Original laughOriginal reactions, kept
The actor's real laugh, gasp or sob stays in the scene. Only the words are dubbed.
Japanese dubbingJapanese dubbing that gets politeness right.
Spelo dubs films and series into Japanese from any language, and Japanese into English and 90+ others. Every character speaks at the right level of politeness, with the delivery and the film's sound intact.
One scene, up to two minutes, in one target language.
それを言うためだけに、わざわざ来たの？
じゃあ、夕飯食べていって。
The original film, carried into Japanese.
Japanese changes with both the listener and the speaker: keigo for a boss, plain speech for a friend, and a first-person word (watashi, boku, ore) that fits the character.
Original laugh
Phone sound keptA phone call stays a phone call
Dialogue heard through a phone, radio, TV or loudspeaker keeps that sound in the new language.
Politeness shapes the line
To the bossありがとうございます。私が対応いたします。
To a friendありがと。俺がやっとく。
How to dub a film into Japanese
Send your film and notes
Share a video file or a link. Add who's-who notes if you have them, so names and relationships are right from the first line.
Choose Japanese and your audience
Tell us who will watch it: the region, the variety of the language and how formal the film should sound.
Spelo creates the dub and mix
Every line is written for its scene, voiced with the original emotion and mixed over the film's own sound.
Review and fix lines in Studio
Your team signs off the language, changes any line and re-voices it in seconds.
Export your finished MP4
Download the dubbed video once your team is happy with every line.
14:32You came all this way just to tell me that?それを言うためだけに、わざわざ来たの？
14:36Elena laughsOriginal laugh, kept
14:38Then stay for dinner.では、夕食を召し上がっていってください。じゃあ、夕飯食べていって。
14:41I can't. I have a train at nine.無理だよ。9時の電車なんだ。
CharacterElena
VoiceElena · all lines
Emotionteasing · warm
SpeedAuto
Regenerate this lineJapanese dubbing, shaped for your audience
Japanese builds relationships into grammar, so a word-for-word dub sounds wrong to native viewers.
Politeness levels
Keigo, polite and plain speech mark rank and closeness in every sentence.
Spelo: Spelo settles who each character is and how they speak to each other before writing a line.
Pronouns are character
Whether a character says watashi, boku or ore tells the audience who they are.
Spelo: Each character keeps one voice and one way of speaking across the film.
Different rhythm
Japanese lines can run shorter or longer than the original and must still fit the shot.
Spelo: Lines are placed at the original timing, and speed can be adjusted line by line.
Names in katakana
Foreign names need one consistent katakana spelling throughout.
Spelo: Each foreign name gets one katakana spelling in the brief, used in every line.
Where Japanese dubs are used
Catalogue localisation
Bring a library of films and series to Japanese-speaking audiences, title by title.
Streaming launches
Release new seasons with a Japanese version alongside the original.
Library re-releases
Give older titles a Japanese dub without booking a recording studio.
Questions
Can Spelo dub Japanese into English?
Yes. See anime dubbing and translating video to English.
Is it suitable for anime?
Yes. The original voice actors' gasps and laughs are kept, and every character keeps one voice.
Can we review the Japanese before release?
Yes. Your team can edit every line, voice and emotion in the Spelo Studio.
What does the free sample include?
One scene, up to two minutes, dubbed into Japanese and returned next to the original within a few working days.
Hear your film in Japanese.
Send us one scene, up to two minutes. We'll dub it into Japanese and send it back next to the original, within a few working days.