Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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This was the first long-term stream idea I had.
Back in 2018 I had the idea of doing a dub vs sub comparison for Nausicaa, where I'd go line by line quantitatively proving the dub was better. The intention was that it'd result in a condensed shorter video with the "data" unlisted in a much longer video...and then literally halfway through the project I stopped, and realized I could just stream all of this!
Years later I'll be starting from scratch, tho I do have my initial notes. Here's the plan:
-I've divided the film into 732 lines of dialogue, including various general noises like crowds
-If I can make an argument in favor of the dub being better (taking into account word choice and performance), it goes to the dub. If the sub is better or the dub does not improve it, the line goes to the sub.
-I've yet to figure out how to weigh everything, I want to see the raw results first.

Here's the specific materials:
The subtitles are sourced from 3 places:
1. The GKids/Disney DVD subtitles
2. The raw Japanese script
3. Two fan translations:
pages.ca.inter.net/~ttoyooka/nausicaa
pages.ca.inter.net/~ttoyooka/nausicaa/script-2.txt

I will only be officially comparing the original dialogue with the 2005 English dub directed by Cindy and Donald Hewitt, produced by Disney.
However, I will be including the 1985 "Warriors of the Wind" English dub by Showmen Inc. as a contrast and interesting artifact. For me, proper consideration shouldn't be made for this version because it cuts 25 minutes out of the original.
I also don't think it would be fair of me to judge the Korean, French, Spanish, Italian or German dubs of this movie as I don't have nearly as much experience listening to those languages to make a proper judgement for myself.

00:00 Pre-stream
01:54 Stream start
05:51 Review of 2018 notes
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28:32 50
33:35 51/52
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2:56:22 BREAK
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4:39:49 136
4:42:20 Taking stock