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Apr 17, 2008 9:14 PM
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Pretty much anything dubbed by ADV sucks. There are only a rare few anime that I will watch dubbed. Worst dubs in my opinion? Azumanga Daioh and Kanon. Horrible, just... horrible.
May 28, 2008 6:31 AM
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recordtanktop said:
Laborpilot86 said:
The more accurate question would be 'which dub isn't horrible?'


So true. What is a good dub?


I think Samurai Champloo's dub and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex dubs are alright.

And as far as accuracy i'm pretty sure Haruhi Suzumiya's ok too but i'm not sure.

Worst is One Piece, Naruto's not so crash either. I remember back in the Zabuza saga (so long ago =_=) there was an extremely obvious section of dubbing where Naruto's mouth was moving but no words came out... o.o
May 29, 2008 2:25 PM
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I don't think I saw this but I really thought FF7: Advent Children was bad. Cloud didn't sound bad ass at all. And Cid sounded the worst. I'll also have to agree Love Hina was terrible.
May 29, 2008 10:07 PM

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In my opinion so had Chobits a pretty good dub. But for me, dub always sounds sooo wrong...
To add, I had a hard time to watch Chevalier D'eon in Japanese simply because the setting was in France and it felt stupid that they spoke in Japanese.
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1- I TOTALLY DISLIKED the dubbing of Hikaru no Go (espicially Sai's voice actor didn't sound NOTHING like the original character, he just sounded like a girly Go addict in an VERY annoying NOISY way (DON'T even mention the scene where Sai first appears or when he cries I might harm someone! So disturbing SERIOUSLY! , Also, Hikaru and Akira although they were 11 years old they sounded like they're 20 or something! Dear God! >_< I demand a RE-DUB!!)

2- Fruits Basket (I don't feel like commenting here -_- just hear Ayame's English voice actor..... BAD, VERY bad choice in voice actor! -_-'''')

3- Full Metal Alchemist ( I guess I don't need to say anything since everybody already knows how bad it is)

4- Mononoke (Kusuriuri's Voice actor sounded like a lame arrogant character rather than a calm, cool, mysterious one)


May 30, 2008 8:06 PM
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I hate to sound like I'm being negative but you are wrong about the Ghibli dubs. Quite quite wrong. The truth is that they are some of the best Anime has ever offered, and even though Disney may have altered some of the dialogue in places, it's really not that bad; the spirits of the originals remain intact. Also, the big-names can't act? I'm sorry, but that's just a shitty blanket statement; many of the performers on the dubs give AMAZING performances (how can you not like Cloris Leachman as Dola or Mark Hamill as Muska in Laputa? Or Patrick Stewart as Lord Yupa in Nausicaa? Or Cary Elwes as the Baron in Whisper of the Heart?), and are not at all blasphemous to the original. As for the extra dialogue, yeah, it's sometimes superfluous, but at least it's not out of context with the originals. Secondly, only two of the Ghibli movies have major music alterations--Kiki and Laputa, although I might argue that in the case of the latter, the newer score adds to, and in many places improves on, the original. I agree that the subtitles aren't always the best, but they aren't the worst either. (This Disney bashing is also pretty pointless too.)

So I'm sorry, but I think the Ghibli dubs need to be moved out of this "worst dubs" topic; they don't belong there at all. If there are any dubs related to Ghibli that deserves that category, it would be the "Warriors of the Wind" edit of Nausicaa; that version cut 30 minutes out of the 117 minute film and totally bastardized the story. While Disney's dub scripts may have some occasional alterations, they're nowhere nearly that blasphemous; Ghibli has complete control over how Disney can and can't add in lines. On that note, the older dub of Castle in the Sky (Streamline's, not Disney's) is just plain bad too; despite being less loose than Disney's version, it is totally devoid of enthusiasm or energy (Muska especially; Hamill's performance is FAR better) and very choppy and flat sounding. It sounded worse than the first dub of Akira, which I personally found to be absolutely AWFUL.
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I agree with all of you. Those dubs are truly horrible. T_T

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Jun 16, 2008 4:46 AM

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Love Hina
It Was Soooo Hard To Watch With The English Dub
T-T I Nearly Cried Because It Was So Bad
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Jun 16, 2008 8:09 PM

