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Touch
03/22/24 7:28:53 PM
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Asking for a fiend

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03/22/24 7:29:32 PM
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Baccano.

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ssb_yunglink2
03/22/24 7:29:59 PM
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Yu Yu Hakusho is one of the only series that I will always watch the dub over the sub

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Damn_Underscore
03/22/24 7:30:50 PM
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DBZ by default because of Goku's voice

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PowerOats
03/22/24 7:32:16 PM
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Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Kill la Kill
Konosuba
Code Geass
DBZ
Ghost Stories
Shin Chan
YYH
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C-zom
03/22/24 7:34:38 PM
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Cowboy Bebop is the standout to me. Champloo was okay but funny enough I hated Steve Blum as Mugen.

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sabin017
03/22/24 7:35:32 PM
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PowerOats posted...
Ghost Stories
and Trigun

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DirkDiggles
03/22/24 7:40:10 PM
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Bible Black

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ThePieReborn
03/22/24 7:40:38 PM
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Black Lagoon and YYH are the first that come to mind.

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RetuenOfDevsman
03/22/24 7:40:50 PM
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I feel like the days of bad dubs should be behind us.

If you're watching a show with a bad dub, it should be a classic from like 2010 or earlier.
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Joelypoely
03/22/24 7:49:32 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
DBZ by default because of Goku's voice

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hereforemnant
03/22/24 7:50:29 PM
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PowerOats posted...
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Kill la Kill
Konosuba
Code Geass
DBZ
Ghost Stories
Shin Chan
YYH
All of these
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Cynyn
03/22/24 7:51:01 PM
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97 Berserk especially the bloopers

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Robot2600
03/22/24 7:52:47 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
DBZ by default because of Goku's voice

maybe cowboy bebop is okay. idk if its better.

kill-la-kill? what in the hell are you on about? japanese is only.

shin chan, agree, also good dub.

Outlaw Star English Dub is phenomenal.

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MarthGoomba
03/22/24 7:53:11 PM
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K-ON and Haruhi

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ellis123
03/22/24 7:54:03 PM
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Ones that happened when I was a kid.

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Bass_X0
03/22/24 7:55:09 PM
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Marmalade Boy
Ranma 1/2

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Calwings
03/22/24 7:55:15 PM
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D-Frag!
I'm In Love With The Villainess
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (though this one's up to preference, definitely try both)
Princess Principal

I also agree with most of the ones already mentioned, especially DBZ, Code Geass, and Black Lagoon.

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Super_Slash
03/22/24 7:58:18 PM
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Steins;Gate
Pretty much all of Dragon Ball
FMA/Brotherhood

Off the top of my head
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ssb_yunglink2
03/22/24 8:05:27 PM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
I feel like the days of bad dubs should be behind us.

If you're watching a show with a bad dub, it should be a classic from like 2010 or earlier.
I feel like bad dubs the way they were in the early to mid 2000s are behind us. Now most dubs are decent id say, but they rarely do anything creative or outdo the sub.

Older dubs often took way more creative liberties, which could lead to something horrific like the one piece 4kids dub, but also led to dubs i consider better than the sub like Yu Yu hakusho.

Old dubs had extreme highs and lows, while modern dubs I feel like are usually just decent without excelling at anything.

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ThePieReborn
03/22/24 10:26:01 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
I feel like bad dubs the way they were in the early to mid 2000s are behind us. Now most dubs are decent id say, but they rarely do anything creative or outdo the sub.

Older dubs often took way more creative liberties, which could lead to something horrific like the one piece 4kids dub, but also led to dubs i consider better than the sub like Yu Yu hakusho.

Old dubs had extreme highs and lows, while modern dubs I feel like are usually just decent without excelling at anything.
4Kids gave us the Heart of the Cards, Shadow Realm, and One Piece rap.

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Puglia77
03/22/24 10:31:22 PM
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One of the few dubs I watch over subs is Pokemon. Do you know what Meowth's voice sounds in Japanese? It's nails on a chalkboard. Can't stand it. And that's not just because I grew up with the English dub of Pokemon.

Initial D also had a pretty great dub.

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SkittyOnWailord
03/22/24 10:32:11 PM
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Excel Saga

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ShineboxPhil
03/22/24 10:33:42 PM
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https://youtu.be/ORUsyCNjevM

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josifrees
03/22/24 10:35:06 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
Yu Yu Hakusho is one of the only series that I will always watch the dub over the sub


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josifrees
03/22/24 10:35:33 PM
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also I would have never watched dbz if goku had a grammas voice

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FolkenRawr
03/22/24 10:36:08 PM
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Fairy Tail.

Happy is hilarious in English, but imo completely lost in the Sub

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deoxxys
03/22/24 10:41:46 PM
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Better in English:

  • Yu Yu Hakusho
  • Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood
  • Dragon Ball Z
  • Ghost Stories
  • Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs (seriously watch this)


Shows people who are wrong about:

  • Kill la kill
  • Stein's;Gate
Seriously these have some of the best Japanese dubs in existence with each voice actor perfectly fitting their character.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...
I feel like bad dubs the way they were in the early to mid 2000s are behind us.
I agree with this I found myself watching a lot of dubs recently. Especially for shows that I casually watch and don't expect much from.

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Rharyx211
03/22/24 10:50:37 PM
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Space Dandy.

