I am not sure if this debate has been had yet but it is one I like reading if done civilly. What do you prefer?

Depends, I like Dragon Ball, SAO, Fairy Tail in dub just because that is how I first watched them, ill watch sub with most other animes though

My position is that I prefer subs very much. A simple explanation of the way dubs are made is that a team "reads the lips" of the characters and writes dialogue to fit the time in which they speak. This is an amazing process and requires a large vocabulary and when done right is very interesting. However, there is another part of this process, localization, which is were I prefer subs. During localization the production team makes the anime more suitable for the audience that they are presenting it to. In this things may be cut, signs changed, dialogue changed completely, and various other forms of censorship. While the dubs are approved by the original creators watching a side by side comparison shows these inaccuracies. While subs can not capture every nuisance between the two languages, and(evident most in Bakemonagatari) jokes about certain parts of the Japanese language must be explained, I feel that I am watching something much closer to the original vision of the creator. Don't get me wrong however, I love dubs and am aware of the pitfalls of subs. Often times I have to ignore dialogue during action heavy scenes to fully appreciate the animation and then bactrack. Some groups may also sneak in meme's in order to dankify an anime... But all in all I will always choose the sub when I want to full experience an anime. Mavis wrote: Depends, I like Dragon Ball, SAO, Fairy Tail in dub just because that is how I first watched them, ill watch sub with most other animes though Same, that's another point that I will stick with whatever I see first. A reason I only just saw Evangellion 3.33. Many pre-Funimation dubs had an amateur porn charm to them which make them entertaining in their own right.

I usually always go sub, but I will watch an anime dubbed if it's long or isnt that interesting; such as, Monster or Darker Than Black respectively.

Sub all the way!!!!! Love most voices, also helps a bit with japanese lolz...

Fistsworn wrote: Sub all the way!!!!! Love most voices, also helps a bit with japanese lolz... Daisuki desu :ahn:

Eli Ayase wrote: Fistsworn wrote: Sub all the way!!!!! Love most voices, also helps a bit with japanese lolz... Daisuki desu :ahn: WatashiMo :tehe:

I'll go against the crowd here: I prefer dubs. My reason for this is that I haven't really started turning learning Japanese yet. And glancing away from the screen because "hey look, a toothpick" is a common occurrence. And I don't like missing a single line of a show. If I hear it in my native language, I don't need to go back over it. Plus, here's something very few people really touch on in this argument, but I think it's quite important: While it doesn't matter to anyone who knows Japanese, those of us who don't will not really get the inflections and such in the lines and kind of have to guess it or just blatantly not understand it. Tone can affect a line a lot. Sure, the overall tone's obvious, but it's just good to have a full understanding of what you're hearing when you hear it. Plus sometimes, like 2 Japanese words ends up requiring like 10 words in English, so I need to see it again because they gave me half a second to read that...

For some reason, when watching subs if I decide to do things on laptop or phone I can still follow it by just listening. Dubbed anime are not always that bad, I mean fan dubs are cancer, but some dubs are really bad gintama, the movie that is dubbed tried to watch I killed my self after 10mins.

I love Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and am the only one who can stand its dub. Though, I still think it's bad.

I like dubs on certain series eg, Eureka 7, Black Lagoon (Feels a bit more authentic) and a couple of others, however I'm leaning more towards subs due to disappointment after disappointment I've faced with half-assed dubs.

Sub v. Dub

Backlash

Bahahaha, man, people get angry over the stupidest crap sometimes. Back when Miss K's Dragon Maid got its English dub, this one dude went on an essay-length tirade about how the dub was SJW propaganda, just 'cause of one line that was probably improv'd by the voice actor.

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In case ya didn't catch it:
Kanna: "I know the truth. You seduced her with your-, your body!"
Kobayashi: "Hmm?"
Ka: "You cuckold!"
Ko: "Hmm."
Ka: "You slut in glasses!"
Ko: "Oh-kay, pretty sure you're making a mistake. Don't slut-shame me- Whoa, okay!"
Ka: "Break up with her, slut! Give her back!"

YouTube comments are the worst, am I right? And they didn't even mention Kanna's perfect line after Kobayashi called her out. xD

Backlash

Haaah~... I love Lucoa in this dub. She's like the perfect blend off "Big Sis" and "Sugar Momma", with a tinge of southern drawl overall. I hope I can sound like her someday. ^~^

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Yuu

Only dubs I can watch are Welcome the the NHK and Clannad. Those are some damn good dubs though.

malmon

Backlash wrote:
Haaah~... I love Lucoa in this dub. She's like the perfect blend off "Big Sis" and "Sugar Momma", with a tinge of southern drawl overall. I hope I can sound like her someday. ^~^

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Yup, no, I still can't listen to dubs >_<

ChiitoChan

I used to be strictly sub-only but I can appreciate quality dubs.
I'm still sub-first for shows that just take place in Japan, fantasy and whatever I'll look into dubs if they're good.

Cross

Dub all the way. I want to see the art not read the screen

a_human_here

i prefer to watch them in dub first. then re watch it in sub

Erika

I watch subbed 95% of the time. Most dubs feel cheesy and I swear there are only like five voice actors doing English anime dubs now. That last part is funny though, because I like watching an anime in Japanese, recognizing a voice actor, and racking my brain trying to remember where I heard their voice before.
Spice and Wolf, Redline, and Panty and Stocking are the notable exceptions for me. I get this strange nostalgic feeling from Spice and Wolf's art (mainly the backgrounds) that makes me connect it with childhood cartoons. That's probably why I like it in English.

clicky

Erika wrote:
I watch subbed 95% of the time. Most dubs feel cheesy and I swear there are only like five voice actors doing English anime dubs now. That last part is funny though, because I like watching an anime in Japanese, recognizing a voice actor, and racking my brain trying to remember where I heard their voice before.
Spice and Wolf, Redline, and Panty and Stocking are the notable exceptions for me. I get this strange nostalgic feeling from Spice and Wolf's art (mainly the backgrounds) that makes me connect it with childhood cartoons. That's probably why I like it in English.

dubbed voices always make anime sound way more cartoony

Foolguy

I'm a definite subber, but I can see the appeal in dubs as well, cause as a kid, I watched the english naruto dub and never even knew about the subbed one.
Thinking back I think the dub for it was pretty good.
I just like to hear the japanese, it sounds cool to hear another language.

COUPLED

Foolguy wrote:
I'm a definite subber, but I can see the appeal in dubs as well, cause as a kid, I watched the english naruto dub and never even knew about the subbed one.
Thinking back I think the dub for it was pretty good.
I just like to hear the japanese, it sounds cool to hear another language.

and it is less goofy when they speak in the language it's animated for

but i do not knock on anyone that prefers dub : P

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