Only Yesterday: Panda! Pom Poko: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea: Porco Rosso: Princess Mononoke: Secret World of Arrietty, The: Spirited Away: Tales from Earthsea: Whisper of the Heart. The first great movie of 2016, as far as U.S. Releases go, is an animated picture that was made in 1991: Takahata’s breathtakingly beautiful and quietly but devastatingly moving “Only Yesterday,” seeing its first screenings here in both its original Japanese-language version and a scrupulously English-dubbed edition featuring the voice talents of Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel, and Ashley Eckstein.
Studio Ghibli Movies (free online streaming)!(Lupin III) The Castle of Cagliostro/(Rupan Sansei) Kariosutoro No Shiro (1979)
English sub/English dub
The Cat Returns/Neko No Ongaeshi (2002)
English sub/English dub
From Up On Poppy Hill/Kokuriko-zaka Kara (2011)
English sub/English dub
Grave of the Fireflies/Hotaru No Haka (1988)
English sub/English dub
Howl’s Moving Castle/Hauru No Ugoku Shiro (2004)
English sub/English dub
Kiki’s Delivery Service/Majo No Takkyûbin (1989)
English sub/English dub
Laputa: Castle in the Sky/Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta (1986)
English sub/English dub
My Neighbor Totoro/Tonari No Totoro (1988)
English sub/English dub
My Neighbors the Yamadas/Hôhokekyo Tonari No Yamada-kun (1999)
English sub/English dub
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind/Kaze No Tani No Naushika (1984)
English sub/English dub Serato dj crack for mac os.
Only Yesterday/Omohide Poro Poro (1991)
English sub/English dub
Pom Poko/Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (1994)
Only Dubbed AnimeEnglish sub/English dub
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea/Gake No Ue No Ponyo (2008)
English sub/English dub
Porco Rosso/Kurenai No Buta (1992)
English sub/English dub
Princess Mononoke/Mononoke-hime (1997)
English sub/English dub
The Secret World of Arrietty/Kari-gurashi No Arietti (2010)
English sub/English dub
Watch Only Yesterday English DubbedSpirited Away/Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (2001)
English sub/English dub
Tales from Earthsea/Gedo Senki (2006)
English sub/English dub
Whisper of the Heart/Mimi Wo Sumaseba (1995)
English sub/English dub
Source: https://www.madman.com.au/news/only-yesterday-screening-locations/
Only Yesterday (1991, dubbed 2016 aka Omoide Poro Poro) has long been a difficult film for me to review. There are times when I love it, times when I’ll go “meh” and stop the disc playing.
In that sense it is emblematic of Isao Takahata as a film maker. To be honest Takahata deals with a wider range of topics than Hayao Miyazaki, and with a wider range of techniques. However this can sometimes make Takahata’s work confronting (Grave of the Fireflies), pompous (Pom Poko), or just difficult to connect to (My Neighbours the Yamadas).
That’s not to say that any of those films are bad, just that I find them harder to connect to than what I think may be Takahata’s masterpiece The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
That said, the recent dub of starring Daisy Ridley and Dev Patel goes a long way to making Only Yesterday a much more accessible film, and it is still a film that stands up well in the cinema.
In one respect the dub was an odd experience for me. Most of the dubs I’ve listened to over the years have been American, which Ms Ridley and Mr Patel are very definitely not. The English accents won me over fairly quickly though, and Ms Ridley delivers a sterling performance in the lead as Taeko. Alison Fernandez plays the younger Taeko, and also delivers a strong performance.
In terms of story Only Yesterday is an odd mix of reminiscence, romance, and rural life as Taeko seeks to connect to the land whilst also resolving the issues of her 10 year old self. It’s in the course of coming to know herself that Taeko comes to love Toshio albeit in a fairly understated way.
