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toyota
07/22/18 1:54:14 AM
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Im currently watching My Hero Academia in english and its fine

Its a dual audio file so I can turn on the sub used for the japanese audio if i wanted while I watch, and tbh the sub reads to be kind of cringey and not the way people really talk
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Unsugarized_Foo
07/22/18 1:55:11 AM
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Cause people are intentionally dumb
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FluttershyPony
07/22/18 1:55:53 AM
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99% of the dubs are awful. funimation generally does an alright job, so thats more of an exception.
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Kisai
07/22/18 1:56:15 AM
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'Cause they just like the sound of Japanese voices. That's it. They won't admit it, though.
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refmon
07/22/18 1:57:03 AM
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toyota posted...
tbh the sub reads to be kind of cringey and not the way people really talk

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Calwings
07/22/18 1:58:09 AM
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Because some people are elitist pricks who think that if you don't do a certain thing the same way they do, you're inferior to them.
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0AbsoluteZero0
07/22/18 1:58:38 AM
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Conflict posted...
It varies

Sometimes the voice acting is bad but I generally prefer it to be in the language I speak

Yeah, I just feel like with subs Im spending all of my time reading the dialogue instead of appreciating the artwork. If only every dub was as good as Cowboy Bebops
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JohnHalo343
07/22/18 1:58:42 AM
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If I wanted to read, I would go on the internet.
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--Zero-
07/22/18 2:02:35 AM
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A lot of great anime isn't dubbed. When it does get the dub though I'll always prefer it that way.
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TheMarthKoopa
07/22/18 2:03:54 AM
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Just avoid Sentai Filmworks dubs and Funimation comedy dubs and things are usually OK
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Jiek_Fafn
07/22/18 2:07:48 AM
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Because 30 years ago they were bad and people can't get over that Voltron got a shit dub.
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MwarriorHiei
07/22/18 2:18:00 AM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
Because 30 years ago they were bad and people can't get over that Voltron got a shit dub.

this tbh
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Darkrobotisback
07/22/18 2:18:56 AM
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NeuralLaxative
07/22/18 2:19:57 AM
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Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit
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Webmaster4531
07/22/18 2:21:31 AM
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Because subs are free.
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TheMarthKoopa
07/22/18 2:21:52 AM
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NeuralLaxative posted...
Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit

They aren't
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SailorGoon
07/22/18 2:22:25 AM
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There are some things that just sound cringey or hard to take seriously in English. I don't like when something gets dubbed, but it's a hybrid and they're going around speaking English yet calling people senpai. Please dubs, drop the honorifics!

Also, Space Dandy Dub >>>> Sub
Fight me purists
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Rad_Chad
07/22/18 2:22:46 AM
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...
Cause people are intentionally dumb

this bro. times infinity. people who say that are probably gross looking and falsely pretentious
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Second_Chances
07/22/18 2:23:48 AM
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same reason you also have people say shit like this

NeuralLaxative posted...
Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit
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IMNOTRAGED
07/22/18 2:29:44 AM
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NeuralLaxative posted...
Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit


Someone posts this in every one of these topics and I have no clue what selection of anime you're watching to come away with this impression.
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Calwings
07/22/18 2:31:57 AM
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TheMarthKoopa posted...
and Funimation comedy dubs

Go watch their dub of D-Frag. One of the best comedy dubs of all time.
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ForestLogic
07/22/18 2:34:03 AM
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IMNOTRAGED posted...
NeuralLaxative posted...
Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit


Someone posts this in every one of these topics and I have no clue what selection of anime you're watching to come away with this impression.


All of them?
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Doe
07/22/18 2:35:05 AM
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MHA is the exception not the rule

Subbed also means there's a ton of people with a lot of spare time on their hands making really good accurate subs meanwhile you are at the mercy of the dubbers for the script quality
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Phantom_Nook
07/22/18 2:36:16 AM
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it was mostly the 90s and early 00s dubs that were bad. nowadays they're fine.
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TheMarthKoopa
07/22/18 2:38:21 AM
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Calwings posted...
TheMarthKoopa posted...
and Funimation comedy dubs

Go watch their dub of D-Frag. One of the best comedy dubs of all time.

I couldn't watch anything with Chiwa Saito in it dubbed
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Lord_Shadow
07/22/18 2:40:15 AM
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People are too impatient for the dub and pretend to loveing the sub and decided to be elitist Pricks about it.
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rideshort
07/22/18 2:48:47 AM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
it was mostly the 90s and early 00s dubs that were bad. nowadays they're fine.


This so much. Dubbing nowadays are really good. Hell even back in the 90s and early 00s, some dubs were great.
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metralo
07/22/18 2:53:02 AM
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dubs have been pretty good since the mid 2000s. i still like them most in japanese but i dont hate on dubs.

dubs are superior for a lot of anime imo. dbz, gurren lagan, yu yu hakusho, fullmetal alchamist, etc
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Zack_Attackv1
07/22/18 2:53:14 AM
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Doe
07/22/18 2:55:18 AM
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Then there's shit like 4Kids still being allowed to dub Yugioh and being too stingy to use the original sound tracks.
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kayoticdreamz
07/22/18 2:56:55 AM
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ForestLogic posted...
IMNOTRAGED posted...
NeuralLaxative posted...
Japanese anime voices are the worrrrssssttt. Why every female needs to be a screechy high pitched voice is beyond me, holy shit


Someone posts this in every one of these topics and I have no clue what selection of anime you're watching to come away with this impression.


