TheZorch

Its a question as easy as "do you want paper or plastic?" Some otaku prefer subtitled anime in its original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. Others like English Dubbed anime better. Of course, not all dubs are created equal and sometime sitting through one of those shows is an exercise in audio torture. So which do you prefer subbed or dubbed?

As for me, I sometimes prefer the subtitled versions of an anime but I'll also watch the dub ... unless it is really awful, then I switch back to the original Japanese track with English subtitles.

--TheZorch

abby724

I prefer subbed. It's in the original Japanese, and the scripts aren't changed; they're translated, and it's presented the way the creators intended for audiences... Deaf audiences. XD Shows are very different to watch without subs.

However, there is one exception where I'm going to prefer dubs:
Samurai Pizza Cats. But I can't really call it a dub; the scripts are totally rewritten, and if you've seen fansubs, the show is full of jokes concerning Japanese culture and puns.

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TetsuoShima9

I don't have a prefrence when it comes to dubs or Subs. A lot of anime is only in subtitled which does'nt bother me. But if dubbed is an option I useally watch it dubbed.

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Yasmine

I say 100% subbed! I really love the Japanese language and it just add so much to hear the anime characters speak in Japanese. The voices for the characters are most of the time very matching. For example, I think Orochimaru's voice in Naruto is great. His evil voice fits him perfectly. So I rather read and hear the actual voices, then see any anime dubbed.

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koga23

It really don't matter to me ill watch it in sub or dub any way i can get it really lol.But subs are much better for the voicing.But then again reading the subs you can miss some of what your watching.

Dubs just about all the voice overs are off and not that good.Tho there have bin instances i have come across such as the Last Exile which was a great dub i thougth as well as a watch.

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nickhoge

I'll go for subbed!

The anime's have much more added with the voice acting than you might think. Changing the voices to those of other people will make the anime loose a part of it's feeling. For example: Chi in Chobits, I accidentally watched the english dubbed version of an episode a while ago. The way she talked sounded really fake and totally diffrent from the original voice acting.

Also there is a learning thing involved. Dubbing reduces knowledge of other languages, if you read what is being said in another language you will slowly start learning that language. If it' s dubbed, you just hear it in your own and be stuck with that =.= For some satisfying, for me definitely not O.O

Hope that covers it xD

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TheZorch

His theme music is creepy too. I watched Naruto for the first time as a fansub and it sent chills down my spin ... and it sounds great when you got a subwoofer. Orruchimaru's dubbed voice doesn't carry the creep factor at all, you gotta hear him in Japanese to feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up on end. I'd say he was one of the best anime villains I seen yet.

--TheZorch

A good friend of mine has the complete, $900, Pimsler Japanese audio CD language course. There are two parts to the set. Part way through part 1 you learn the basics of the language then the rest of the course is all in Japanese. He put the whole thing on his iPod.

BTW, I love your Genma-Panda sig image.

--TheZorch

LichGRIFFIN

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TheZorch

Typically I've found that most ADV, Bandai Entertainment, AnimEgo and Viz dubs tend to be pretty decent. A few from Media Blasters weren't too bad. The dub for Figure 17 isn't too bad. The dub for Slayers though could have been better. And, I've heard that Funimation is actually getting better. At least they brought back MOST of the original Tenchi Muyo Ryu-Ohki cast for the US release of OAV 3. I can understand why they couldn't get Ryoko's VA Petrea Burchard because she's often pretty busy doing Broadway or walk-on extra parts on TV shows. This new VA they got, Mona Marshall, wasn't too bad but she wasn't awful either. I was actually quite surprised that they didn't really screw the 3rd OAV over. My guess is they've begun to listen to what the fans want, which is a good thing.

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Hantei16

for me, it depends..but i prefer dubs in a 55-45 margin.

dubbed or subbed, there are really good ones and bad ones...some dubs tend to get so silly and voices can be very annoying....bad voice execution can really ruin the pleasure of watching, i've quit on watchin lots of shows just because of this.

as for subs, really bad grammatical errors and misplaced sentences or phrases are not uncommon...of course everybody commits errors in grammar but somehow it still is understandable...in subbing however, errors like these can be very unpleasant and can be totally misleading. even when you can't understand some of the japanese voices you'll know instinctively that a really bad error has just happened. another problem that i commonly encounter with subs are the fonts, some are too small to be read properly by people without 20/20 vision...and some have really bad color schemes that can make it hard to read...

but if both can be at its best, i would go for dubs...