| What is the worst anime dub you have ever seen? For me, the worst anime dub has got to be the 4Kids One Piece dub. Seriously, that was just straight-out horrendous and it isn't even funny in the slightest at all either. |
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| I dont watch dubs because in general almost all of the ones I have seen are terrible compared to the original but I have heard a lot of hate about the DBZ dubs not sure if its certain arcs or series but I have heard they actually change dialogue to better suit the NA audience etc and I even heard they changed dialogue to help match the mouth movements in the animation. I assume there has to be some truth to it because the Over 9000 memes are from the dub because that isnt what is said in the original Japanese dialogue. |
| The dub of Girls und Panzer kills me on the inside. |
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| Excluding dubs that were just hilariously bad like Ghost Stories, I"ll go with any dub that consists of VAs having to voice any cute/moe characters. |
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| The dub from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. It is not bad but it is so insanely censored.... The sub is very superior! I also don’t watch dub anymore, anime at it’s purest in Japanese is way better. |
| Not gonna lie the original dub for DBZ is garbage XD. While it has it moments the dub as a whole is really bad. Frieza is especially bad in the original dub. Linda Young was a terrible choice for Frieza and I am so glad she was replaced. What blows my mind is that you will find so many people defending this dub and shitting the more recent (and far superior) dub of DBZ Kai. Like I don't understand how you can watch these two clips and tell me the old one is better. |
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| Probably whatever the last dub I saw was, they're all equally terrible. |
| Fucking Angel Cop has the absolute worst dubs I have ever heard: 1) Because some of the voices sound fucking ridiculous and 2) The movie has some of the stupidest lines that make me want to punch my screen- most of the said lines coming from the main female character who is one of my most hated female anime characters ever: Angel. |
| Saban's Digimon Adventure dub was a disgrace. I will always feel sad for the Anglosphere who had to be 1st exposed to the series through that crap. |
-Ecliptix- said: I dont watch dubs because in general almost all of the ones I have seen are terrible compared to the original but I have heard a lot of hate about the DBZ dubs not sure if its certain arcs or series but I have heard they actually change dialogue to better suit the NA audience etc and I even heard they changed dialogue to help match the mouth movements in the animation. I assume there has to be some truth to it because the Over 9000 memes are from the dub because that isnt what is said in the original Japanese dialogue. I agree, that particular dubbing was garbage but just wanted to give some clarification. The DBZ original dubs don't actually say over 9000, over 9000 comes from a separate dubbing that isn't considered the final main dub, called the Ocean dub. This was used on Cartoon Network and was a highly censored and underwhelming dub (possibly my least favorite of all time, they recast the VA's multiple times, and the end of the show cast was better than the starting cast, but in all honesty, it was still pretty garbage. The DBZkai dub, however, which was done in 2009, was considerably better than both, and is an actually really well-done dub (one of my favorites). Saying the original DBZ dubs are bad is widely agreed upon since the Ocean dub was garbage from beginning to end, but DBZKai/ DBS are actually shows that people actually often prefer the dub, partially because the sub uses Goku's voice from the original DB which is very high pitched (his Kid Goku voice) and does not match a full-grown adult who is insanely strong. Well, that and the fact that Chris Sabbat (mainly known as Vegetas voice actor) is absolutely amazing in the Kai/Super dubs, and voice acts like 20 characters in the show (piccolo, Yamcha, Shenron, etc) and does them all uniquely and well. I can ignore how unfitting Goku's voice is in the sub, but Chris Sabbat makes the dub worth watching for me. That being said, I will probably watch the sub when DBS returns, because I do not have the patience for the dubbed episodes to come out, and the sub isn't terrible by any means. |
DropsoloMar 8, 2021 2:59 PM
| I didn't watch any of the anime on my list dubbed, but from some videos on youtube the DBZ english dub kinda hurts me. In brazilian portuguese(I'm from Brazil) Magical Knight Rayearth was bad. Couldn't go past the first 5 minutes of episode 1. The dubs here tend to be good, but this one, oh boy... |
