Michael Arias (born 1968) is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan.
Though Arias has worked variously as visual effects artist, animation software developer, and producer, he is best known for his directorial debut, the anime feature Tekkonkinkreet, which established him as the first non-Japanese director of a major anime film.
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GKIDS4K Blu-ray has a true lossless English dub and correct volume levels for the Japanese audio
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GKIDS has correct English subtitles that change a few lines from the director-approved dubtitles, to match with the Japanese dialogue better while still remaining true to director Michael Arias' intent. The corrected GKIDS subtitles are director-approved.
