How to find a real mandarin dub of Chibi Maruko Chan?

December 23, 2015 12:56 PM

I'm learning mandarin and am looking for good shows at an appropriate level... My girlfriend has a dub that she got in Flushing (Chinese name is Xiao Wanzi), and it's fine enough, but he image quality is terrible... It's clear it's just a bootleg. I'm totally happy actually paying for this, but I have no idea where to find it! Finding even the English version these days is tricky, so I have no clue how to find a Mandarin dub. Extra credit is other Mandarin shows I should check out at a sort of intermediate working on advancing level!
posted by wooh to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

There appears to be an entire youtube channel devoted to Chibi Maruko Chan in Mandarin dubs here.

If you're specifically looking for dubbed japanese anime, most good quality licensed dubs will come from Taiwanese suppliers - accordingly, Yesasia.com has a huge selection. They have a huge selection of Miyazaki films in addition to lots of Disney films.

While the mandarin spoken in "Taiwan" versions will be the same as mainland mandarin, if subtitles are important to you the "Taiwan" versions will typically have subtitles in traditional characters, not simplified. You'll also want to make sure your dvd/blu ray player can play other regional titles.
posted by Karaage at 3:31 PM on December 23, 2015

Here's also a Crayon Shinchan ("La bi Xiao Shin") youtube channel in Mandarin.
posted by Karaage at 3:38 PM on December 23, 2015

I find chinese-forums to be a great resource for learning-chinese-related things, in general.

They have things like The Grand First Episode Project, and TV Series Recommendations, all with links to the material.
posted by wym at 4:11 PM on December 23, 2015

If you're in New York, it's probably worth taking a look at the DVD selection at Queens Public Library. They have a ton of Chinese language stuff.
posted by MsMolly at 10:49 AM on December 24, 2015