Dropsolo said: -Ecliptix- said: I dont watch dubs because in general almost all of the ones I have seen are terrible compared to the original but I have heard a lot of hate about the DBZ dubs not sure if its certain arcs or series but I have heard they actually change dialogue to better suit the NA audience etc and I even heard they changed dialogue to help match the mouth movements in the animation. I assume there has to be some truth to it because the Over 9000 memes are from the dub because that isnt what is said in the original Japanese dialogue. I agree, that particular dubbing was garbage but just wanted to give some clarification. The DBZ original dubs don't actually say over 9000, over 9000 comes from a separate dubbing that isn't considered the final main dub, called the Ocean dub. This was used on Cartoon Network and was a highly censored and underwhelming dub (possibly my least favorite of all time, they recast the VA's multiple times, and the end of the show cast was better than the starting cast, but in all honesty, it was still pretty garbage. The DBZkai dub, however, which was done in 2009, was considerably better than both, and is an actually really well-done dub (one of my favorites). Saying the original DBZ dubs are bad is widely agreed upon since the Ocean dub was garbage from beginning to end, but DBZKai/ DBS are actually shows that people actually often prefer the dub, partially because the sub uses Goku's voice from the original DB which is very high pitched (his Kid Goku voice) and does not match a full-grown adult who is insanely strong. Well, that and the fact that Chris Sabbat (mainly known as Vegetas voice actor) is absolutely amazing in the Kai/Super dubs, and voice acts like 20 characters in the show (piccolo, Yamcha, Shenron, etc) and does them all uniquely and well. I can ignore how unfitting Goku's voice is in the sub, but Chris Sabbat makes the dub worth watching for me. That being said, I will probably watch the sub when DBS returns, because I do not have the patience for the dubbed episodes to come out, and the sub isn't terrible by any means. Gotcha I havent watched DBZ so had no clue just what I had heard many times. I think part of it would be because the show is older and anime dubbing was likely even worse than the bad ones that happen these days. |
| I do not watch dubs at all by myself. I will watch with others, who hate subs. I tried Clannad and the voices hurt my ears. |
jarring said: OK, first off, for those of you that do not watch dubs: YOUR OPINION DOES NOT MATTER Like, this is my main beef...the people that talk trash on dubs, they don't actually know what an actually bad dub sounds like...and trust me, it's worse than ghost stories. Watch the entirety of Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer or Saikano. Shit like that was prevalent in the 90s, and THAT'S the reason opinions like yours exist TODAY...for IRRELEVANT reasons. I can list more. I mean I can keep going. I like to list "Those Who Hunt Elves", "Sorcerer Hunters", "Project A-Ko", "Amazing Nurse Nanako" as more average dubs for the time...and those were relatively popular...if the ones getting actual air time being commercialized in magazines etc were that bad, I mean, just think about the obscure ones. Dubs were in their infancy, of course only the mainstream anime got the best dubs. Today there are no bad dubs, and yall are some insane wannabes trying to be cool about a medium that's already generally cringe. IT'S ANNOYING. GROW UP. As someone who watches dubbed as well as subbed, I'm going to have to disagree with the last part. Look, I agree with the beginning, the sub purists are just as annoying to me as they are to you. Most of them hate on dubs just because they are dubbed, with no real reason other than trying to seem cool. However, there are definitely some bad dubs out there even recently. The Quintessential Quintuplets dub felt cringey and honestly gets really bad at some points, the To Love-Ru dubs that recently came out are really bad, and the Oregairu dubs, although not absolute garbage, gets really bad some episodes, and the Chuunibyou dub was pretty bad too. That being said, there are shows with amazing dubs. Certain ones that stand out are Death Note (Probably my favorite dub) Naruto, Toradora, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, A silent voice, DBZKai, and plenty of others have good dubs. I can't go to the point to say all dubs are good just yet though. Although, it can be argued that these dubs are not as bad as I'm saying and its just that these dubs cant be compared to their subbed counterparts. |
DropsoloMar 8, 2021 3:21 PM
| Beyond the boundaries and chunibyo. I cant stand the female Mc voices and it’s was very hard to watch. It felt like they just went and grab someone off the streets to voice there character. Had to switch to sub for both of them. |
