Joshua Garcia Joins Disney Philippines’ First with Filipino-Dubbed ‘Inside Out 2’ Release

MANILA, Philippines—It’s coming! The record-breaking animated film adventure, Inside Out 2, is finally coming exclusively to Disney+ today, September 25. The streaming platform welcomes the highly-anticipated film, following its well-loved initial offering, seeing new Emotions impacting the life of protagonist Riley in a coming off age story unlike any other.

Disney and Pixar’s animated film made waves in its theatrical release, with its June 12 opening day bagging the record of third biggest opening day in the Philippines. Inside Out 2 also currently holds the record for the country’s fourth highest grossing film and the second highest grossing animation.

To celebrate this equally awaited streaming drop, Disney+ subscribers will now be able to feel all the feels once again as this marks as the first time a film on the platform will also be made available in Filipino dubs.

Disney+ adds a special flair to the Filipino-dubbed version by bringing a special cameo of local actor Joshua Garcia as Lance Slashblade, a dramatic anime hero whom Riley had a secret crush on.

Garcia’s role as voice actor in the film marks his first foray into animation dubbing, an experience he said was difficult but rewarding. He shares, “Fan talaga ako ng animation at ng Inside Out, kaya na-excite ako sa opportunity na ‘to. Akala ko nung una madali lang siya, pero hindi biro yung experience kaya looking forward ako makita yung final output,” he shared. (I’m really a fan of animation and Inside Out, that’s why I was really excited about this opportunity. At first, I thought it would be easy, but the experience was no joke so I’m looking forward to seeing the final output.)

Prior to release in the platform, Garcia a self-proclaimed fan of animation particularly of anime, in a media gathering hosted by Disney, shares the importance of this milestone to his progression as an actor. He shares, “Importante sya kasi part pa rin sya ng sining ng acting kasi duon mo maipapakita yung talent mo. Personally, ibang experience talaga sya. Iba sya dun sa ikaw yung mag-a-acting [in front of the camera] dun sa voice acting lang. Andami ko na ring nakita na nagda-dub ng animation. Like may mga times na naiiyak din talaga sila while doing it. Hindi naman kailangan ma-experience ng lahat, pero ako, personally, gusto ko syang ma-experience kasi fan ako ng animation. And mas lumawak yung knowledge ko sa sining ko, sa art ko, dun sa acting ko.”

With this first jab at voice acting, when asked which among the emotions he would gamely take on when given an acting do-over for the film, he answers, “Feeling ko yung boses ko, since malalim sya, baka si Anger,” Laughing with the audience, he continues, “Ang hirap nun ‘ha. Exciting gawin yun ‘ha. Ang challenging lang n’ya na sigaw ka lang ng sigaw. Ang hirap nya’ng gawin. Gusto ko lang ng mas challenging. Kumabaga mas level up dun sa ginawa ko’ng una.”

Stream Inside Out 2 – also available in Filipino dubs – starting September 25 on Disney+.