| Hey guys, I know many have preferences about dub and sub. I know some people that only watch sub and some that only watch dub, without ever considering to watch with the other way. I myself watch 99% of my anime with sub, since I enjoy the original voices and really appreciate the skill of Japanese voice actors. I only watched dub a couple of times, when it was an anime that I just watched to relax and not really look on the plot etc. Do you have any opinion why you prefer sub or dub? Do you sometimes mix between them and if yes, why? |
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| I usually default to the Dubs especially if one of my favorite VA's is there. I give it an episode or two and only switch back to the Subs if the jokes aren't landing and the drama isn't making me feel anything. I have only had to do this a handful of times and I have watched the majority of my shows dubbed. |
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| When I was little, I'm fine with both sub and dub, but after getting into anime (15), I always watch in sub. |
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| I always watch with sub, because it's often somewhat hard to follow dubbed versions. (English isn't my mother tongue.) With subtitles, I can pause the anime and look at the word they use from a dictionary if I don't know it. With dubs, it's a bit hard to distinguish at times what the word the voice actor/actress used, because several reasons (the way the anime mouth moved, accent, etc.), so if the word plays a crucial part to make sense of the sentence, I can easily miss the meaning. I'm also used to watching series with subtitles, so following those is easier. It also allows me to listen to the original dialogue and music, which feels nice. In dubs, I've to focus too much on the talking and the way people talk, making watching everything that happens around a bit hard and enjoying music and/or sounds. Though, if the dub is done in my own mother tongue and isn't half-bad (most of the time those are) I'll more than likely watch it as long as the anime strikes my fancy, to support dubbers in here. (As we get very little dubbed animes.) |
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| I prefer sub, but if a lot of people say it has a far better dub, I will watch that. |
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| I lean towards dubs. But i mostly go with whatever's most readily available. Some sites only have sub and some only have dub so i just watch whatever they have. |
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| Nearly every anime I have seen I watched in sub. I've seen a few anime in dub, but I prefer subs. |
| Always except for when a trustworth real life friend is telling me dub is better. Only happened with cowboy bebop. Also, I still prefer MHA's dub over its sub. Those two are the only exceptions. |
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| I always watch sub and always will I don't even like dubs for live action lol |
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| Usually I watch with subs, very rare I watch with dub, for example, chinese series without any subs available. But is is very rare when there are no subs. |
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| Dubs in my early stage if I go into dubbed vs subbed argument of that anime and weigh which ones to choose. because I was watching older adaptations and not keeping up with the current season. Once I saw that there were some specials or seasons or episodes out there that dubbed doesn't cover, then I became mostly a sub watcher. There are very rare cases in which I would watch a dubbed and that's older anime and I can see all its related entries are dubbed and there's a very, very low chance of a sequel |
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| I usually watch subs because I like them more. If Steve Blum voices someone then I watch the dub. |
| I've always consumed media with subs, because I like doing so with the original language's voices as much as possible. So that means Chinese media with Chinese audio, French media with French audio; I don't just do this for anime. But in the context of anime, I'm really partial to subs not only because of the voice acting quality, but also because of the consistency. I've heard of dubs where they swap out voice actors multiple times in a single season- whereas the original cast's seiyuu will always return to their roles, barring serious illness or death. I also really appreciate this for Japanese games too, because it means you basically know the original cast will return for every sequel + spin-off- no matter how small. So that just means I won't have the jarring experience of an important character sounding completely different down the line- even years later. I know dubs are in a pretty decent spot right now, but I'd never want to give up that near-guaranteed consistency. And like I mentioned before, I also just really love the voice acting + actors. I'm always on the lookout for my fave seiyuu whenever I watch something new! |
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| I know Japanese so there is no reason for me to use subs, and definitely no reason for dubs. |
| I've scorned dubs since long before I started watching anime. I want to see things authentically, and my reading skill is more than high enough. Now that I know enough of the language and culture to get some meaning out of the Japanese words, it's even more of a no-brainer. |
| The only reason to watch sub, if dub isn't available, or Mushoku Tensei, because couldn't find a version where the demon language was subbed in the dub. |
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| I watch sub for the anime I really look forward to see. Like AoT & Chainsaw Man. I know these are great series and I know japanese VA's give it their all. I only watch anime in dub if they are not that important to me, like Re:zero and Konosuba. Both of them have fantastic english dubs tho and took me by surprise. |
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| Sub : Always, almost always. Dub : Only in emergency when I really really couldn't find the sub version online, this usually happens when I want to watch old popular anime like Yu Yu Hakusho. |
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| Watching with the original audio is always the right way. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| I don't think I've ever watched dub. I also don't think that I will, especially since I'm drawn to older anime. Old dubs are not the way. |
| Normally I default to subs, but if I hear good things about a dub I usually check it out and stick with that. |
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| Easily always sub. Though I will go find some dubs on youtube just to compare between the two. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| I watched my first 3-4 animes in dub. Other than that, I've always watched in sub |
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| Depends on the show. I like looking at the cast since there are certain dub actors I love and certain ones I can't stand. and same with subs. I also try to consider what else I might be doing while watching since I can't multitask with subs. |
| dub if available. I like the freedom of being able to look away from the screen (especially if what im watching kinda sucks). Hard to give my full attention to a shitty anime. |
| Poyo. |
| I guess I prefer watching Japanese subs as 1) it's more authentic, I guess and 2) I like testing my Japanese listening skills and picking up on unfamiliar vocabulary or grammar. Although I'm okay with dubs although I haven't watched that many. I usually watch dubs if I can't find the sub or the sub is unavailable. I did that with Elfen Lied, Air, Akira, and A Place Promised in Our Early Days. I also revert to using dubs if the subtitles are hard to read (which I did with an old DVD copy of Ghost in the Shell I found at my local library). Also, if I started with a sub, I almost never switch to a dub for the duration of the anime (and vice versa). The only exception was, as I mentioned, when the subs were too hard to read. |
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| Polls like this are not really representative because almost nobody who just watches dubs clicks these threads because they don't care about the whole sub-dub drama unlike sub watchers who need to show how superior they are. Anyway I watch pretty mixed but German dubs and rarely English dubs. |
| Only sub. I make exceptions when watching with children who can't read subs yet or not fast enough yet, but other than that, always sub. That's not limited to anime btw, anything I watch, will be watched with original VA and subs. Funnily enough, my little cousin randomly got into anime about 2 years ago (when she was around 10-11) and started out with dubs, but without any of my influence, she quickly gravitated, within only 2-3 months, towards only subs. When we wanted to watch an anime together I asked her whether we should watch it dubbed but she immediately said "definitely not". XD |
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