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Jun 20, 1:41 PM
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What's an anime you think had a better or at least good non-english dub in your opinion
It can be about a certain character's voice that suits him better than the original or the way they use their language in a certain show(dialogue,comedy,emotion)doesn't necessarily need to be better as a whole but rather in one aspect at least

For example:the country i come from had some pretty good dubs with some of them having better comedy and jokes than the og like Shaman King
Jun 20, 2:13 PM
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German JJK is really good as a dub, and i enjoyed Dandadan in german too.

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Jun 20, 2:13 PM
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I wouldn’t say a lot better but I think Light sounds more his age in the dub than sub so I prefer it because it makes certain scenes more apt?
Jun 20, 2:18 PM
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German JJK is really good as a dub, and i enjoyed Dandadan in german too.
@ApfelMyName i haven't seen any clips on German dub of JJK but i did see some clips of Sukuna in Russian and it was awesome
Jun 20, 2:21 PM
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I wouldn’t say a lot better but I think Light sounds more his age in the dub than sub so I prefer it because it makes certain scenes more apt?
@Iamgirl Light's dub voice was pretty good but it can't beat that psycho laugh sub scene at the end:D
Jun 20, 2:25 PM
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I think Yucie from petite princess Yucie had a better dub voice than the Japanese. Sad too because her English voice actor only did this one series according to MAL.

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Jun 20, 2:29 PM
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@ApfelMyName i haven't seen any clips on German dub of JJK but i did see some clips of Sukuna in Russian and it was awesome
@dndlion Here is a vid Tommy Morgenstern really cooked with sukuna

but german gojo is really good too.

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Jun 20, 2:30 PM
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Steins;Gate ger dub, I find the mad scientist laugh sounds even better than the original.

https://www.reddit.com/r/steinsgate/comments/slyin4/german_steinsgate_mad_scientist_laugh/
Jun 20, 2:32 PM
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I think Yucie from petite princess Yucie had a better dub voice than the Japanese. Sad too because her English voice actor only did this one series according to MAL.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/327/Puchi_PriYucie
@Retro8bit it's interesting that you included an older show,many people today might say that old dubs were awful 99%of the time
Also i'll have to check out this one,i've never heard of it before:)
Jun 20, 2:35 PM

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Steins;Gate ger dub, I find the mad scientist laugh sounds even better than the original.

https://www.reddit.com/r/steinsgate/comments/slyin4/german_steinsgate_mad_scientist_laugh/
@Zarutaku that laugh was pretty good,and on top of that,doesn't sound that bad as a dub
Jun 20, 2:35 PM

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I wouldn't necessarily say it's better than the Japanese dub on a technical level - it still has the usual issues of awkward timing and speech patterns - but the story taking place in an American city makes the English dub just work better. also, some of the character are voiced by the same VAs as in the game, and there are actually some Japanese characters that do still speak Japanese in the English dub just like they do in the game.

I'd also say that most dubs of DBZ do a better job than the original, simply based on the fact that Goku and Gohan sound like an old lady.

for anything that takes place in Japan though, no dub will ever do a better job than the original. honorifics are borderline untranslatable without skewing their meaning, and without them a huge part of the social structure and relationship between characters goes missing.
Jun 20, 2:38 PM

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@dndlion Here is a vid Tommy Morgenstern really cooked with sukuna

but german gojo is really good too.
@ApfelMyName i usually don't like german or french dubs cuz they sound a bit funny to me,but this one was not bad at all,i'd love to watch Monster in german dub,i think that would be a perfect fit
Jun 20, 2:44 PM
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@Retro8bit it's interesting that you included an older show,many people today might say that old dubs were awful 99%of the time
Also i'll have to check out this one,i've never heard of it before:)
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Yeah check it out my dude! The series definitely needs more love, especially if you like medieval whimsical like tales. Has a pretty decent plot twist at the end too!
Jun 20, 2:45 PM

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I wouldn't necessarily say it's better than the Japanese dub on a technical level - it still has the usual issues of awkward timing and speech patterns - but the story taking place in an American city makes the English dub just work better. also, some of the character are voiced by the same VAs as in the game, and there are actually some Japanese characters that do still speak Japanese in the English dub just like they do in the game.

