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Old 11-10-2010, 08:26 PM   #8733
Undertoad
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Oh no no no, if we're gonna go that far, I'll just go get the torrent. I have already paid for it legitimately... so why not?

(searches) Why yes. Now here is why one p!rates.
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Originally Posted by guy who set up the original pirate copy
This is another masterpiece from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, and is reasonably widely available as a torrent. So why bother? Well - many of the Ghibli torrents floating around are Japanese with subtitles, which is what the purists want to watch. There is a school of thought which regards the English dubs as inferior.

Now, I'm not here to argue the point - I prefer the subtitled Japanese versions myself, although the English dubs are extremely well-acted and written. But it's a bit harsh to expect a small child to read subs! And I'm absolutely positive that Miyazaki didn't create this film strictly for those old enough to read subtitles.....

I made this Xvid encode to have both English and Japanese audio-tracks, as well as English subs. So if you prefer, you can watch the original+subs; but if you're watching with children, you can switch to the English dub.
Not available in this format in any commercial product. Could they offer it. Of course they could. But they did not and so they lose harder.
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