Subs or Dubs?

I love both subs and dubs. When I watch dubs, I've noticed it's a lot easier to follow the story because you're concentrating on what's actually happening instead of what people are saying. And most of the dubs these days are really good. They try a lot harder to sync the animation with the English sound.

I prefer to watch subs only on shows that either sound better in Japanese, don't have an English track, or when the show contains a lot of word play and cultural / language references. One example is that I love the English cast for the Beck anime, but I greatly prefer the Japanese version because there are so many occasions where the characters speak engrish and the dub doesn't capture it properly, losing one of the things I really love about the show. I thought they did a really good job translating the songs, though.

Also, some shows are better dubbed in English than the original Japanese. It doesn't happen often, but it's definitely possible. The main example that comes to mind is Nerima Daikon Brothers, which is HYSTERICAL in English, but when I tried to watch it in Japanese, it's just kinda wishy-washy and boring. To me, the jokes just seem to work better dubbed.