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I don't usually watch dubbed anime except for the stuff on adult swim, so I can't really compare to much, but I personally hate how they made Lelouch have the same voice actor (Johhny Young Bosh) as Ichigo. They're both aired around the same time and his voice doesn't change. So every time I watch the dubbed version of Code Geass I always think it's Ichigo talking. And it completely ruins the epic-ness of Code Geass. DD:
Jun 21, 2008 6:57 AM
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Oh yeah i forgot - Please Twins had horrible dubbing; i couldn't stand the voices of the two main lead girls! (can't remember their names-_-) So when I accidentally clicked on english audio instead, it didn't last for 30 seconds. Back to subs.
Jun 21, 2008 8:17 PM

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The Bleach dub was very good to me, neither was Naruto or Inuyasha

Music is from the soul~ ♥
Jun 27, 2008 5:55 AM
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I forgot to mention Shakugan no Shana. I literally felt pain after hearing Shana's voice.
Jun 28, 2008 3:08 PM
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I didn't know there was such thing as good dub existed (O.o)
Jun 29, 2008 3:07 AM

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I come from Malaysia and of you ask me, ANYTHING dubbed here is unwatchable and is worse than any of the dubs mentioned here (with the exception of the Animax dubs).
A pretty good example is the "DBZ Malaysian Dubs" that you can find on YouTube.
The English is all wrong and they sound like robots (stale voice).
I'm sure those videos are real as I've watched a few myself.
Jun 29, 2008 8:34 AM

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Here's a really obscured one but if you heard the dub, you'd puke:

Battle Angel Allita OAV.
Long ago, back in US, I didn't know anything and I figured, hey, cheaper price, thrifty investment, and I bought the dubbed tape...

I nearly killed myself after that...XD
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Jul 1, 2008 1:47 PM

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4KIDS one piece dub.
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Jul 13, 2008 10:45 AM

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Naruto is the definition of suckish dubbing. One Piece is also bad, but thats to be expected of 4kids.


Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM

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Deathnote.

I started out with the subs and then thought to try watching it on tv.

5 seconds in to it and i just put the tv off.

It was heart breaking to bare anymore.

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Jul 18, 2008 4:12 AM

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the german dub. of Naruto is really,really bad :(
i can´t watch it without tears,yes so bad is it
Jul 20, 2008 8:49 AM

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Crying from DUB? W o w


Jul 20, 2008 12:16 PM

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xXIchigoXx said:
the german dub. of Naruto is really,really bad :(
i can´t watch it without tears,yes so bad is it

Oh yeah, the worst dub ever! =O
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Tsuabasa Chronicles
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Aug 5, 2008 3:03 PM

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I, personally, dislike all dubs (or all dubs that I've seen so far). I think if I've seen the anime in Japanese before I go on to opt for dubs, it really does sound more.. I don't know - natural, in Japanese than in English. It's like a friend's voice changing suddenly, I can't get used to it.
Aug 20, 2008 10:38 AM
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Xinil said:
Gonna have to say Evangelion. Soooo bad.
i have to agree with xinil evangelion has the worst dub ever
Aug 28, 2008 6:57 PM

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Sakura in Spain dub just suck >.<
yeah, i think evangelion too -_-

Sep 1, 2008 3:57 AM

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FMA and Death Note, uh, but the worst is Bleach.
Nov 23, 2008 2:51 PM

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FMA was so bad -_- i got used to it eventually. but at first i was like "OMG, Edwards voice is so bad!"

Even though its new in the world of dubs:
darker than black

As soon as i heard Hei/Lee i was like "Jason Liebrecht....oh great..."
Nov 26, 2008 2:27 PM

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Fruits Basket. It didn't even seem professionally done. They even dubbed the opening song. I seriously thought it was a joke and a fandub. It was really really terrible. T______T
Dec 30, 2008 5:47 AM

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Nruto dub is very very bad as is fruits basket
Jan 3, 2009 9:37 PM
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Probably Pocket Monsters or Tokyo Mew Mew or anything dubbed by 4Kids.
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Naruto is at the top of my list for dubs
Better Man was also one of them
Jan 5, 2009 8:15 PM
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Naruto dubbed hebrew. The funnies and saddest thing ever. They also scencorised it so that seven years old can watch it, so you can imagine...
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bleach
Jan 28, 2009 4:04 PM

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All right honestly, I think more than half of you are way too over dramatic. Some of the dubs listed made my jaw drop, I mean seriously, FMA? FMA has an amazing dub, and is probably ranked one of the highest along with Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop and Beck. Some decent/bearable dubs would be those of Death Note, Cromartie High School and Code Geass.