I'd also say that most dubs of DBZ do a better job than the original, simply based on the fact that Goku and Gohan sound like an old lady.

for anything that takes place in Japan though, no dub will ever do a better job than the original. honorifics are borderline untranslatable without skewing their meaning, and without them a huge part of the social structure and relationship between characters goes missing.
@krautnelson i feel like many of the shows we watched as kids will have a better dub,maybe not necessarily because it's actually better but because we grew up with them like with DBZ
I agree that shows that take place in the western world tend to have better dubs,Black Lagoon is an excellent example of that because of all the slang and swear words used
Jun 20, 2:49 PM

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Not sure how it compares to Japanese and English as I haven't seen it yet, but I have heard many positive things about the LATAM Spanish dub of Dragon Ball Z with Mario Castañeda's portrayal of Goku being pretty well liked among Spanish speakers.
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Jun 20, 3:08 PM
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@ApfelMyName i usually don't like german or french dubs cuz they sound a bit funny to me,but this one was not bad at all,i'd love to watch Monster in german dub,i think that would be a perfect fit
@dndlion True, I know hwat you mean i can't really watch anything spanish because that language desn't fit for me arabic and french are really bad as well. I prefer watching japanese over german, i've only seen some in german, but i could see Monster with great german dub.

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I wouldn't necessarily say it's better than the Japanese dub on a technical level - it still has the usual issues of awkward timing and speech patterns - but the story taking place in an American city makes the English dub just work better. also, some of the character are voiced by the same VAs as in the game, and there are actually some Japanese characters that do still speak Japanese in the English dub just like they do in the game.

I'd also say that most dubs of DBZ do a better job than the original, simply based on the fact that Goku and Gohan sound like an old lady.

for anything that takes place in Japan though, no dub will ever do a better job than the original. honorifics are borderline untranslatable without skewing their meaning, and without them a huge part of the social structure and relationship between characters goes missing.
@krautnelson >Goku and Gohan sound like an old lady
Am I literally the only one NOT to have any problems with Masako Nozawa as Goku, Gohan and Goten? Sheesh, the hate people dole out towards her is just ridiculous.
The reason she stayed on as the voice actress for the Son males in Dragon Ball is... because they're actually NOT meant to be seen as ultra-macho the way Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken or even the earlier JoJos like Joseph and Jotaro are. Goku is a goofball. And he stays a goofball as an adult.
Sure, I don't mind Goku's power ups having those AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHs being acted out by men... But I feel the dubs kinda forget the more goofy, naive side of Goku.

Disagree on Edgerunners. The universe does have universal translation so... you can interpret the Japanese as being heard by the Tyger Claws. Just saying.
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I think English dubs are usually fairly good. Prove me wrong.
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Jun 21, 4:59 AM

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I think English dubs are usually fairly good. Prove me wrong.
@DesuMaiden we've got a W opinion right there:D
Jun 21, 5:24 AM
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The french dubs is excellent in a lot of anime. Gto, Black Lagoon, Death note, One piece, Monster and a lot more.
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The french dubs is excellent in a lot of anime. Gto, Black Lagoon, Death note, One piece, Monster and a lot more.
@WilliamMinerva20 I haven't seen any of those in French dub,i experienced French dub only through those funny memes like Pokemon's dub voice for Goldeen,so i may have some prejudice for it but i'll definitely check them out
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Of course the original Japanese voice is the best among all, but as for dubbing, I find the Arabic dub the best for me, because I grew up on it and it was very wonderful and full of good values ​​for children, I loved the anime and started watching it because of this wonderful dubbing.. especially the old one it was creative, they even dubbed the anime songs.

listen to This>>
Pokémon opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCU3Bya2v9A

Slam Dunk opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WevtBmOU5qY

HunterXHunter 99 opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmusw7a8fc

And this is HunterXHunter 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDiAhXiYT_M

If this dubbing didn't exist, we wouldn't have known about these beautiful animes..So I am very grateful to my favorite kids channel Spacetoon and to all the other Arab institutions that work on dubbing anime for us since we were young.

I Also Like Naruto Shippuden English dubbing It was so amazing especially Madara's voice it's really good..
and HunterXHunter 99 in English dudding was amazing especially Killua and hisoka It was cood and cool.. I remember that the English dubbing that I saw was from Canada so I'm very thankful ^^
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Of course the original Japanese voice is the best among all, but as for dubbing, I find the Arabic dub the best for me, because I grew up on it and it was very wonderful and full of good values ​​for children, I loved the anime and started watching it because of this wonderful dubbing.. especially the old one it was creative, they even dubbed the anime songs.

listen to This>>
Pokémon opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCU3Bya2v9A

Slam Dunk opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WevtBmOU5qY

HunterXHunter 99 opening in Arabic Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmusw7a8fc

And this is HunterXHunter 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDiAhXiYT_M

If this dubbing didn't exist, we wouldn't have known about these beautiful animes..So I am very grateful to my favorite kids channel Spacetoon and to all the other Arab institutions that work on dubbing anime for us since we were young.

