Which do you prefer?
Only subs - original audio is best.
45.9%
1,121
Mostly subbed, some dubbed.
29.7%
725
Only dubbed - I like it in my native language.
2.3%
57
Mostly dubbed, some subbed.
8.0%
195
Both subbed and dubbed equally.
11.5%
280
Raw.
2.6%
64
2,442 votes
| And I'm sure its dub sucks, too. P.S. This topic is now officially about English voices in Japanese-oriented anime. |
 You've come a long way, baby. |
| I'm sure it does, because I watched it in Japanese. |
| (づ°‿°.)づ |
| Subbed. You really can't go wrong. With dubbed they usually end up killing the voices, except for Naruto dub, thats the only dub I watch. One Piece's dub is sooooooooo bad. |
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| Most of the time, I would prefer subs. Though there are special occasions where I watched the Dub first and it was surprisingly good for example the dubs for Full Metal Alchemist, Gundam Seed/Destiny, and Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. |
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Ontario said: Are you being sarcastic or for serious? I dare you to watch Bible Black dubbed, you'll want to rip your ears off. haha its th same with black cat though i love the anime but the dub makes my ears bleed |
| For me it goes: Dub>>>>>>>>Sub I like both, but with the exception of a few anime i'd rather watch the dubbed version. |
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| Subbed, the dubbed voices sound (for some) really high pitched and don't really portray the character nicely. |
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| subbed all the way.. Dub is just stupid |
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| definitely subbed there have been very few dubs that would call good... I also prefer watching movies and series in the original language anyways, the original actors/voices usually have a lot more feeling for their respective characters |
| It depends on the anime: If its like Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2 its ok for me But if its like Ouran High School Host Club, Perfect Girl Evolution I think NO WAY!! =P |
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Boomheadshot45 said: Subbed. You really can't go wrong. With dubbed they usually end up killing the voices, except for Naruto dub, thats the only dub I watch. One Piece's dub is sooooooooo bad. yeah the five hundred thousand "BELIEVE IT"s like completely killed the dub for me hm dunno if they were great or not since i have not seen the sub of the animes i watched on my TV before i found MAL, but Inuyasha, Gundam seed/destiny, Bleach, Naruto, Death note (i have seen this in both, some English voices were just "lol") and varies others, As far as i can think of atm death note is the only anime where i have seen the entire series in both Japanese and English |
| Have you heard Goku's Japanese voice? Its so annoying. The dub is way better. |
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| I faintly remember Goku's voice, since Dragon Ball was one of the only animes in my country, that was left with the original audio. It was a little high pitched in the beginning, was it? Can't really put my ear to it. But for me, I usually just watch in the original Japanese audio with subs, since it fells more natural than the English one. The only dub I heard and liked was Trigun, because it was funnier than the Japanese version :P |
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Ontario said: Yu Yu Hakusho is good dubbed. I love that red headed guys voice (can't remember his name). Is it like Kuwabara or something? his name is kurama |
| No I meant this guy: http://myanimelist.net/character.php?id=730 not http://myanimelist.net/character.php?id=731 |
| (づ°‿°.)づ |
| Quite frankly, I don't care how the dub voices sound. As long as quality and effort is high. And Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Ect.. are not good examples on dubs since the anime sucked to begin with and little effort was made in dubbing them. I prefer dubs over subs since it's more enjoyable to watch the show in my own language. My favorite dubs are Trigun, Figure 17, PlanetES, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. And my least favorite is Karin and Negima. |
| Trigun's dub is good. |
| (づ°‿°.)づ |
| I would easily rather have a great english dub over a great sub any day of the week because it is in my LANGUAGE and I can focus on the anime instead of having to read the subs which can go by pretty fast, the only time I'll watch a sub is either A) the anime hasn't been dubbed yet or B) the anime has been edited in a lot of areas and the voices are awful but I will say that Japanese seiyu's have alot more emotion than English voice actors |
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| Dubs suck. The only one I can stand is Sailor Moon and that's because Usagi's japanese voice pisses me off to no end. |
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| Does anyone here like Fullmetal Alchemist? |
HavocLover said: Does anyone here like Fullmetal Alchemist? Yes. Why?>.> |
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| Sub. As stated more than once, the Japanese seiyuu always seem to have more emotion, and depth to their English counterparts. Now, this said, if there were such a dub that would effectively capture the correct emotions of the characters, and give them full depth I would wholeheartedly prefer it to a sub. However, these are... needless-to-say... rare, I'd venture to guess some would probably argue they are nonexistent as well. |
"I'd suck you~" Berri||Desu Ne? |
| Its all about the sub! |
| I think it's incredibly unfair of some people to keep saying things like, "All dubs suck!" Have you watched every dub out there? I have heard a couple that are quite good but because the ones I watched and didn't like were just SO horrible to my ears, I decided it was better not to risk viewing something like that again and I've stuck to subs ever since. Besides, if it is set in Japan, then it fits. Also, I've always had a thing for foreign languages. Sometimes I turn the radio to a channel in Spanish or Russian or something just to hear the sound. In the case of anime, there's no way I can actually learn the language but it's fun to try and catch familiar words and see how the sentences seem to have a different structure to English. Finally, I've seen some anime in which characters use specific turns of phrase, puns, tongue-twisters, etc. I have no idea how that would translate well into English. If I ever watch an anime set in an English-speaking country I might try the English-speaking version, though. I know when I was watching Black Lagoon recently and it dawned on me they were supposed to be speaking in English, I considered trying the dubbed version. However it was too late by then because I'd downloaded all the episodes :p |