All of them?


this. the japanese version will always have some females that screech in high pitches at some point because i guess the people voice acting wanting to break ear drums because they hate life?

Jiek_Fafn posted...
Because 30 years ago they were bad and people can't get over that Voltron got a shit dub.


this.

I feel like it is too easy to point out that bad frieza or voltron acting and say "ALL DUBS SUCK!!!!". even then the japanese voice acting for my taste is often terrible. men sounding like girls and girls screeching in high pitches and the japanese when they overreact....holy shit they either are hilarious or obnoxious with no inbetween.

like no....theres ton of great dubs.

i also feel like weebos are the real reason for this subs > life itself mentality. its one reason why i hate most anime fans even though I am an anime fan. I don't like subs 99% of the time.

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...
Conflict posted...
It varies

Sometimes the voice acting is bad but I generally prefer it to be in the language I speak

Yeah, I just feel like with subs Im spending all of my time reading the dialogue instead of appreciating the artwork. If only every dub was as good as Cowboy Bebops


and sometimes it is just a pain in the ass to keep with the subs as the japanese audio moves so quickly the subs then have to move that fast and sometimes i can't read it all and watch the screen all at once resulting in pausing and rewinding.
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LinkFanatic
07/22/18 3:24:43 AM
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I don't like them because things always either get lost in translation or the pronunciations aren't faithful to the Japanese material.
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SailorGoon
07/22/18 3:29:25 AM
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catboy0_0
07/22/18 3:31:05 AM
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because they used to be pretty shitty and inaccurate to the original meaning
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Second_Chances
07/22/18 3:35:23 AM
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SailorGoon posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJmp61KPgk" data-time="

Checkmate sub purists!

this is voice acting to live for
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kuwab0
07/22/18 3:36:41 AM
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SailorGoon
07/22/18 3:36:52 AM
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Second_Chances posted...
SailorGoon posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJmp61KPgk" data-time="

Checkmate sub purists!

this is voice acting to live for

This would probably get me to watch more dubs tbh. I loved ghost stories.
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ShadowKirby17
07/22/18 4:37:33 AM
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Sub only people act like they understand the language and Japanese culture. They then go on to claim that all of that gets lost in translation.

As for me I've always preferred the dubbed version of anime because I like watching stuff in a language I understand. Right now the only subbed anime I watch is One Piece because I've caught up to all the English episodes and they're years behind the Japanese release.
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spikethedevil
07/22/18 4:44:03 AM
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Because sub elitists are stuck in the 90s when dubs were 99% bad and refuse to move on.
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Cookie Bag
07/22/18 4:44:18 AM
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D-Frag is the perfect example of an anime being great dubbed and subbed.

Black Lagoon is the perfect example of an anime being better dubbed because the characters are actually native english speakers and the sub's engrish is hilariously fucking bad

Ghost Stories is the epitome of anime dubbing.
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Dragonblade01
07/22/18 4:45:34 AM
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Modern dubbing is a lot better than it used to be.

Also My Hero Academia's dub is fantastic even among current dub standards.
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Zeus
07/22/18 5:00:20 AM
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cuz they ignant.

At any rate, I dislike subs because I miss out on micro-expressions at times. Plus a lot of meaning is lost when you're hearing something in a language you don't understand (which is a moot point if you're fluent in Japanese)
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mehmeh1
07/22/18 1:28:44 PM
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sometimes for VAs, script changes, or music changes. Some dubs (like MHA, DBZKai, Latin American DBZ, DBS, and 4kids pokemon) are good, but then you have MANY DBZ dubs, TPCi pokemon (especially Battle frontier, and nowadays they barely even keep the japanese music, though the voice acting has gotten better), or quite a bit of the Spain dubs
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metralo
07/23/18 4:46:24 AM
#46:


Dragonblade01 posted...
Modern dubbing is a lot better than it used to be.

Also My Hero Academia's dub is fantastic even among current dub standards.


I can't stand Deku's voice
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Joelypoely
07/23/18 5:22:06 AM
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It's mostly just elitism I'm guessing. Personally I much prefer dubbed although I'll listen to subbed if it's the only version available.
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apolloooo
07/23/18 5:26:23 AM
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Dragonblade01 posted...
Modern dubbing is a lot better than it used to be.

Also My Hero Academia's dub is fantastic even among current dub standards.

This. But other than few exception most dub are awful esp those shitty 4kids crap
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Dash_Harber
07/23/18 5:45:25 AM
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I prefer them, but I don't speak Japanese, so reading is always less preferable in animation.
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Raikuro
07/23/18 6:33:44 AM
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FluttershyPony posted...
99% of the dubs are awful. funimation generally does an alright job, so thats more of an exception.

Funi is responsible for like 70% of dubs tho so your math is way off...
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