Only Yesterday: Panda! Pom Poko: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea: Porco Rosso: Princess Mononoke: Secret World of Arrietty, The: Spirited Away: Tales from Earthsea: Whisper of the Heart. The first great movie of 2016, as far as U.S. Releases go, is an animated picture that was made in 1991: Takahata’s breathtakingly beautiful and quietly but devastatingly moving “Only Yesterday,” seeing its first screenings here in both its original Japanese-language version and a scrupulously English-dubbed edition featuring the voice talents of Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel, and Ashley Eckstein.
Studio Ghibli Movies (free online streaming)!(Lupin III) The Castle of Cagliostro/(Rupan Sansei) Kariosutoro No Shiro (1979)
English sub/English dub
The Cat Returns/Neko No Ongaeshi (2002)
English sub/English dub
From Up On Poppy Hill/Kokuriko-zaka Kara (2011)
English sub/English dub
Grave of the Fireflies/Hotaru No Haka (1988)
English sub/English dub
Howl’s Moving Castle/Hauru No Ugoku Shiro (2004)
English sub/English dub
Kiki’s Delivery Service/Majo No Takkyûbin (1989)
English sub/English dub
Laputa: Castle in the Sky/Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta (1986)
English sub/English dub
My Neighbor Totoro/Tonari No Totoro (1988)
English sub/English dub
My Neighbors the Yamadas/Hôhokekyo Tonari No Yamada-kun (1999)
English sub/English dub
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind/Kaze No Tani No Naushika (1984)
English sub/English dub Serato dj crack for mac os.
Only Yesterday/Omohide Poro Poro (1991)
English sub/English dub
Pom Poko/Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (1994)
Only Dubbed AnimeEnglish sub/English dub
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea/Gake No Ue No Ponyo (2008)
English sub/English dub
Porco Rosso/Kurenai No Buta (1992)
English sub/English dub
Princess Mononoke/Mononoke-hime (1997)
English sub/English dub
The Secret World of Arrietty/Kari-gurashi No Arietti (2010)
English sub/English dub
Watch Only Yesterday English DubbedSpirited Away/Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (2001)
English sub/English dub
Tales from Earthsea/Gedo Senki (2006)
English sub/English dub
Whisper of the Heart/Mimi Wo Sumaseba (1995)
English sub/English dub
Source: https://www.madman.com.au/news/only-yesterday-screening-locations/
Only Yesterday (1991, dubbed 2016 aka Omoide Poro Poro) has long been a difficult film for me to review. There are times when I love it, times when I’ll go “meh” and stop the disc playing.
In that sense it is emblematic of Isao Takahata as a film maker. To be honest Takahata deals with a wider range of topics than Hayao Miyazaki, and with a wider range of techniques. However this can sometimes make Takahata’s work confronting (Grave of the Fireflies), pompous (Pom Poko), or just difficult to connect to (My Neighbours the Yamadas).
That’s not to say that any of those films are bad, just that I find them harder to connect to than what I think may be Takahata’s masterpiece The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
That said, the recent dub of starring Daisy Ridley and Dev Patel goes a long way to making Only Yesterday a much more accessible film, and it is still a film that stands up well in the cinema.
In one respect the dub was an odd experience for me. Most of the dubs I’ve listened to over the years have been American, which Ms Ridley and Mr Patel are very definitely not. The English accents won me over fairly quickly though, and Ms Ridley delivers a sterling performance in the lead as Taeko. Alison Fernandez plays the younger Taeko, and also delivers a strong performance.
In terms of story Only Yesterday is an odd mix of reminiscence, romance, and rural life as Taeko seeks to connect to the land whilst also resolving the issues of her 10 year old self. It’s in the course of coming to know herself that Taeko comes to love Toshio albeit in a fairly understated way.
Only Yesterday can, at times, be a fairly sparse film with a slow pace. I think this is why sometimes I won’t be in the mood to watch it, and sometimes why the film speaks me on a much deeper level. The dub may have inserted additional narration[1] by Taeko to address this, and I think it worked well[2].
Visually it still stands up well on the big screen, and is currently in limited release in Australia. Recommended, see it if you can.
[1] Some of the dialogue seemed to be additional, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the original version. So I could well be wrong on this.
[2] Assuming that it is in fact additional dialogue.