Auliʻi Cravalho, star of Moana, reprises her role in Hawaiian-language version of the movie.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Walt Disney Studios lāua ʻo ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka wae ʻana i mau hāmeʻe hou aku no ia mana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i loko o kēia mau pule e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻāla hou ka Hōkū o Walt Disney Animation Studios Moana, ʻo Auliʻi Cravalho, he kanaka ʻōiwi, i hoʻohanohano ʻia me ka Annie Award I kāna hana hāmeʻe nui ma ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi no ka mana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o ia kiʻiʻoniʻoni. E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Walt Disney Studios lāua ʻo ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka wae ʻana i mau hāmeʻe hou aku no ia mana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i loko o kēia mau pule e hiki mai ana.
“Haʻaheo kūhohonu au i kuʻu mole Hawaiʻi,” wahi a Cravalho, “He mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa a hoʻopīhoihoi hoʻi kaʻu hana ma Moana, ka hana keaka a me ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Hoʻopūnini ihola au i ka hana pū ʻana me nā loea ʻōlelo e hoʻokino mai ana i ka mana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni.”
“Pōmaikaʻi maoli mākou i kēia manawa e hana ai i ka mana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a e hana hoʻi me ka hāmeʻe kūkahi, ʻo ʻAuliʻi.” wahi a ka mea hoʻokele o Moana, ʻo Osnat Shurer. “ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka mana Hawaiʻi ma hope mai o ka hana iho nei i nā mana Māʻohi a Māori, he mea ia e mōhala a māhuahua aʻe ai ka hua nui a mākou i manaʻolana ai no kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma loko o nā kaiāulu nāna i hoʻoulu nui mai i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.”
Na ka Academy for Creative Media System o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi e hoʻolako i ke kālā me ka hana hoʻolālā no kēia papahana neʻepapa me ka pahuhopu e hoʻolako aku i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao ma Hawaiʻi nei a ma waho aku nō hoʻi.
“Pīhoihoi pau ʻole mākou i kēia pāhana hoʻonaʻauao lua ʻole no nā haumāna, polopeka, a limahana o nā kahua like ʻole o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi e hana pū nō me nā loea ma Disney Animation a me ko Hawaiʻi Auliʻi Cravalho e hana iā Moana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no Hawaiʻi nei,” wahi a Chris Lee, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a alakaʻi i ka Academy for Creative Media System. “ʻAʻole nō e loaʻa kēīa pāhana kūpaianaha me ka hana alulike ʻole ma waena o nā polokalamu like
ʻole ma UH.”
Aia kēia papahana ma ka malu o ka polokalamu Creative Media o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu Komohana (UHWO), a e komo mai ana nā lālā o ke kulanui ākea e hana pū maila. Alakaʻi ʻia ka hui unuhi e Dr. Puakea Nogelmeier, Polopeka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa a Luna Hoʻokō o ka hui aʻo unuhi ʻo Awaiaulu no Awaiaulu mai ka poʻe unuhi. ʻO Hailiʻōpua Baker, Polopeka o ka Hana Keaka Hawaiʻi ma UHM Theater & Dance, ʻo ia ka Luna no ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hāmeʻe. ʻO ka Loea Mele Aaron Salā ka Luna no ka hana mele. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ana nā leo
Hawaiʻi ma ke keʻena ʻo MELE Studio ma ke Kulanui Kaiāulu o Honolulu ma ka hana wilikī a Jay Ross. ʻO Heather Giugni, ka loea waihona o ʻUuʻulu, ko Hawaiʻi waihona kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma UHWO, lāua ʻo Sharla Hanaoka, Luna Hoʻokō no Creative Media ma UHWO nā luna e hoʻokele i ka papahana, e hana pū ana me Rick Dempsey, SVP Creative no Disney Character Voices International. He Hoa Hoʻokele ʻo Kaliko Maiʻi a e alakaʻi ana.
“Nui nā mea waiwai e kuhi ai ma kēia hana laulima," wahi a ke Poʻo Kulanui o Oʻahu Komohana, ʻo Maenette Benham. "Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i meaaʻo no ke aʻo ʻōlelo ʻana, hoʻomāhuahua ʻia ka ʻeleu a me ka haʻaheo i loko o nā keiki me ka poʻe ʻōpio ke paʻa ka ʻike i ko lākou moʻolelo kupuna, a hoʻokino maila kēia hana i ke kuahui maiau ʻana mai o nā lālā like ʻole o ke Kulanui holoʻokoʻa.”
Mahuʻi ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana aku ma o ka DOE (Ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao) o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi i nā kula o ka mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano he lako hoʻonaʻauao.
ʻo Rachel Sutton i ka wae ʻana i nā hāmeʻe. Pono ka mea poeko ma ka ʻōlelo a ma ka hīmeni Hawaiʻi paha ke hoʻouna mai i kiʻi, helu kelepona a me ka loulou i kekahi vimeo a i ʻole ka YouTube o kāna hīmeni, oli a hana keaka paha Ma Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi iā acms@hawaii.edu. ʻO ka palena pau no kēia wae ʻana ʻo ka iwakāluakūmāhā Nowemapa, 2017, 5:00 p.m. HST. No ka ʻikepili hou aku, e nānā iā http://acmsystem.hawaii.edu/moana-dubbing- project-casting.