| Baccano. The English dub makes more sense for the kind of show that it is. |
| I'll make the obligatory Ghost Stories post. |
| Space Dandy is objectively superior in English. Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop and Redline are also just better dubbed |
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| Dr. Stone. The Translation of the dub is more accurate than the subtitles as the dub accurately recreates the vocal tics for characters like Gen, makes a consistent translation for Chrome's "yabe" catchphrase (they translated it as baaaad) that works well, and the voice acting is overall just as good as the Japanese. Would recommend watching the dubbed version of the show over the sub if you aren't able to understand Japanese on a fluent level. |
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Tendo_GM said: Space Dandy is objectively superior in English. Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop and Redline are also just better dubbed Completely agree with Space Dandy. Also to add Afro Samurai. |
| In my opinion, Cowboy Bebop, Death Note, Digimon Tamers, and Savers (Data Squad). |
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| Panty and Stocking's vulgar humor is funnier in the dub. It's probably nostalgia but i prefer the english voices in Dragon Ball Z over the japanese ones. Specifically Goku, i like him having a masculine voice as an adult rather then the same childish/feminine voice he had as a kid. It just doesn't work. |
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| maybe it's nostalgia but the 4kids shows like pokemon and yugioh, i really couldn't watch them in sub cromartie highschool maybe a lot of comedy anime in general, the jokes hit a lot better to me sailor moon, both dub and sub are iconic |
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| Maybe not better but I used to watch Candy Candy with russian voice-over. |
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| Ouran High School was done a lot better in English than in Japanese, and I still loved the Japanese version, don't get me wrong, but Ouran was just...very good in English. Also, yes, big Saiki K.. It seems like a lot of the comedies are usually pretty decent in English. Not all of them, of course not all of them, but a lot of them seem to be pretty okay. |
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| With the exception of Ghost Stories because it's so ridiculous. None. |
| Ghost in the shell stand alone complex |
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| I was gonna say maybe Golden Kamuy, i really don't like Asirpa's seiyuu 😿 but looking at the english cast i like Asirpa's eng VA even less |
| I can't say their dub are better than original but they were really close to original Elfen lied Death note Steins gate |
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| FLCL because the japanese voice acting in it was so bad that I had to switch to the dub version. |
Synrax said: Afro Samurai is weird in that it was made to be dubbed and it aired Japanese subbed in Japan.Tendo_GM said: Space Dandy is objectively superior in English. Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop and Redline are also just better dubbed Completely agree with Space Dandy. Also to add Afro Samurai. Anyway, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is another one where the dub makes more sense to Western audiences. |
| there are a good few. steins;gate (although the sub is also god tier), assassination classroom, princess principal, black lagoon, akudama drive, kaguya sama, my hero academia, highschool dxd...... |
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| Panty & Stocking and any historic show set in England like Princess Principal and Moriaty the Patriot, shows like those don't work with Japanese VA imho (although to be fair some of the British posh accents the American dub cast use are pretty terrible). Also any show with accents, French, Russian, German etc, Japanese VA can't do accents like someone speaking in English but with a heavy accent, Infinite Stratos is a good example. |
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| Black Lagoon I can vouch for. Not sure if any other ones. |
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| Black Clover because i hate asta voice |
| Yu yu hakusho Death note Dragon ball Trigun Redline Baccano Apparently cowboy bebop's dub is also good |
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tomasowa said: 23feanor said: Also any show with accents, French, Russian, German etc, Japanese VA can't do accents like someone speaking in English but with a heavy accent I would just like to point that that isn't the point. Just like there are plenty of Nihongo-speaking, Mandarin-speaking, Cantonese-speaking actors in Hollywood, the point of having Asian actors there is to cater to the American perception of Asia. That is why Karate Kid 3 is set in China. Japan is no different and there have been plenty of actual English-speaking, French-speaking, Russian-speaking, German-speaking voice actors living in the Country for a few decades. The same goes for fashion models. The reason you're hearing Japanese versions of said accents is exactly that; they want you to hear the Japanese versions ... That may be the case, but they aren't as good as their counterpart English VA who add more nuance to the performance with authentic French, Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, Irish accents. |