I Also Like Naruto Shippuden English dubbing It was so amazing especially Madara's voice it's really good..
and HunterXHunter 99 in English dudding was amazing especially Killua and hisoka It was cood and cool.. I remember that the English dubbing that I saw was from Canada so I'm very thankful ^^
@LOLOz Thank you for sending such great dubs
I listened to all of them and i have to say,they're better than i expected
Slam Dunk was cool,HxH 1999 has a beautiful vocal that goes perfectly with this melody and Pokemon is jusr great no matter which dub you choose
I think Arabic can be great for these Opening songs if done right because Arabic is very charming and poetic

I also agree with you on Naruto's English dub which is great
They did a great job with the voices like Madara,Pain,Naruto,Sasuke,Kakashi,Jiraiya,Rock Lee...
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Not sure how it compares to Japanese and English as I haven't seen it yet, but I have heard many positive things about the LATAM Spanish dub of Dragon Ball Z with Mario Castañeda's portrayal of Goku being pretty well liked among Spanish speakers.
@LSSJ_Gaming i've hearsomewhere that Spanish dub of DBZ changed up some power names like Super Saiyan and called it Hyper Warrior or something like that,don't know if it's true but it's interesting:D
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@LOLOz Thank you for sending such great dubs
I listened to all of them and i have to say,they're better than i expected
Slam Dunk was cool,HxH 1999 has a beautiful vocal that goes perfectly with this melody and Pokemon is jusr great no matter which dub you choose
I think Arabic can be great for these Opening songs if done right because Arabic is very charming and poetic

I also agree with you on Naruto's English dub which is great
They did a great job with the voices like Madara,Pain,Naruto,Sasuke,Kakashi,Jiraiya,Rock Lee...
@dndlion Thank you for this wonderful topic, and thank you for listening to these openings. Yes, the Arabic language is very charming, and if you watch the dubbed animes, you will be enchanted by their dubbing style. They also add good values ​​and morals to teach us in each series. There are also anime openings that they wrote by themselves, such as Dragon Ball Z, Conan, and many others, but unfortunately they are not famous, despite all the efforts they have made for us, which have influenced many generations, even Animelist did not put the names of the Arab dubbers with the rest of the world's dubbers to add them in my favorites People list, even though they are very wonderful ,and this is so sad (T_T)

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@dndlion Thank you for this wonderful topic, and thank you for listening to these openings. Yes, the Arabic language is very charming, and if you watch the dubbed animes, you will be enchanted by their dubbing style. They also add good values ​​and morals to teach us in each series. There are also anime openings that they wrote by themselves, such as Dragon Ball Z, Conan, and many others, but unfortunately they are not famous, despite all the efforts they have made for us, which have influenced many generations, even Animelist did not put the names of the Arab dubbers with the rest of the world's dubbers to add them in my favorites People list, even though they are very wonderful ,and this is so sad (T_T)

@LOLOz It's awesome that they put so much love into dubs and that they wanna teach us about good morals and values instead of just hyper producing dubs so they can get money off of it
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@LOLOz It's awesome that they put so much love into dubs and that they wanna teach us about good morals and values instead of just hyper producing dubs so they can get money off of it
@dndlion It's true even they weren't making much money especially in the past, it was very hard but they made a great effort for us and I am so grateful to them *_*
thank you for sharing this beautiful topic with us <3
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Norwegian dubs of Ghibli films have always been top notch.
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Polish dubbing for "Howl no Ugoku Shiro" 😍


The only dubbing I like, the other polish dubbings irritates me 😆
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Polish dubbing for "Howl no Ugoku Shiro" 😍


The only dubbing I like, the other polish dubbings irritates me 😆
@LittleStar sounds nice,also Polish is unique for sure when it comes to slavic languages because i can understand most of the stuff in Russian or Czech or Bulgarian but not a word in Polish:D
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I rarely watch dubs, but remember I watching few clips of Azumanga daioh in other languages and it was just as hilarious.

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Dutch dubs for stuff like Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-gi-oh,.... Weren't the best but I'm so used to it from when I was younger, that I like them more than the english ones.

It was pretty funny though, having the same voice actors in every anime and even as a kid being able to immediately point it out.
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I rarely watch dubs, but remember I watching few clips of Azumanga daioh in other languages and it was just as hilarious.

@CosmicFusion The Thai one is hilarious xD
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Dutch dubs for stuff like Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-gi-oh,.... Weren't the best but I'm so used to it from when I was younger, that I like them more than the english ones.

It was pretty funny though, having the same voice actors in every anime and even as a kid being able to immediately point it out.
@pigdestroyer Yep,exactly
I remember when i was a kid,i watched many anime and cartoons and memorized basically all the voice actors and then when i would go out somewhere and hear some ads i'd immediately recognize the voice if it was from a voice actor:D

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