| Subs of course ^_^ |
| I've started trying to watch dubs, because usually I'm IMing a friend or something, and am too lazy to pause, and end up missing something. Or the subs go by too fast. I'll watch it subbed, but if there's a dub, I'll look at it. I'm not on the whole "purist" thing, as I call it, where I HAVE to watch it in Japanese because that's the original language. There's sucky dubs, like Love Hina. But I'll watch Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh, Full Metal Panic, in English, because it's a pretty good dub. So...Either or. Whatever is there. ^__^ |
| the only dubbed anime i liked was inuyasha and rurouni kenshin. i think everything else was just plain bad. like naruto baaaaaaaaaaad. i like subbed wayy better |
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| Subtitles. |
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| Sub. Dub is horrible. |
| both... there are some shows where the dub is better than the sub an shows where the opposite is the case shows where the dub>sub Cowboy Bebop FLCL Black Lagoon Outlaw Star The Big O Desert Punk Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Gantz (only because it sounds like a B-Movie for the lolz) Gundam Wing Le Chevalier D'eon Fullmetal Alchemist Full Metal Panic Fumoffu The Second Raid Samurai Champloo Subs>dubs Macross Gundam Seed Love Hina Zegapain Devil May Cry Rahxephon Fafner One Piece for me it depends tho. if i start watchin a show subbed, i generally continue watchin it subbed. if i start dubbed, i keep goin dubbed. the only exceptions were when i switched from dub naruto to sub (only cuz i didnt feel like waiting every sat. for new episodes), from sub full metal panic to dub, an black lagoon sub to dub which did a surprisingly good job ive noticed that shows with a distinctly western feel (cowboy bebop, the big o, etc) generally have dubs better than the subs but thats just my opinion if i had to choose tho...maybe dub cuz that way i dont have to constantly watch the screen. if its just a heavy conversation screen with no action happening, i can just listen |
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| Subs then Raw I Here-by Swear I shall Never Watch dubs Again For the Rest of Enternity |
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| Subbed. I'll never watch dubbed anime even if I'd have to look for subs for all day >_< XD |
| Only subbed. I cant stand dubbed |
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| I watch 95% of my anime subbed. Even with good dubs I still find that the subs are generally beter. |
| I watch mostly subs. But I prefer dubbed, they're just hard to find. Japanese womens voices are too high pitched(in anime) for my liking. |
| Most anime is just horrible dubbed. So subbed is usually the best. There are a few exceptions though! most have already been mentioned |
| Raw But Thnx 2 Subs My Englishs Is Improved! |
You Know You Want My Muffin!  I Know U Do! |
| I only watch subbed. Dubbed sound weird. |
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| subs- mainly because of three reasons. The Dubbed version usually has a cast of crappy voiceovers, with exceptions, they also change the voices a lot which I find really annoying. Third and last, the amount of content they edit out is ridiculous....they take anime from japan and bring over here to make it look more kiddy and appropriate and I would rather watch the whole thing then an edited copy. |
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sucura said: subs- mainly because of three reasons. The Dubbed version usually has a cast of crappy voiceovers, with exceptions, they also change the voices a lot which I find really annoying. Third and last, the amount of content they edit out is ridiculous....they take anime from japan and bring over here to make it look more kiddy and appropriate and I would rather watch the whole thing then an edited copy. *looks at list* Ah...I see... |
Asrialys said: sucura said: subs- mainly because of three reasons. The Dubbed version usually has a cast of crappy voiceovers, with exceptions, they also change the voices a lot which I find really annoying. Third and last, the amount of content they edit out is ridiculous....they take anime from japan and bring over here to make it look more kiddy and appropriate and I would rather watch the whole thing then an edited copy. *looks at list* Ah...I see... Huh? Did I say something odd or were you agreeing with me?*scratches head* |
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| I watch almost every anime subbed, I love Japanese, and the voices are really good. And if I have to watch dubbed anime, I watch only German dubs, because they are very good. I really can't stand english dubs, voices are mostly horrible. |
| I like dubs more cause I can here everything instead of having to pause, 'cause i'm a slow reader |
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| Probably subbed since my Japanese isn't good enough to understand everything said in Raw. ALthough on occasion, when the episode just came out i would watch without subs. |
| Subs. Waaaaaay too impatient to wait for dubs come out and most of the time the acting is terrible with dubs. Also sometimes i think it just looks a little weird for anime characters to be sprecken engerlish. The only dub i have preferred over sub so far has been howl's moving castle. But i think that was mainly because of Christian Bale....mmmm, batman. : D |
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| Subs. I hate dub... |
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| I'll usually watch an anime subbed. The only exception are those that I've seen on tv and liked the voice actors, I usually get their voices set in my head and it makes it hard to watch it in another language. |
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