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| This is why there's not end to the Dub vs Sub argument: 1. Trolls like the OP here keep bringing it back. 2. Dub fans can't accept that they simply enjoy anime better in this format. Not enough for them. They want to prove that they are superior. "You see! Those canadian VAs are better suited to play japanese teens than the original cast!" |
tomasowa said: 23feanor said: That may be the case, but they aren't as good as their counterpart A fair assessment. Unfortunately, the cultural part of that delivery is what you're missing. A Japanese speaking English is what the Japanese audience wants to hear and if you're wanting to absorb anime as a Japanese culture, to not understand that is a big faux pas. Similarly, the Japanese enjoy hearing foreigners speak Nihongo with their foreign accent; this is also true in Southeast Asian Countries like Thailand and Indonesia. Conversely, Nintendo could have hired a top-tier Italian actor to voice Mario. But they chose an American for the exact same reasons ... Ok Mr Troll. I am part of that audience and not Japanese. I want to watch anime not consume Japanese culture wholesale. I watch more than half of shows in Japanese, but prefer dubs if one is available. The OP asked what dubs were better and imho, the ones with accents are better. I think I've made the point that dubs are clearly superior in every way. |
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alshu said: This is a simple opinion based thread about specific dubs, not a full on objective Dub vs Sub discourse indicating social standing, amirite Karen? :)This is why there's not end to the Dub vs Sub argument: 1. Trolls like the OP here keep bringing it back. 2. Dub fans can't accept that they simply enjoy anime better in this format. Not enough for them. They want to prove that they are superior. "You see! Those canadian VAs are better suited to play japanese teens than the original cast!" |
| What the question really means is: What dub gives you a better experience than watching the same anime in sub? Or better: What dub gives YOU a better experience than watching the same anime in sub? Now, that makes more sense. That's a question that one might even be able to answer rationally. |
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| Cowboy Bebop's dub is every bit as good as the Japanese one as is Black Lagoon. Princess Mononoke was brilliant. A personal favorite was Cromartie High School. Those guys had a blast with that dub |
| the Ghost Stories dub is hilarious. |
dertasso said: This is a simple opinion based thread Like we can have sophisticated threads here to begin with... dertasso said: not a full on objective Dub vs Sub 1. Still "Dub vs Sub", which is pointless. 2. The idea of having an "objective thread" is ridiculous since usually everybody is talking about "better" and "superior", but nobody goes in the "more authentic" direction. dertasso said: amirite Karen? Who are you calling scurvy dog, you scurvy dog? |
alshu said: 1. It was being fine until your comment.dertasso said: 1. Like we can have sophisticated threads here to begin with...This is a simple opinion based thread dertasso said: 2.not a full on objective Dub vs Sub 1. Still "Dub vs Sub", which is pointless. 2. The idea of having an "objective thread" is ridiculous since usually everybody is talking about "better" and "superior", but goes in the "more authentic" direction. dertasso said: 3. Who are you calling scurvy dog, you scurvy dog?amirite Karen? 2. 1. Dont worry its a nice little recommendation thread 2. 2. Well no one is doing that here. Read before posting :) 3. Cmon I just called you Karen bc you seemed triggered. And you still seem. |
dertasso said: It was being fine until your comment. I showcased its ugly hidden face. dertasso said: Dont worry its a nice little recommendation thread It's dub fans pretending being superior. dertasso said: Read before posting :) Now where's the fun of that? dertasso said: you seemed triggered. You seem triggered by me supposedly being triggered. dertasso said: And you still seem. Why do you care if I am or I am not tho? |
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| In the cases where I get in the habit of listening to the dubs more often than the subbed version: Cowboy Bebop Big O FLCL Trigun Outlaw Star Read or Die R.O.D: The TV Granted in my earlier days of my anime fandom, I was in the habit of listening to both subbed and dubbed versions. Nowadays, I largely listen to subbed versions of anime. But at least for these particular anime, I've always leaned toward preferring to watch them in English instead of Japanese since I found them among the better dubs to listen to during the early years of my fandom. |
| I think dubs for shonen shows like death note, fairy tail, dragon ball isn't that bad |
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starflutter said: if you do watch the sub you'll understand after the first episode why the company told them they could do whatever they wanted with the dub. It's like a 2 or 3 out of 10, maybe 4.AniMarter said: Most quotable dub ever. I still want to watch it in Japanese and see what the actual story is thoughI'll make the obligatory Ghost Stories post. |
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