Okay, Usamimi, I've been reading some of your conversations on twitter regarding Whisper of the Heart in which people still insist to you it is dubtitled. (I was actually searching for "Kiki Dubtitles" for the past 3 days and your conversation thread popped up in the results)
I am going to take some pictures of the film with the literal subtitles on, and then tell you what the dub says, or you can compare the subs in those shots to a DVD copy you have of the dub.
Those people telling you it is dubtitled is starting to make me angry. I even checked my copy again yesterday. Either people have switched on the hard of hearing subs instead of the literal subs, or Disney pressed two different versions of the film (I doubt it).
I am not on twitter, so hopefully you can then post my pics on twitter to those people to prove it is not dubtitled.
EDIT: Okay, here we go. I took these with a digital cam since I don't have anything that can take screenshots from blu-rays.
Here's a pic to prove I actually HAVE a copy.
This is the menu screen. Notice how there is "english" and "english for the hearing impaired." I hope people out there know the difference.
Shizuku and her friend reciting Concrete Road. Nowhere in the dub do they mention "Tama Mountain".
Dub: "Dad, I have some iced tea. Want some?"
Dub: "So you're not just a benchwarmer after all!"
Dub: "It's a little corny, but you're a violin maker, not a writer."
Dub: "Seiji Amasawa. I wonder what he's like? Do we have anything in common?" (Nowhere in the dub does she ask if he's 'good-looking'.)
Dub: (I'm paraphrasing, didn't write the exact quote down) "The library's switching to a computerized catalogue now." (He mentions computerized in the dub in this scene about twice. He doesn't in the literal subs)
It really gets my goat when people speak with *complete authority* about something when it's obvious they don't even have a copy to actually check the accuracy of their claims. I'm sorry if he's a friend of yours, Usamimi, but that guy claiming to have done "extensive research" on the issue is a laugh-riot. If you had a copy of the blu-ray, you wouldn't need to do "extensive research", all you'd need to do is pull the copy off your shelf and check it yourself. My goodness. If he still sticks to his argument, then he should at least provide evidence of his claims, like I have.
I'm so glad you could clear that up, that's fantastic. I appreciate it a lot.