Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote:
> 
> 
>>According to the family's Miyazaki expert (my daughter), Totoro
>>hasn't been available in a dubbed version. Ours is the Japanese
>>issue DVD with selectable subtitles.
> 
> 
> She needs to have her databases updated. Totoro has been available in an
> English dub for years in the US. The English subtitles on the Ghibli DVD
> are the script for the US dub. That's the reason that there are English
> subtitles on spots where the Japanese soundtrack is silent ... Disney
> felt that the kids couldn't tolerate so much quiet, and patched in
> dialogue over the quiet bits.
> 
> KWW

that was fine, but the car chases really ruined it.