Dubbed vs Subbed Anime?

GalaxyComet · Postby **GalaxyComet** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:46 pm

This is a pretty straightforward post I'm going to make as it is something that I have been really curious about. Within the Anime Community, I have heard some people say they like to watch anime with the japanese voice acting (with english subtitles) oppose to the english voice acting while for other people it's vice versa and for other people they don't mind watching it in both languages.

So to put it blunt, do you guys like to watch anime in english, japanese, or both? And why?

aero · Postby **aero** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:53 pm

subbed because i can't stand that gobeldy gook crap

MECHDRAGON777 · Postby **MECHDRAGON777** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:00 pm

I accidentally misclick "dub" while trying to hit "both". My reason is impatience and to lazy to read the dialogue.

Edit:Switching between can be challenging though.

Artemis008 · Postby **Artemis008** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:52 pm

Subbed, bc they always treat the western audience like small children and censor everything.

Sewpah · Postby **Sewpah** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:09 pm

I like dubbed anime when it's done right, but subbed anime on the other hand might be more accurate than the dubs most of the time.

But badly dubbed anime is better than accurate subs and well-made dubs, as it makes up for some of the greatest anime moments in history due to being hilarious!

Sorry, I'm not so serious when it comes to things like this. But in all seriousness, dubbed anime is good when it's done right, like I said, and subbed anime with accurate translations can be a replacement for the cheesy dubs of certain anime that have those cases, but it's the hilariously bad and totally cheesy dubs that reign over everything else in English anime, or Engrish.

In conclusion, both, if done right, but when done horribly wrong, it has to go to the dubs due to the hilarity of said dubs.

onpon4 · Postby **onpon4** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:55 pm

I don't bother with re-dubs. They're rarely as good as the original voices, they come much later, and I don't need them (especially with Japanese cartoons where I can sort of understand what's being said anyway).

This doesn't just apply to Japanese cartoons. I watched Code Lyoko in English, but that's only because I couldn't for the life of me find the original French audio.

I will mention three things that always annoy me to no end which can be found in a lot of English dubs of Japanese cartoons:

1. Changing characters' names for no reason (e.g. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

2. Changing the story or setting for no reason (e.g. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, again)

3. Using untranslated Japanese when there's a perfectly good English equivalent (e.g. Naruto)

Artemis008 · Postby **Artemis008** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:21 pm

onpon4 wrote:I don't bother with re-dubs. They're rarely as good as the original voices, they come much later, and I don't need them (especially with Japanese cartoons where I can sort of understand what's being said anyway).

This doesn't just apply to Japanese cartoons. I watched Code Lyoko in English, but that's only because I couldn't for the life of me find the original French audio.

I will mention three things that always annoy me to no end which can be found in a lot of English dubs of Japanese cartoons:

1. Changing characters' names for no reason (e.g. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

2. Changing the story or setting for no reason (e.g. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, again)

3. Using untranslated Japanese when there's a perfectly good English equivalent (e.g. Naruto)

You forgot one

4. Using the absolute WORST voice actors imaginable (Sailor Moon)

onpon4 · Postby **onpon4** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:54 pm

Well, the only English re-dub I've seen that I thought was good was Dragon Ball Kai (at least what I saw of it when it was airing on Nicktoons), but honestly the quality of the voice acting doesn't bother me as much as the other stuff. Regarding Sailor Moon, there are things that bother me about its English dub WAY more than reduced voice acting quality, like the name changes, the way Luna sounds comically serious, and the ridiculous intro that doesn't match the tone of the show in the slightest. (Though I should note, I never actually watched an episode of Sailor Moon in the English dub, only in Japanese; I've only seen sparse English dub clips mainly from the Nostalgia Critic episode on it.)

Artemis008 · Postby **Artemis008** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:39 pm

onpon4 wrote:Well, the only English re-dub I've seen that I thought was good was Dragon Ball Kai (at least what I saw of it when it was airing on Nicktoons), but honestly the quality of the voice acting doesn't bother me as much as the other stuff. Regarding Sailor Moon, there are things that bother me about its English dub WAY more than reduced voice acting quality, like the name changes, the way Luna sounds comically serious, and the ridiculous intro that doesn't match the tone of the show in the slightest. (Though I should note, I never actually watched an episode of Sailor Moon in the English dub, only in Japanese; I've only seen sparse English dub clips mainly from the Nostalgia Critic episode on it.)

Luna sounds like Mon Mothma.

FireyPaperMario · Postby **FireyPaperMario** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:08 am

onpon4 wrote:Well, the only English re-dub I've seen that I thought was good was Dragon Ball Kai (at least what I saw of it when it was airing on Nicktoons), but honestly the quality of the voice acting doesn't bother me as much as the other stuff. Regarding Sailor Moon, there are things that bother me about its English dub WAY more than reduced voice acting quality, like the name changes, the way Luna sounds comically serious, and the ridiculous intro that doesn't match the tone of the show in the slightest. (Though I should note, I never actually watched an episode of Sailor Moon in the English dub, only in Japanese; I've only seen sparse English dub clips mainly from the Nostalgia Critic episode on it.)

I personally agreed that the DIC dub of Sailor Moon is miles better than the Nicktoons dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai. Because I saw the original Sailor Moon with my older sister back in the early to mid 1990's!

*For those who don't know, DIC was an animation company from the 90's... Don't konw what happen to them...

onpon4 · Postby **onpon4** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:11 am

I personally agreed that the DIC dub of Sailor Moon is miles better than the Nicktoons dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai.

Who are you agreeing with? That's the opposite of what I said about these dubs.

Artemis008 · Postby **Artemis008** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:01 pm

Dic did the Super Mario Show, which has the best worst ending theme ever.
Listen close

Its so bad, yet so wonderfully charming.

Postby **Julia Pseudo** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:13 pm

The Mario cartoons were produced in the United States though, they weren't dubbed into English.

Artemis008 · Postby **Artemis008** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:53 am

Pseudo-dino wrote:The Mario cartoons were produced in the United States though, they weren't dubbed into English.

They weren't? Huh, you learn something new everyday.

Spoiler: show

FireyPaperMario · Postby **FireyPaperMario** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 11:40 am

Artemis008 wrote:
Pseudo-dino wrote:The Mario cartoons were produced in the United States though, they weren't dubbed into English.
They weren't? Huh, you learn something new everyday.
Spoiler: show
I still love that song

All 3 seasons of the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show" were American made. And I personally agreed, the ending of the first season is pretty bad.