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English Dubs
kurandoinu:
For the most part I'll try both. If its a particuarly bad dub then it'll get changed back to Japanese, but when I watch anime I don't always have the pleasure of being able to sit and give it my whole attention. This is where for me dubs are better. If I can't see the screen because I've crawled under the bed to retrieve clothes, at least I can hear whats being said and understand it. I like to hear the differences in voices, there have been times I've liked a character in the English who's voice just doesn't seem to suit them in the Japanese and vice versa.
I will agree that the Japanese is for the most part gonna be superior in the fact that the animation was done for that language. Personally I think that American dubbers must have a bitch of a time matching them AND at least trying to keep the conversation the same. We can all knock it and say they do a shitty job, but until we work in the industry ourselves, we don't know.
Borror0:
--- Quote from: kurandoinu on August 13, 2009, 09:24:34 AM ---We can all knock it and say they do a shitty job, but until we work in the industry ourselves, we don't know.
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As I have said earlier, other languages do a better job at dubbing than English.
If I am forced to watch a dubbed anime, I'll pick French over English in a heartbeat not because my French is better but because the French dubbing is better and more natural sounding than the English version. I mean, it's still an anime and there are voices that are a little... abnormal (just like they are in the Japanese version) but it fits into the anime's mood. The English dubs, however, don't make any sense.
English dubs are good at one thing: making my ears bleed.
kurandoinu:
Thats a pretty gross generalisation. Until you've watched EVERY anime in English you can't say that they all make your ears bleed.
Borror0:
--- Quote from: kurandoinu on August 13, 2009, 09:33:05 AM ---Thats a pretty gross generalisation. Until you've watched EVERY anime in English you can't say that they all make your ears bleed.
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Generalization? Yes. Indubitably. It was intended to be.
Gross generalization? No, I don't think so. Good English dubs are the exception rather than the rule.
zrdb:
"Good English dubs are the exception rather than the rule." On really now?-I don't think so. English and japanese va's do the same thing. I don't like reading anime-that's what manga is for. I will only watch anime subbed if I have no choice in the matter (read that as watching fansubs).
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