But the fact remains that dubbing, while robbing any film of its intrinsic aural personality, does much less egregious damage to an animated film than it does to a live-action piece. Some may regret the loss of the fey, more childlike quality of the original voicings, which were in line with general Japanese practice. Delay of nearly a year and a half was occasioned by the decision to have DC Comics writer Neil Gaiman prep an English-language script to be performed by an array of name thesps. Miramax acquired the picture and initially planned to release it in the summer of 1998. Though set in the 14th century, its ecological bias and feminist slant provide a modern resonance.” That review praised “Mononoke” as “a rich cartoon fable of bygone gods locking horns with man and with industry, which threatens to unbalance the forces of nature. 2, 1998, on the eve of its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The first film from any source to gross more than $150 million at the domestic Japanese box office (“Titanic” was the second), this 1997 production from Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli was reviewed by Variety in its original version on Feb.

Nevertheless, it will take all of Miramax’s legendary marketing prowess to secure sure footing anywhere beyond the specialized circuit, as the PG-13 film, while mainstream in its appeal, is too violent and, at 133 minutes, too long for small fry, and departs from the anthropomorphic and musical Disney conventions in so many creative, exciting ways.

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