KuroBlade Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Self-explanatory. I prefer subbed. just feels more real and 4kids are really bad giving loads of epic characters such cheesy/childish voices. Funimation do a better job though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shidasan Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Wow... really? This should be obvious. Sub all the way. Whether it's german or english... japanese is always better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec613 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) Choosing dub. I'd watch dubs if the voice acting is good (which rarely happens) ; if it isn't, I watch the subs I don't like watching below the screen. You tend to not be able to appreciate the details in the background if you're always focused below the screen. Was agonizing last week as to which one of the two I should choose when I watched Neo Ranga. It had great voice acting, but I'm used to Japanese voice acting. In the end I chose the subs. Edited June 9, 2012 by alec613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpadesOfDarkness Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) I'm going to go with dub just because I like to hear my favorite characters speak a language I understand. As alec613 said, it gets a little annoying looking at the bottom of the screen instead of appreciating the animation in the background. Don't get me wrong, I still like subbed with Japanese voices too. Edited June 9, 2012 by SpadesOfDarkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty V Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Subs hands down. No offense, but I just can't STAND English VA's. I think the only two series I saw where I enjoyed English VA was Black Cat and Blood+ - then again I didn't have the option of subs for either of them. For me, anime is a 100% Japanese thing so I feel like I'm missing out on part of the 'experience' if I don't watch them with the original Japanese VA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinobi X Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I will have to go with sub. I like the Japanese voice acting all the time but when it's turn to dub it depend whose the voice actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec613 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Looking for great voice acting? We have Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, and Full Metal Alchemist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomslayer Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 It depends on the anime for me.. Bleach I can watch either way but prefer subs Naruto's english VA can suck a dick for being so damn annoying so sub only DBZ dub all day everyday Death Note I really thought the dub was well done and enjoyed Light Yagami's VA, along with L In the end as long as the show is good I will watch regardless of dub or sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsuru Kirijo Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Depends (therefore: can't vote). Dubs can be quite extraordinary at times, especially when the Japanese companies take an active role in them; an example of this might be the insistence that the same VA of Haruhi Suzumiya do the voice of Konata in Lucky Star - not only for continuity, but because the Japanese producers were quite pleased with the way the english version turned out. I don't watch most of the super popular series like One Piece or Bleach or whatever; instead, I tend to watch a lot of weirder, darker stuff, and things like that really lend themselves to being dubbed because the slower rhythms or more dramatic nature actually lend themselves to english more than they do to japanese (Japan has a long history of horrible overacting in dramatic pieces that has only started to be corrected in recent years - I'm talking about film largely, but it has definitely leaked into voice acting): Gilgamesh, for example, or Shigurui (amazing in both languages), or Skycrawlers, etc. Some things I can't imagine in english; like Katanagatari, for example - where the show is so conversation-driven that it really relies on specific cadences to achieve its very particular tone; or When They Cry - the insane shifts in tone in that series are close to impossible to manage in english. By the same token, though, there are certain things that shouldn't work in english because of the crazy japanese wordplay at work in them, but wind up working really well in dub form: Kodocha, for example (I can listen to Laura Bailey do pretty much anything - her voice really breaks my heart), or the aforementioned Lucky Star. So, yeah, depends - I usually watch a first episode of something twice, once with subs, once as a dub, then decide which language seems to fit the tone better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leokiko Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Subs, period. Even if everyone in the world told me dub was better, I would still go for subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince4542 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 i prefer dubs even tho i do admit some are horrible but its hust my prefrence cuz i can understand and subs even tho their is ebglish subtitles i hate looking down at the video when they talk so i can understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Without_Origins Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I'm fine with either. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEHHHHHH Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) As a fellow Asian, the pronunciation of the letters T and D by English speaking countries is too unauthentic for me to be taken seriously. The West bar Spanish speaking nations have only one version of the word T where the tip of your tongue touches the palate in your mouth, while in the East, you can also pronounce it by touching the upper incisors with the tip of your tongue. If it's confusing, just think about how the East and the West pronounce the word Naruto differently. Edited June 9, 2012 by EEHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturia Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Obviously its subbed. The Japanese VA characters having more feeling to it then those typical done by a English VA i must say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 It's Subtitles all the way for me as I hate the English Dubs that they do for Foreign language flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryukori Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I prefer English dubbed over subbed. If there's a really good anime out there, but there's no dubbed version of it or I can't find it in dubbed, then I'll watch it English subbed. I mostly like English dubbed for action anime, and English subbed for slice of life anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuroBlade Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Dubs i can stand to watch: Yu-Gi-Oh Pokemon Beyblade Dragonball Z - Epic Death NOte - Dub was amazingly good. Really captured L and Lights persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoeey Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Subbed. I could not watch Bleach, Naruto, Death Note & s.CRY.ed with English speakers as I'd think I was watching a kiddies cartoon. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuroBlade Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 You are a fool! Death Note is amazing in dub, i would say even better than sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOLANTON Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 At first I wanted dub (started with One Piece) Now Japanese (aka sub) all the way. It's 100 times better to listen in the original voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kageru77 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 As a preference I would have to say dubbed. But being reletively new to the anime scene, most of what I have watched has been from netflix. I dont generally have a problem watching anything subbed though. Ive seen many foreign movies and shows subbed and it doesnt bother me like it would others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archavia Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Depends on the anime. Generally, I go subbed. However, there are some animes where the English voice overs are really good, such as Cowboy Bebop, which I'll watch in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaste9 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Definitely subbed, the original sounds and voices always sound better to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternalchaos72 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 i didnt vote in because i watch both sub and dub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrofrost TheJRPGamer Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I used to be completely anti-sub until about 2005. Now, when it comes to anime, I am completely anti-dub. If a game has a Japanese voice trak, I will always select that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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