In fact, to this day, there are still viewers who hate this dub. Despite being mostly praised (in fact there are places who consider this one of the best dubs of any Anime), naysayers tore into Miramax's dub, crucifying it for its casting and/or decisions, and loudly declaring that the Japanese version is the only way to watch this film (or any of Miyazaki's movies, for that matter). Somewhat unfairly, there are a number of fans who blame the failure of Mononoke in the United States on the dub.
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Either because Mononoke was too difficult a movie to sell to American audiences (what with its "shades of gray" approach and occasional graphic violence) or because Miramax didn't know how to market such a film (only a few newspaper ads, and the small theater count in question were test markets), the film received only rave reviews but dismal audience attendance. It was a daring gamble that unfortunately proved to be financially unsuccessful.
Handing off the film to its arthouse subsidiary, Miramax, Disney commissioned a highly-acclaimed writer, Neil Gaiman, to pen the English script, and spent an estimated $2.1 million to produce what would be one of the most high-profile yet hotly debated dubs ever recorded.
In fact, they were initially reluctant to release Princess Mononoke campaigns from fans on websites such as encouraged them to change their minds. The last thing Disney ever would have expected to see from the man responsible for lighthearted fare like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service was a hauntingly beautiful yet morally complex and sometimes violent epic targeted toward an adult audience.
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