Hi everyone!
I'm about to order a lot of Japanese dubbed + subtitled movies. Preferably Japanese movies, but I'm also interested in American movies dubbed in Japanese with good quality subtitles.
I browsed http://www.yesasia.com and saw a lot of movies with Japanese audio/subtitles, but I've read around on this forum, and I understand that the subtitles are sometimes really bad? Like a "summery" function, and not the text of the exact words being said.
What movies (both Japanese + American dubbed) can you guys recommend, what has high quality audio and especially subtitles?

I've been eying the following:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/a-knights-.../info.html

http://www.yesasia.com/global/inside-man.../info.html

http://www.yesasia.com/global/fearless-d.../info.html

These are just examples of movies listed as J-dubbed and subbed.
What should I look for when buying DVDs, to be sure (if one can be) that I'm getting good quality subs?
It's hard for me, since my japanese reading skills are so low, that I can't tell if the subs are bad or not at the moment, so I don't want to read bad subs and getting frustrated by the fact that they're not exact.

Please give me your recommendations for movies, internet stores or anything for building a little J-movie library on a broke-ass-student budget
Thanks!

Zorlee...

If it's a foreign movie (ok, if it's a movie dubbed in Japanese), then likely the subtitles will not match what's being said. That's from experience with Harry Potter, LotR, Spiderman, X-Men, Sin City, Dexter, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Now, some come close.

What I think happens is it's using subtitles released for the Theater. They later dub the movie with emphasis on scene matching, but stick with original subtitles that cared more for content. It makes sense to not waste cash re-doing subtitles when a perfectly usable set exists. I notice the same thing is true with subtitles done for foreign movies in the US.

Now, what I am noticing is that Japanese dramas and movies are fairly precise if not dead on accurate.

What my main gripe is, why oh why do they remove Japanese sub-titles from these hundreds (thousands?) of anime/Japanese imports to the US? Is the space on a DVD really that limited?

You may already know, but there's a post on AJATT that has a list of some good stuff with exact subs. But yeah, I'd like a more complete list. That kind of stuff is sooo valuable, but hard to find. It's not really "exact subs", but there's a site that has exact transcripts (as well as english translations) of all the Ghost in the Shell stuff... if you're into it. I find that show so hard to get into... but great for picking up intellectual japanese.

Thank you guys for the great tips! =)
But man, those J-DVDs are expensive as ....!!!! I wanted to buy the Tiger & Dragon drama, until I saw the price-tag... Sheees!
Anyway, I think I'll buy some Japanese DVDs (and not Dramas / DVD boxes since they're so incredibly expensive), so do you guys have any recommendations for good Japanese movies with exact subtitles?

Thank you guys!
Zorlee...

Zorlee Wrote:Thank you guys for the great tips! =)
But man, those J-DVDs are expensive as ....!!!! I wanted to buy the Tiger & Dragon drama, until I saw the price-tag... Sheees!
Anyway, I think I'll buy some Japanese DVDs (and not Dramas / DVD boxes since they're so incredibly expensive), so do you guys have any recommendations for good Japanese movies with exact subtitles?

Thank you guys!
Zorlee...

how about mysoju? Is that legal? And does anyone care? They have quite some movies.

Zorlee Wrote:Hi everyone!
I'm about to order a lot of Japanese dubbed + subtitled movies. Preferably Japanese movies, but I'm also interested in American movies dubbed in Japanese with good quality subtitles.
I browsed http://www.yesasia.com and saw a lot of movies with Japanese audio/subtitles, but I've read around on this forum, and I understand that the subtitles are sometimes really bad? Like a "summery" function, and not the text of the exact words being said.
What movies (both Japanese + American dubbed) can you guys recommend, what has high quality audio and especially subtitles?

I've been eying the following:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/a-knights-.../info.html

http://www.yesasia.com/global/inside-man.../info.html

http://www.yesasia.com/global/fearless-d.../info.html

These are just examples of movies listed as J-dubbed and subbed.
What should I look for when buying DVDs, to be sure (if one can be) that I'm getting good quality subs?
It's hard for me, since my japanese reading skills are so low, that I can't tell if the subs are bad or not at the moment, so I don't want to read bad subs and getting frustrated by the fact that they're not exact.

Please give me your recommendations for movies, internet stores or anything for building a little J-movie library on a broke-ass-student budget
Thanks!

Zorlee...

Just me little opinion but I wouldn't bother with non-Japanese films dubbed into Japanese. From my experience there is fixed voice that they use to dub all caucasian people that doesn't sound natural at all.. You wont pick up very good habits from watching those evn if your intentions are good. Just stick to hish quality Japanese cinema such as,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Life_(film)

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Knows_(2004_film)

I'm sure you can get those from amazon.co.uk with English subtitles

mysoju is the last resort imo for japanese movies, the picture and sound quality is usually piss poor and you can only stream in 10 minute chunks, its like trying to watch a movie on youtube.

i use Veoh personally and if u can find them unsubbed (a lot will be hardsubbed from places like d-addicts forums etc) you may can find some good softsubs for them.
check d-addicts, they usually post links to raw files at the least, so if you wana watch without the subtitles getting in the way, thats the way to go.

why can't we get an asian channel in england that isnt china news network i mean we have nigeria movies ffs.. whats that about.

amazon.jp is usually somewhat expensive, yesasia is more expensive but doesnt charge carriage (i got my copy of Deco vs Deco from there.. watching it again atm.. how i love it, 3 dvds 5-6 hours of gig footage at the least plus loads of extra stuff) but it works out roughly the same.

at between 9000 and 13000 Yen for half a series of dvd, its not really the best time for importing due to the currency state atm from an England POV.. 6-8 months ago however.. damn. at 210Y > £1 i wish id bought more than just a cd. for those in england its hovering about 150Y > £1.

Thank you guys for the input!
I'm talking about Japenese subtitles though, not English! Exact Japanese subtitles is what I'm looking for, and I'm wondering if you guys know of any good movies that you know have exact J-subs?
I'll probably buy from either Amazon Japan or yesasia then

The only constant sources of Japanese audio with semi-exact subs I know are TBS news and FNN.