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jarring said: Dropsolo said: As someone who watches dubbed as well as subbed, I'm going to have to disagree with the last part. Look, I agree with the beginning, the sub purists are just as annoying to me as they are to you. Most of them hate on dubs just because they are dubbed, with no real reason other than trying to seem cool. However, there are definitely some bad dubs out there even recently. The Quintessential Quintuplets dub felt cringey and honestly gets really bad at some points, the To Love-Ru dubs that recently came out are really bad, and the Oregairu dubs, although not absolute garbage, gets really bad some episodes, and the Chuunibyou dub was pretty bad too. That being said, there are shows with amazing dubs. Certain ones that stand out are Death Note (Probably my favorite dub) Naruto, Toradora, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, A silent voice, DBZKai, and plenty of others have good dubs. I can't go to the point to say all dubs are good just yet though. Although, it can be argued that these dubs are not as bad as I'm saying and its just that these dubs cant be compared to their subbed counterparts. OMFG I just can't. The first one you said was Quintessential Quintuplets and NO man. JUST NO...There are EXTREMELY talented VAs who worked on it, a couple of them I'm HUGE fans of...one of which is my ACTUAL NUMBER ONE. Dang, I guess our tastes differ there then. I actually started with the dub for QQ and dropped it midway just to restart the whole show subbed. The way they all talk sounds so forced and off-tone to me, and their personalities felt different from the sub. And of course, I don't say this to undermine the VAs' talent or try to insult them, I just don't like it. May I ask which character was your #1? |
misaka-9982 said: I second this, so much is lost in translation LOLThe dub of Girls und Panzer kills me on the inside. |
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| You haven't lived until you've experienced the Garzey's Wing dub |
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| Way too many to list them all lol but most of them. Higurashi's is garbage though |
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| Some classic Castilian spanish dubs are a joke, being Dragon Ball Z the best example. |
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"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| In term of inaccurate translation, definitely all Funimation's pre-Dragon Ball Kai dubs and 4Kid dub Digimon. In term of bad acting, I would choose Speedy and Big Green dub Dragon Ball Z movies (So bad that it's good) and Singapore dub Yugioh (Plain awful) lol. |
| ghost stories dub is basically a joke. |
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| Probably the old Devilman dub Actually on second thought it's not too bad |
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Puhoi said: but its hilarious so i wouldn't say its badghost stories dub is basically a joke. |
| Naruto, because Naruto Uzumaki sounded like an old granny. |
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LCLicepops said: Puhoi said: but its hilarious so i wouldn't say its badghost stories dub is basically a joke. oh it's definitely funny but it's kinda disrespectful what the dubbers did. |
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| The English dub of Hajime no Ippo is just SHAMEFULLY bad. Like, holy shit, you have to try to suck this hard. |
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| I don't watch anime in dub very often. It's extremely rare actually. So "Maburaho" is the only one that comes to mind. |
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Yveltal1612 said: It's Ghost Stories, and it's real, but it doesn't follow the sub at all, they were given complete freedom to try and make it sell. Does anyone know if this is the official dub or a fan dub? If it is an official Dub then I have found my new worst dub for English. ^-^ Yveltal1612 said: The "worst" dubs I've heard to this days would be: English: - The Dub of Detective Conan . I have not really seen/heard a whole lot of English dubs, but of the ones I've heard the English Dub of Detective Conan is by far the worst. When compared to the Japanese and the German Dub, the English one pales even more. |
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| Haikyuu maybe it’s because I have an attachment to it but I just could not stand to hear it |
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| The objectively worst one I have heard is definitely one of the Kimba/Jungle Emperor Leo dubs; WATCH THAT SHIT ON YOUTUBE. IT IS SO BAD. xD ...it's kinda funny though...but it makes Garzey's dub look GOOD. HOW IS THIS REAL AND NOT A PARODY. I'M DYING. |
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| Tokyopop’s English dub of Initial D is bloody awful, you had characters names either shortened for e.g Takumi is Tak, or Westernised for e.g Iketani is Cole. And then you had the iconic Eurobeat soundtrack removed in favour of a generic rap soundtrack just for the sole purpose of appealing to a Western audience who are more into the Fast & Furious movies and thus wouldn’t have any interest in Japanese style media, which has turned out to be a lot of bullshit in the end. And yes, 4Kids dubs is bloody awful too, but sadly I as well as many others grew up with them, so you kinda stick to them in the end. |
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