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Found through MangaBlog, an interview with Hayao Miyazaki, most notable for him mentioning that Lauren Bacall brought something to Howl's Moving Castle in her voicing of the Witch of the West that they couldn't get from Japanese actresses.* And then points out that you're going to be missing as many nuances in subtitles as you are with dubs, if you're not fluent in the original language.


* No comments on why Japanese voice actresses are like this, of course - wonder if it's due to older actresses not working in voice-overs?

Book pimpin' post...

There are several people on my LJ friendslist who either have books just out, or soon to be coming out, or are currently pimping their books for one reaosn or another, so here's my Book Pimp Post.

rachelmanija has her memoir All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India coming out in early October.

lilrivkah has her graphic novel Steady Beat coming out from Tokyopop soon.

bitpig has his how-to book Draw Manga: How to Draw Manga in your Own Unique Style coming out sometime soon.

sclerotic_rings has announced that preorders are being taken for his essay collections Greasing the Pan: The "Best" of Paul T. Riddell and The Savage Pen of Onan: The "Best" of the "Hell's Half-Acre Herald.

edbrisson is pimping New Reliable Press's You Ain't No Dancer anthology.

eegatland is pimping The Winter Prince, which was almost remaindered.

If any of you others have anything of a literary-type nature, let me know! :D

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The cat has decided to spend the evening sitting quietly staring at the filing cabinet, it seems. I wonder if it's a good episode?

Because I know one or two people who might be interested...

...and I'm eyeballing you, youshou and bitpig (er, well, mundeemo, who can tell bitpig)


Via desayunoencama through rachelmanija (when does the proper chain of attribution end? XD)

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