Anime: Sub or Dub?

[Dreakon139]

Regarding voices, you would know that it's not about what is said, but how it is said, which in itself is universally understood and depends very little on actually understanding the language. As an example, there are studies that show babies perceive emotion in voices as early as 3 months old. I'm inclined to think that you're grossly underestimating the capabilities of human perception.

This may sound childish of me, but this just sounds like someone that truly wants to believe they "get" the Japanese language without actually learning it. Actors on both sides have plenty of emotion, to say one is better... especially the language you don't know... just reeks of bias to me.

[Shadowrider50]

I choose dub so i can understand.

I like it alot, i'd rather not have obscene words or sexual scenes, a clean experience will just do fine for me

[Agent-Oranje]

The only anime I've seen is Naruto, and I have to say the sub version is very superior in comparison to the dub. Not to mention the show is quite intriguing in itself lol

[angei3]

I watch both subs and dubs for naruto shippuden.

[furbeach]

I always watch subbed anime, unless I'm sewing or doing something else.

[Jason_Rocks68]

Couldn't decide since it's usually a mixture when I (rarely) watch anime, I prefer subs if I get the choice but I can sit through dubs unless they are flat out ludicrous, (looking@you Trigun.) Sometimes the Narm of the dubbing is the best aprt of the series imo.

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I suppose I'm used to subs since i always have them on during games since I cannot hear what the flip some characters are saying sometimes.

[Qhaotic Rebellion]

I don't mind either one...

[Dreakon139]

but I can sit through dubs unless they are flat out ludicrous, (looking@you Trigun.)

Say wha? Next you'll tell me Cowboy Bebop's dub was bad.

[BlueFireReaper]

Two years late, but oh well.

 

Though I voted on dubs, I do watch both. I'll watch it in English unless there is no dub available. And after taking Japanese classes for 2 1/2 years now, I do believe that a lot more dubs are better than the original than I used to think.

 

Also, if I start on a dub, I can't seem to to the Japanese VAs for a clear reason and I think I found that out through playing Neptunia: you just get used to the English voices. Now I played the first game then watched the anime, and I was fine with both voices, but in the end when I played mk2, I chose the English VAs over the Japanese simply because I was used to them (up to the point that I liked them better than the orginal voices).

 

While I don't mind people preferring the original voices for logical reasons, I do completely despise those who hate the dubs for reasons I believe some certain someone above said.

[skinner49]

Thread resurrection? That's my deal!

 

Considering I haven't really watched any anime for a few years, I know I'm not exactly in a good position to make a case for either side, but I usually prefer subbed. Unless the dubbed version got significantly better in terms of voice acting in the last few years, I'm still in the corner for subbed.

[monkeydluffy512]

I watch both but I prefer sub a lot more than dub. Sub feels natural, where as dubs tend to have syncing issues. I tried to watch Naruto dubbed and it was horrendous. I know there are people who prefer dubs over subs because they find the Japanese VAs annoying but it can be said for dubs as well. Naruto sounded like a girl.

You know that in both the sub and dub Naruto is voiced by female actors.

 

I voted subs The only bad thing about them is that I'm often drawn away from the animation because of reading. Dubs have many good points but I hated the long waiting period for anime to be dubbed and released.

Edited February 16, 2014 by monkeydluffy512

[OnePieceDude]

Dubbed, because it's the language we f**king speak.  

 

P.S. Whoever said Trigun had a bad dub, is mentally unstable.

Edited February 16, 2014 by OnePieceDude

[youthCAT1590]

Dubbed. I don't speak or understand Japanese so naturally I prefer english. lol

[ZAID26194]

What I do is download the unrated sub version, remove it's sound and then embed the dub sound.

[-Dark Mark-]

Dub me!

[Nazar_Ops]

I like both. But I mostly prefer sub.I don't mind dub if the voice acting is well done, but sometimes the voice acting is really crap.

Edited February 16, 2014 by Nazar_Ops

[voodoo_eyes]

Preferably subbed whenever possible. Not just anime, but any kind of movie, series, etc... Since I won't be understanding what they're saying when it's anime, I won't know if it's subbed or dubbed correctly, which makes either a valid option.

Edited February 16, 2014 by voodoo_eyes

[SleeppingForest]

some anime i love in english because of favorite voice actors other i like jap because i hate the cast that was put for there voices in english but it depends for me so lets say both 

[Transi3tor]

Sub for me as even with games I like it in its original way :-)

[LuckySwitch]

Dubs, absolutely. I want to watch anime, not read the subtitles. I will note here, that I still like it when the original japanese voiceover is there and heard well, with dubs just overlayed on it. When you don't hear the Japanese language in anime, you often miss some very crucial part of it.

Edited February 16, 2014 by LuckySwitch

[DEMON]

I would have liked an "It depends" option.  Because sometimes dubbed anime isn't bad.  But there is a lot of anime I watch that is subbed so I never bother to look at the dubs as the subbed was done long ago.  For an example, I watched Death Note with subs, but found the dubs to be terrible, didn't seem right at all.. plus I had watched the anime and was finish with it a year before the dubbed version even started to air here.

[AtlasBizarree]

too many awful dubs to even consider it an option.

[Wavergray]

I like both, but most of the time I watch the sub since I'm impatient when it come to show I really want to watch.

 

However if the show is based on a manga I'll most likely just read the manga instead of watching the anime.

[Beyondthegrave07]

I watch anime for the story. Period. I prefer dubbed because I believe reading subtitles takes away some of the story for me. Regardless, I watch both, and in the end, I enjoy both. I think the whole dubbed vs subbed always gets blown out of proportion. One isn't any better than the other. It's all a matter of preference, and I think it's BS when someone tries to convince you otherwise.

[BrunoBomb]

Sorry if I'm a noob but whats the difference between both of them. I enjoy to watch anime in the original voices, except if I saw that anime in my childhood (yu-gi-oh, pokemon, digimon, animes that ocurred in portugal and we're translated in portuguese)