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Calwings
03/22/24 11:18:19 PM
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Puglia77 posted...
One of the few dubs I watch over subs is Pokemon. Do you know what Meowth's voice sounds in Japanese? It's nails on a chalkboard. Can't stand it. And that's not just because I grew up with the English dub of Pokemon.

I also refuse to watch Pokemon subbed, but it's primarily due to the names and not the voice acting. I'm just far too accustomed to the English names from the games, so hearing Charizard be called "Lizardon" after 25+ years of Charizard being Charizard to me would drive me crazy.

deoxxys posted...
Shows people who are wrong about:

Kill la kill

IMO, Kill La Kill is one of those shows that sounds amazing in both languages. I do agree that the Japanese version is a bit better, but it still has one of the best English dubs that I've ever heard and I think you can't go wrong watching it that way either.

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Tyranthraxus
03/22/24 11:19:14 PM
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Macross/Robotech dub was so good it got rereleased in Japan with Japanese subtitles.

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FortuneCookie
03/22/24 11:30:20 PM
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Angel Cop for omitting the anti-Semitism of the original Japanese version.

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Nirvanas_Nox
03/22/24 11:41:23 PM
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I wouldn't say it's better but I feel they are equal for Sailor Moon Crystal. There isn't much difference. Both are damn good.

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GuerrillaSoldier
03/22/24 11:44:51 PM
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cowboy bebop


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PurpleOutsider
03/22/24 11:58:00 PM
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Colorful!, dubbed by ADV. Japanese version is full of dead air. The dub adds so many great jokes.to it. It's already a jibberish anime about upstarts, so the extra jokes really help it.

An example: one of the segways between skits are random shots of a politician and then a cat. No dialogue at all. The dub gives the guy a Richard Noxon voice, saying "I am not a crook!", and the cat saying, "No, you're a pussy!"

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Ivany2008
03/23/24 12:27:34 AM
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Full Metal Panic
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SomeLikeItHoth
03/23/24 12:32:12 AM
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Bass_X0 posted...
Marmalade Boy
i cant find the dub of that anywhere.

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deoxxys
03/23/24 12:49:34 AM
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Calwings posted...
IMO, Kill La Kill is one of those shows that sounds amazing in both languages. I do agree that the Japanese version is a bit better, but it still has one of the best English dubs that I've ever heard and I think you can't go wrong watching it that way either
Alright I'll take your word for it. So I just can't imagine the world where I don't hear the iconic main voices or the meme worthy quotes like "nuuudiisssto beeeach!!" Or Nannii Soreee?"

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pegusus123456
03/23/24 12:58:31 AM
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Black Lagoon. Aside from Rock, the Japanese character, none of the main cast actually speak Japanese and he's bilingual, so the characters are canonically speaking English.

This is best exemplified in an arc where they go to Japan. Revy says, in Japanese, that she can't understand the Japanese radio. But the prime example is this scene which is contingent on the language barrier, so they have the sub actress speak phonetic English.
https://youtu.be/1zhLilYJla8?si=DC-A0bStm4Nrj8CG

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FortuneCookie
03/23/24 1:04:48 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
https://youtu.be/1zhLilYJla8?si=DC-A0bStm4Nrj8CG

Having never seen the show, I can't tell if the dub makes her character more sinister or not. In the phonetic English version, it seems like she's legitimately unaware of what he's trying to say. In the standard English version, she's clearly playing coy and shooting him despite his surrender.

There's a similar scene at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan. An American shoots two men who have their arms up and laughs about how he can't understand them. But the men in question aren't Nazis trying to surrender, they're captives trying to thank their liberators. (Oops.)
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Lorenzo_2003
03/23/24 1:08:13 AM
#41:


Delicious in Dungeon
Pluto

Theyre new and both have good English dubs.

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pegusus123456
03/23/24 1:08:24 AM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Having never seen the show, I can't tell if the dub makes her character more sinister or not. In the phonetic English version, it seems like she's legitimately unaware of what he's trying to say. In the standard English version, she's clearly playing coy and shooting him despite his surrender.
She's fucking with him.

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Delirious_Beard
03/23/24 1:11:44 AM
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yu yu hakusho, best dub to this day

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sfcalimari
03/23/24 1:20:45 AM
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Haven't watched anime in years, but Cromartie high school is the only one where I know I put the dub on, the voice actors are hilarious.

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FortuneCookie
03/23/24 1:30:35 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
She's fucking with him.

I guess that would have to be true of both versions. The body language clearly says surrender regardless of spoken language.

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Sufferedphoenix
03/23/24 1:58:28 AM
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Think while it was still actively running. Fullmetal alchemist got ranked best dub by a magazine. And sense the majority of the characters are white I'd assume it sounds more natural than Japanese.

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Bass_X0
03/23/24 2:07:39 AM
#47:


SomeLikeItHoth posted...
i cant find the dub of that anywhere.

it used to be on YouTube years ago but I think theyve taken it down

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SkittyOnWailord
03/23/24 2:15:06 AM
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SomeLikeItHoth posted...
i cant find the dub of that anywhere.

I did a quick search and found the DVD and Bluray on Amazon. Or is that the wrong version or something? I don't know about the series, so feel free to correct me.

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RadDude9000
03/23/24 2:17:02 AM
#49:


Ocean dubs and cowboy bebop and outlaw star dubs

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KobeSystem
03/23/24 2:19:58 AM
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1st 2 parts of Jojo tbh

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