| So far, I've seen only 8 episodes of it, but its one of the very few series, where when watching the sub for the first couple episodes, its not all that humorous, then I watched the same episodes dubbed and it was much more amusing. I think that the humor in Desert Punk is more of a Western sense of humor, then it is eastern. Anybody else notice? |
| It's just because things are always funnier when you see them in english. I loved the dub too. |
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| Not always, some jokes are lost in translation loosing the quality of the joke. But for perversion...American English works well. |
| yes i agree with Dub, like if you watched black lagoon sub side by side with dub it would look like subbed was censor with all the faul langauge they cut out. Same goes here a lot gets some how lost in translation. And hey dont look at me that way normally i would bit heads off if someone said to watch something in dub. But some time dub is better and i have example to prove it this series and the one i just gave u is just a couple. |
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| im watching the dubbed, i watched the first episode subbed but didnt enjoy it as much as i enjoyed the dub. i only seen the first 7 episode btw |
| dubs by funimation are usually decent |
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| I'm gonna have to go against the grain here, and tell you that I really don't care for the dubbing on this show. Like many of you, I found myself switching back and forth between the sub and the dub because, yes, the dubbing is quite different in that there is very drastic interpretation going on. They definitely put it in an American context, and I'm not talking censorship either - if anything, the English dub has far more crude and offensive cursing/comments than the subtitles. However, it only took me about 2 episodes to know for certain the I preferred the subtitles to the English dub. Why? Well, it's pretty simple. The voice actors are over-acting to an EXTREME. I'm shocked that throughout the dubbing process no-one once thought to say "try being less melodramatic?!" To make matters worse, I compared the dub to the sub, and they are drastically changing the dialogue because they think we won't understand. Things like changing "your mother has an outy" to "your mother is a whore". Alright, I understand that some people might not immediately understand that "your mother has an outy" is an insult, but we have the characters' reactions to use as context. Also, the Japanese do a wonderful job at making expressive sounds, whereas the english dub is literally at the level of using "wrack'em frack'em" to show frustration. Basically, I feel that the English dubbed characters feel completely different from their Japanese speaking (subbed) counterparts. It's like the show got put through the strainer known as Hollywood. I'm not saying I haven't heard worse dubbing, but this one is up there. Seriously, if you've never watched this show subbed, give it a try. It's 1,000 times better. |
| "The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art." -Chuck Palahniuk |
| i think dub is the best way to go |
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| Youare all lucky to have found subs anyway. So far I haven't managed to. |
| the dubs sounded annoying so much as original but it wasn't so bad |
 Are you the bloody applause monkey? Keep your sh*t comments to yourself or go troll on 4chan. |
| Found a preference for the dubs myself as well. I was actually shocked to come to the conclusion that I preferred Kenny Green over Norio Wakamoto for Rain Spider. I can't help but feel that Kenny Green's list of work doesn't match up with the quality of his performance for Desert Punk. Rain Spider was easily the most hilarious character because of how fitting Green's acting was. Desert Punk is yet another in a growing list of animes with great dubs. |
| I usually go for Sub over Dub but for this show I enjoyed the Dub alot more, one of the few dubbed anime i have truly enjoyed watching. |
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| I agree that the dubbed was much funnier. The expressiveness of the voices translated much better in English. |
| “It’s not so much that I care about what you’re doing, but the idiotic way you’re doing it.” Vincent Valentine |
| Its odd, I prefer Sub by defaut. I've watched plenty of anime, and this is one of only 4 that I prefer DUB. |
| Someone must be about to die: they're playing j-pop disco! -Frohike |
| Watched in dub couple years ago, but watch almost all my anime in sub |
| I hate dubs, I don't listen to dubs, I wish the usual palette of 10-15 American voice actors would die in a fire. However, desert punk is one of the 5 shows (out of 500) that I actually prefer with dub and I find the dub to be superior. |
| Honestly, this is definitely my favorite dub. At least the voices sound fit for the characters. I haven't seen the subs, and I don't really plan to as I have the anime (courtesy of the extinct Hollywood Video) all dubbed. In my opinion Desert Punk has some of the best lines in anime (episode 1 for example). Plus I have plenty of anime that probably won't ever be dubbed to watch, so I have those to satisfy my "subbed needs". I have only come across one sub that I couldn't handle and that was Heavens Lost Property. Otherwise the few dubs (10 or so?) that I've seen are alright. Although I was pretty disappointed Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica's dub. I can't count how many times I've watched Desert Punk. |
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| I prefer the dub on this 1. |
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| ive always used this show as an example of how dubs can be better (i usually watch subs) |
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