Millennium Actress

...however, the treatment has been seriously marred by Manga Video. The English dubbing ranges from average to cringingly poor in places - so you may think you watch the subtitles instead to get around this. But no, the subtitles are for hard of hearing only, meaning you frequently get '(crashing and banging)', '(Train whistles and rushes past)' and '(sobs)' popping up on screen, making it very difficult to concentrate on the movie.

And to add insult to injury, the subtitles are timed to the English dialogue so there are frequent places where there is text over silence when watching it in Japanese, and other times where it's just that little bit off-time as to be uncomfortable.

Once a leader in anime in the UK, Manga Video are repeatedly letting down anime fans with shoddy treatment of the product.

This film deserves to be seen, especially if you are looking for something other than the norm. It's a shame that some of the very basic principles of presentation have… more »

...however, the treatment has been seriously marred by Manga Video. The English dubbing ranges from average to cringingly poor in places - so you may think you watch the subtitles instead to get around this. But no, the subtitles are for hard of hearing only, meaning you frequently get '(crashing and banging)', '(Train whistles and rushes past)' and '(sobs)' popping up on screen, making it very difficult to concentrate on the movie.

And to add insult to injury, the subtitles are timed to the English dialogue so there are frequent places where there is text over silence when watching it in Japanese, and other times where it's just that little bit off-time as to be uncomfortable.

Once a leader in anime in the UK, Manga Video are repeatedly letting down anime fans with shoddy treatment of the product.

This film deserves to be seen, especially if you are looking for something other than the norm. It's a shame that some of the very basic principles of presentation have been ignored in this release.