‘The Boy and the Heron’: How GKIDS Pulled Off One of the Most Important Dubs in Anime History

[naveedchick]

We're taking you inside the story of how an American animation company laid it all on the line to make the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's "last" film a devastatingly beautiful must-see event: https://t.co/xZFh5KNDFh pic.twitter.com/7EhsNBGHRa
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) December 8, 2023

• The English language version came together rather

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[aristobrit]

Robert Pattinson is getting the most reaction on social media for his role as the Heron. From the article:

“When we introduced the film to him, he was, I would say, giddy with excitement. He was nothing but enthusiastic about the project, not only because of the film but also because of the prospect of doing this role in particular. We didn’t offer him a platter of roles - we offered him only the Heron, and he was very, very excited about being presented with a role as complicated and nuanced as this one.”

“In fact, Pattinson was so excited about the role that he showed up to his first recording session in Los Angeles ready to prove that he was the right person to do it. Voice director Michael Sinterniklaas initially had his doubts... but “When he came to our studio in L.A.,” Sinterniklaas said, “he was like ‘OK, I’ve been thinking about this role and I recorded some stuff. Do you want to hear it?’ And he whips out his iPhone and plays some stuff that he’s just been doing in the Memos app and it was already the voice. I was like, ‘Oh, bingo, you’ve already got the character.”

“after talking Pattinson through the process, GKIDS gave the actor an opportunity to opt out if he felt like he couldn’t do it), but he threw himself into the process with such vigor that recording the entire part only took a couple of days. “He knew he could do it,” Uhler said, “and he showed up and delivered magic.”

[theharleyquinn]

tbh i admire that level of enthusiasm.