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Since when were dubs acceptable?

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--- Quote from: deflowerer on March 11, 2013, 05:25:04 PM ---Just finished watching the Steins;Gate english dub with my kids and it wasn't bad. I really only get the dubs if its something the kids may be into, otherwise I typically go with the subs. I don't have anything against dubbing in general, just that they usually suck.

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How do kids (around 10yo) react to 21th century animes ? I'm curious. I mean, in my opinion recent animes are really different than those from the 80's and 90's :)

SpeedKills:
As some of the other people here said, I think dubs in another language ruin a lot of the aesthetics of what the original creators write, since Japanese can be so inflective or un-translatable.

But, as the topic says, "Since when are dubs acceptable?", not, "All dubs are shit!"

I just find it amazing how like 90% of anime fans seem to think dubs and subs are more-or-less equivalent.  Maybe I'm just too O.G.

But, I mean, if you look at the culture surrounding high-quality Japanese VOs, and the best English dub ever done, they're still miles apart.  Even the really minute stuff, like how a lot of dubs don't really bother with making the voices integrate into the show, and it sounds like they're all just recorded over a video.  The original Japanese is usually much more subtle, and sounds a lot more like real acting; to me, at least.

JoonasTo:
The japanese dubs also overact really, really bad in certain areas. It's a trademark of sorts, when you heart the same kind of acting in English you go, GAH, that 's horrible!

AceD:
Dubs are hella cheesy sometimes, and a lot of the American voice actors just plain suck at there job....am not really a fan of a lot of American accents to begin with either.

Subs often take away the childish moments and cheesiness in the shows aimed at younger people. I like that...

xfreidax:
Quality aside, anime voice acting in general is suppose to be cheesy and over the top. But somehow, I feel it works in Japanese but fails miserably in other languages.

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