I saw Miyazaki's anime, Whisper of the Heart. Lovely movie, slow moving but a captivating romance encompassing feelings, aspirations and the realities of growing up.

I saw it in English and in Japanese with English subtitles. Usually I understand about half the Japanese but this time I could understand little apart from common words. Oh well.

Two huge differences I noticed between the Japanese and English versions.

(1) Most people would not regard this as huge, but many of you will agree that a passing reference to Naruto should preserved in the translation. In the original Japanese, one boy asks his classmates if they watched Sasuke on TV last night. I have no recollection of that from the English version. Of course it might be a different Sasuke, but given that it's schoolboys talking about TV, it's very llikely to be a reference to Naruto.

(2) There was a significant difference in the ending. I can't explain without giving away any spoilers.



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