You may think I'm crazy, but I've watched the Japanese versions of these animes too. Sometimes this has to be said, not all Japanese dubs are good. Not saying they're terrible but their American counterpart might not be as bad as you think.

All right but to stay on topic, here are some animes I've heard dubbed that I absolutely hate:

Higurashi
Kanon 2006
Shuffle
Welcome to the NHK
Elfen Lied
Genshiken
Kannazuki no Miko
Full Metal Panic
Rozen Maiden

Now I liked all these animes, but granted, the dubs sucked.
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Jul 25, 2009 5:12 AM

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elementhunters @ anilinkz has got to have the worst subs ever! full of cuss words innit! >x[


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naruto. god I saw the first 10 episodes in dub, then switched to subs. But a few days ago I went over to a friends (hes an avid naruto fan) and watched naruto dubbed (on dvd). And GOD I had forgotten how horrible it sounded.
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Ouran High School Host Club =(
eghhh!
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Aug 22, 2009 12:47 PM

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Ouran High School Host Club =(
eghhh!
サービスサービス
Aug 26, 2009 2:55 PM

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you didnt have to post it twice
Aug 29, 2009 1:47 AM

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Uh, I think it'd almost be easier to mention which ones we think are actually good/decent dubs.
Frankly, I can't say any. Ha. I'm harsh that way, but so be it.
There is no passion from the gut like with the Japanese voice actors. The English dubbers try too hard and it comes across - it's unnatural.
Sep 14, 2009 8:38 AM

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I've avoided dubs mostly... but I wanted to watch InuYasha... and I couldn't find all the eps in Japanese... ugh... the sentence 'InuYasha don't go there!' with it's horrible intonation still gives me the creeps when I think of it.... no need to say that I never finshed the series... (hope to find it somewhere though, cuz I never got far enough to have an opinion about it)
Oct 30, 2009 6:55 PM

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God, friggin Tokyo Mew Mew! Song sucked, voices sucked, name change sucked, edited out content sucked, lack of ending sucked, it S-U-C-K-E-D! D8
Man, I cant believe everybody hated the Fruits Basket dub. Other then the dubbed OP and Ayame's VA, I thought it was much better then the Jap version. Yuki sounded much manlier, as he should. The original was entirely too girly, same with Kyo's and Momiji's. The rest were fine in both.
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one bearable dub i think was ghost in the shell.
one unbearable is school rumble.
and tohru's english dub voice, while i appreciate it for being accurate to character, makes me want to assault the seiyuu.
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Iriya said:
I never watch dubs so I can't say much, but I accidentally came across a dubbing of Angelic Layer and I almost threw up. Mostly because Misaki's voice changed from being way too high-pitched in subs to sounding like a guy in dubs.

agreed completely
Jan 14, 2010 4:17 PM

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For me, the Gundam 00 dub was UNBEARABLE. The main character, Setsuna F.Seiei, an ethnically Middle Eastern teenager had a whiteboy voice in the dubs. wtf? its like they didn't even try to find a good person to match his voice :(
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ilkim094 said:
Ouran High School Host Club =(
eghhh!


I watched the series subtitled, but when I was over at a friends house, I saw her watching it dubbed and I couldn't stand it. Some of the voices weren't that bad, but the Twins and Honey....Oy.
Mar 24, 2010 5:14 AM

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I heard a story of someone not noticing that a girl was pining over another girl coz he watched a (fan)dub. In other countries, it was taken away, but in Japan, the voices made it clear, but dub didn't. They even changed the gender of the girl in some countries.
That was Sailor Moon if I remember correctly..
Apr 1, 2010 5:10 AM

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I add Ergo Proxy
Apr 17, 2010 3:01 PM

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ohh people, you are not hear russian dub - it`s a mockery.

Apr 28, 2010 5:34 PM

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never watched a full series dubbed
except for code geass r1 and r2
but the last episode in dubbed SUCKED
all the drama seemed to be taken in way
the japanese subbed was much better

dubbed sucks because they add actors with unnecessary accents or
bad voices


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