| Just got the complete season of this and was wondering if it was best to watch it subbed or dubbed.. How do the english voice actors match up to their jap counterparts? |
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| Both the main characters and the support characters are voiced slightly better in English. I found the dub to be quite impressive. For the most part though, the English voice actors and their Japanese counterparts sound eerily similar. In short: To get full effect, go with the dub. Black Lagoon sub: Great Black Lagoon dub: Excellent |
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Jadosra said: Original version > Not Original version Movies, games, anime, books, whatever... No exception. Thanks for the input guys. Although, I disagree with the previous poster. Some very good dubs that come to mind are the Ghost in the Shell series and Cowboy Bebop. |
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delusional11 said: Jadosra said: Original version > Not Original version Movies, games, anime, books, whatever... No exception. Thanks for the input guys. Although, I disagree with the previous poster. Some very good dubs that come to mind are the Ghost in the Shell series and Cowboy Bebop. Bebop, yes. GitS, no. McGlynn did a decent job in the dub, but the rest of the cast are far too stale for my liking. Same for Dutch in BL, I thought he was pretty good in the dub, but the rest are (IMO) not as good as the originals. Revvy was certainly better subbed than dubbed, she just sounds like a whiny housewife in the dub. Bebop is the only anime I've ever watched where I prefer the dubs over the subs. So, I would say try the sub first to focus on it well, and if you go back to it, try the dubs. |
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SpudUK said: Same for Dutch in BL, I thought he was pretty good in the dub, but the rest are (IMO) not as good as the originals. Revvy was certainly better subbed than dubbed, she just sounds like a whiny housewife in the dub. That's how I feel about it; most of the cast was great. Revy was let down in the dubs with her voice sounding like some fat whiny bitch as opposed to the badarse she really is. The dub is one of the best I've heard for a series, but once again the main character's voice is just completely off. (Same goes for Death Note; Light's dub voice just didn't suit him at all whatsoever, everyone else ranged from tolerable to good). |
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Yves said: Same here.Asako said: SpudUK said: Same for Dutch in BL, I thought he was pretty good in the dub, but the rest are (IMO) not as good as the originals. Revvy was certainly better subbed than dubbed, she just sounds like a whiny housewife in the dub. That's how I feel about it; most of the cast was great. Revy was let down in the dubs with her voice sounding like some fat whiny bitch as opposed to the badarse she really is. The dub is one of the best I've heard for a series, but once again the main character's voice is just completely off. (Same goes for Death Note; Light's dub voice just didn't suit him at all whatsoever, everyone else ranged from tolerable to good). I think it depends on which one you watched first. I watched the Black Lagoon dub before the sub and I think that it's a lot better. I prefer Revvy's dub voice than the original. And I like the Death Note English dub as much as the original. |
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Yves said: Also, dubs and subs can give you different experiences. The only case I'll agree with this on (in a good way) is Those Who Hunt Elves. The dub was hilariously different. It was like watching two completely different shows, watching it in original audio and then dubbed. Was let down in the second season, though. ;.; But the first was great, in both original and English dub. |
| Forget about the sub. Just watch the dub, it's miles ahead of the sub. |
Asako said: Nerima Daikon brothers changed a lot in the dub and made it a lot funnier, and they did a gag dub with Ghost Stories just like they did with Those Who Hunt Elves.Yves said: Also, dubs and subs can give you different experiences. The only case I'll agree with this on (in a good way) is Those Who Hunt Elves. The dub was hilariously different. It was like watching two completely different shows, watching it in original audio and then dubbed. Was let down in the second season, though. ;.; But the first was great, in both original and English dub. |
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| Also, if you miss the dub, you miss the pleasure of trying to count how many times Revy drops the f-bomb. |
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| This is one of the best dubs around. |
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| One of the few anime's I actually enjoy dub than subbed. The cursing sounds more enjoyable in english than japanese. |
| Black Lagoon has one of the best English Dubs I have ever seen (heard) in an anime. |
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| i love the dub for this series which is saying something cause i usually prefer sub to dub |
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| I usually hate the crap out of dubs, but this one wasn't bad. Still prefer subs though. |
| So far I've only seen 5 episodes but I think I like the Dub version better. |
| I'm ten episodes in and thus far the dub is pretty decent. I can't say anything about the sub though. |
| Dub. No question. |
| Dub.Definitely better. |
| Dub all the way. Dutch, Revy and Balalaika sound infinitely cooler in English! |
| Black Lagoon dub > Black Lagoon sub Revy is just not Revy in the subbed. I admit, she does have a kind of pitched voice(when she's pissed). But nothing wrong with that. |
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Jadosra said: I cannot let how wrong this is slide. Closer to the original does not automatically mean something is better. If anything, deviations from the original tend to improve the product, because the deviations can be made in retrospect.Original version > Not Original version Movies, games, anime, books, whatever... No exception. People make it sound like being closer to the original means you're closer to the original intention of the creators, but the intention is already lost in the jump between culture. The social context will be completely different when watching something at a different time than it was released. Subtitles are a translation just as much as dubs are. Not to mention, the original creators are humans just as flawed as we are. Getting closer to their intentions might not be the best thing (Take the Usagi Drop manga and it's adaptation as an example). Dub voice actors and dub scriptwriters are artists too, and good ones at that (take Black Lagoon for example). |
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