For those who will be watching the live action in August, are you planning to watch it in the Japanese dub?

atama_ga_okashii said:
It depends on who is dubbing it

bucciest said:
Someone's probably made a thread on this already, but I wasn't hanging around MAL when the news broke out that the anime cast will be dubbing the live action and can't be bothered to check.

FGRoAGM said:
If you’re currently watching anime in dub, let me give you some advice.
Watch the sub. Please, just do it!

Of course, it is an hot topic with probably no real, right answer but just think about it.
Watching it in dub means you’ll have to wait much longer for the episodes to come out and it’s just inconvenient and unnecessary.

The real reason as to why you’re watching the dub is because you started watching anime with it from the beginning. The same for sub too. And that’s fine, as long as you’re fine with it. I don’t really care and won’t try to change your mind any longer but please think about it atleast.

UberBat said:
Also I got confused thinking people were talking anime as it's not dub or subbed. It's English or Japanese Dub with subtitles

FGRoAGM said:
If you’re currently watching anime in dub, let me give you some advice.
Watch the sub. Please, just do it!

Of course, it is an hot topic with probably no real, right answer but just think about it.
Watching it in dub means you’ll have to wait much longer for the episodes to come out and it’s just inconvenient and unnecessary.

The real reason as to why you’re watching the dub is because you started watching anime with it from the beginning. The same for sub too. And that’s fine, as long as you’re fine with it. I don’t really care and won’t try to change your mind any longer but please think about it atleast.

RyoushiMorino said:

in my opinion having to read everything they say completely ruins the experience. plus the dub will be caught up in about a year if they keep their current pace

RandomPerson9348 said:
I'll watch it in English dub. Maybe Japanese for a re-watch. I watch the anime in Japanese because that's how it was originally made. Just like that, the live-action was originally made in English.

Translation will always leave out the writer's true intentions behind every dialogue. In this case, that would be English being translated to Japanese.

LostSpectre said:
That's just something you have to get over, it becomes normal if you watch enough subs.

Of course, I don't care if you watch dub, the real point is that many shows never get a dub.

RyoushiMorino said:

or only half way dubbed 😔

RandomPerson9348 said:
Translation will always leave out the writer's true intentions behind every dialogue. In this case, that would be English being translated to Japanese.

GoCrayzee said:
English. The entire point of me watching sub for anime is it’s the original language and how it’s intended to be watched. If the LA version of OP is intended to be English, watching it in another language just doesn’t make sense to me.

Black60Dragon said:

I never understood the "intended to be watched" argument. You act like the companies actually care about how you watch the show and think the original voice actors are the only valid ones. They're just making a show in their language... it's just a show. It's the same show. The only "intended" way to watch a show is one that gives them money 🙃 They don't care what language you watch it in. That goes for all companies. You really think Disney cares if people pay them money to watch Spider-Man in Japanese theaters? No.

And just go look at how excited the Netflix cast is that the original anime VAs are dubbing over them, they just want you to appreciate their hard work no matter how you view it.

If you like to watch the original just say that.

GoCrayzee said:

How it was intended has no correlation to the studio wanting money. Yes, dubs are made so more people will watch, therefore the studio makes tons more cash, but just because other dubs exist doesn’t mean the original language isn’t the intended way to be viewed.

Hollywood primarily makes movies and shows for Americans, hence why they typically only count revenue from the domestic box office. English is still the intended way to view Spider-Man, being available in other languages doesn’t invalidate the project’s intended audience or language.

bucciest said:

Not sure that that really applies in this case unless you understand more than one language. Netflix usually has English subtitles that's just an exact transcription of what's being said in English, so for someone who doesn't understand Japanese, they could put on the Japanese dub while reading the captions from the original English script. Slightly different experience, but you'd be getting the same meaning.

Black60Dragon said:

I never understood the "intended to be watched" argument. You act like the companies actually care about how you watch the show and think the original voice actors are the only valid ones. They're just making a show in their language... it's just a show. It's the same show. The only "intended" way to watch a show is one that gives them money 🙃 They don't care what language you watch it in. That goes for all companies. You really think Disney cares if people pay them money to watch Spider-Man in Japanese theaters? No.

And just go look at how excited the Netflix cast is that the original anime VAs are dubbing over them, they just want you to appreciate their hard work no matter how you view it.

If you like to watch the original just say that.

RandomPerson9348 said:

And I never understood the "companies don't care" argument. Yes, the large companies don't even care about the audience. They want the money. But they are the ones producing it, not making it.

There's a writer who spent months writing dialogues and changing them to make sure they are perfect for the situation. There's a director who has changed scenes over and over to make sure that they work with the tone and delivery of the dialogue. There are actors who have spent large parts of their years reading their dialogues, tweaking them and learning them to give their best possible performance. These people are not just doing it for the money. They do it out of passion. And all that time and effort was spent while shooting the show in English.

So, yes, the show was intended to be watched in English. Not by the producers wanting the money, but by the people who made it and gave their best. The actors being excited does not have anything to do with this. They're fans of the anime. Of course they're excited to have the original cast dub them.

FGRoAGM said:
If you’re currently watching anime in dub, let me give you some advice.
Watch the sub. Please, just do it!

Of course, it is an hot topic with probably no real, right answer but just think about it.
Watching it in dub means you’ll have to wait much longer for the episodes to come out and it’s just inconvenient and unnecessary.

The real reason as to why you’re watching the dub is because you started watching anime with it from the beginning. The same for sub too. And that’s fine, as long as you’re fine with it. I don’t really care and won’t try to change your mind any longer but please think about it atleast.