An excellent piece, Alec. Thank you for this. I wasn't actually aware of how Disney buried the sound design of Ghibli's films behind additional scoring, but it's upsetting to see. There have been times where I have chosen to watch the Dubbed versions of these films to make them more accessible to my younger brother, thinking that I was having the same experience and that it didn't really matter. Clearly, I was wrong!

Ghibli have made so many wonderful films in their time. Looking forward to Miyazaki's new film soon :)