Hay look, I'm finally posting in a topic that doesn't make me look like a maple robot.
I rarely watch anime but I guess an opinion is better than none, hah.
For me, I like both subbed stuff and dubbed.
I'm not one to give go hysterical if the English VA isn't doing it 100% exactly like the Japanese VA. If the voices match the characters', I'm fine.
I also don't care about little imperfections like mispronunciations of certain stuff. If it's not key to the plot, why bother.
Some dubbed anime I've watched have pulled off stunts and jokes better than their Japanese counterparts as well.
Contrary to popular belief, Japanese VAs are not perfect, nor are they automatically better than the English VAs because of that.
I'll really only watch subbed stuff if;
1) It's only in subs
2) The Japanese cast pulls of funny pumpernickel.
3) If the dub is in part of one of the below paragraph
Below paragraph;
1) Most anime that are being dubbed for a mainstream audience. They usually get cheap, crappy voices for the 300+ episodes they have to dub -- Most of which contain screaming, blood, and charging of attacks.
2) Are being dubbed to be on a children's block. Censors, worse voice overs than the crappy local commercials you see on channel 44.
Also, Naruto/Mainstream dubs =/= every other dub. Don't base your final conclusion of all dubs based off one badly done dub.
Really irritating when I go through some sites to see just 14,023,122 comments that pretty much contain people bashing all dubs because the naruto dub made their ears bleed.
I rarely watch anime but I guess an opinion is better than none, hah.
For me, I like both subbed stuff and dubbed.
I'm not one to give go hysterical if the English VA isn't doing it 100% exactly like the Japanese VA. If the voices match the characters', I'm fine.
I also don't care about little imperfections like mispronunciations of certain stuff. If it's not key to the plot, why bother.
Some dubbed anime I've watched have pulled off stunts and jokes better than their Japanese counterparts as well.
Contrary to popular belief, Japanese VAs are not perfect, nor are they automatically better than the English VAs because of that.
I'll really only watch subbed stuff if;
1) It's only in subs
2) The Japanese cast pulls of funny pumpernickel.
3) If the dub is in part of one of the below paragraph
Below paragraph;
1) Most anime that are being dubbed for a mainstream audience. They usually get cheap, crappy voices for the 300+ episodes they have to dub -- Most of which contain screaming, blood, and charging of attacks.
2) Are being dubbed to be on a children's block. Censors, worse voice overs than the crappy local commercials you see on channel 44.
Also, Naruto/Mainstream dubs =/= every other dub. Don't base your final conclusion of all dubs based off one badly done dub.
Really irritating when I go through some sites to see just 14,023,122 comments that pretty much contain people bashing all dubs because the naruto dub made their ears bleed.