of transformations to appear multiple times in the Disney (okay mostly Disney) universe - she's been Lin, Megara as well as Gina from Porco Rosso
I love all the English American voices although I have ambivalent feelings as to why they picked J Mars to voice Haku. Mars has a lovely distinct voice but his voice is to deep and mature for the role. Oh well, he's one of my all time favorite actors so I'm still glad he was a part of this. Also, if you guys watch Eerie Indiana, his role Dash X almost has the same predicament with Haku that both characters have no idea as to who they are or where they come from. They also seem brutish on the outside but are actually softies in the inside. That is of course when EErie Indiana was canceled after one season and the writers went"what the hell!" and they made Dash X a villain in the last episode with him backstabbing his new friend by deciding to kill him. Ehh, let's just say that the writers were probably mad but I don't know the whole story why they decided on that ending.
Thank You 4 posting this. Im 8 years late but really appreciate that someone did a behind the voice video. Spirited Away introduced me to the anime world and really holds a special place in my heart. Thank You again and lots of love coming ur way. Stay strong, blessed and safe.👋👋👋👌👌🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤
It is so amazing how quickly forgotten Spirited Away became once it won it's Oscar. The backstory and development behind 2005's Valiant clearly demonstrates how little an impact it had on the animation community.
🌟 Spirited Away(2001) Fan Cast Chihiro/Sen - Goona Kamaji - J.Jonah Jameson Chichiiyaku - Jacob Kowalski Haku - Jake Portman The Radish Spirit - Mr Link Lin - Joy Aniyaku - Li Shan Kashira - Snotlout/Mantis/Po Frog - Lex Luthor The River Spirit - King Goobot No Face - John Tibeats Bo - Neil Downe
i like Jason Marsden he is a very talented voice actor and i would like to have him to voice of my cartoon characters when i have my own cartoon someday
DBZ has by far in terms of long-running series has a very good English dub cast by Funimation. Most of the long series like Bleach, Naruto, etc.. have voices that do not even represent the characters themselves in the anime. For example, Ichigo has a terrible voice dub of a dumb child. In comparison, DBZ is as close to as it gets to the personality. If you listened to Goku's voice and his English counterpart they are quite representative of Goku himself.
