J-Lord Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I personally prefer Dubs, if there is a dub of the anime and is finished dubbing or it has been dubbed pretty far into the anime I will watch the dub. Also I prefer dub's for the long running animes like Naruto, Bleach etc.'For short running animes that are not dubbed or aren't very far with the dubbed version I a very happy to stick with subs. And as koby stated most subs are better than dubs, with the amount of effort the japs put in its no surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1m0k44 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 i prefer English cause most subs are fan done and may not be too accurate there are some official ones though but i prefer dub cause you can miss the subtitles if they go by too fast or there are too many people talking but sub only if its the only way or the English was never released in uncut format like a lot of good anime form the 90s were never released on home video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinnx3 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) The original Japanese version is better because it was made FOR that specific character unlike English dub where they lack emotion or attempt to show any emotion at all. Edited December 8, 2014 by Xythar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ! Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 For me it's dubbed. Most of the people I know that watch anime refuse to watch them dubbed, but for me, I've been watching them dubbed for so long that I'm used to the voice actors, eg Crispin Freeman, Steve Blum etc. Live action I can't stand dubbed, but anime, doesn't lessen the enjoyment in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branime Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 I prefer watching any anime English Dub. However, sometimes the acting sounds better in japanese. For example, the english voice actor for Ichigo is great when he's just talking, but his battle cries are just awful. Seriously, and they aren't getting any better. They sound so fake. The japanese actor does it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguysteve Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 I gave up learning Japanese. So I prefer the eng audio.I don't have skilled enough eyes to read my tv and watch the scenes at the same time.rather hear it and see what happens then pause it just to read a bit and continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brev Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Really depends on the anime Naruto you can believe that I ain't watching that dubbed, other things that are dubbed well eg Funimation's one piece I'll watch with dubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jade335 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Sometimes english dub version seems out of place than with japanese dub. Depending on the series i'm watching, if i started watching the series with eng dub, then i get used to the sound of their voices throughout the series and the japanese voices would be out of place if i started using eng dub later on. If i watch japanese dub for the first few episodes, then i switch to eng dub, then it the eng dub seems horrible to me. Get what i'm saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegend1994 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 I voted on this poll a while back and forgot to add a post so here goes.I prefer english dubbing just because I would love to watch in Japanese dubbing but I want to be able to understand without subtitles, subtitles seem to spoil the anime for me a bit probably because I'm focusing on the subtitles instead of the anime itself. Luckily I'll be starting Japanese lessons soon so maybe in a year I'll be able to watch all my anime in Japanese =). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzzieRee Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 I prefer eng. dub, but if there's one I really want to watch and it just has subs, I'm okay with it. I find that with eng. dubs, the VAs can show more expression in their voices than the japanese... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kashem2 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 i like to watch anime dubbed usually even id its crap just cuz i usually doing other things while watching it and cant sit there and read/watch it. tho somtimes i do have time to just sit there and thats when ill watch a jap dub only anime cuz sometimes thats all thats available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rin Tachi Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I use to like dub but those were the old days of macross and so on well i hate most of the dun crap they put out today so i would say subs for me plus the original voice actors fit there characters better then the English ones do by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob13 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Personally it doesnt matter but i do think that japanese dubbing has to much emotion everyone always seems tobe screaming about everything which is alright sometimes depending on the anime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Lord Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Sometimes Dub and sometimes Japanese but i like dub better cuz i dont like straining my eyes to see the text xDThis is why I like dub, you stray to much from the action to read what they are saying. With dub you can watch and keep up with the plot without the need to read the texts that sometimes only appear for a few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanazizi Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 i like the original audio...but the dubbing must have suitable voice talent toolike eric stuart,dan green,sean schmeal..and others...=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeriu Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Whatever is available is what I general go with. If there is dual audio I will usually get the dual audio so I can choose English if I am tired of reading for the day. All in all depends on the show your watching also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamus Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is why I like dub, you stray to much from the action to read what they are saying. With dub you can watch and keep up with the plot without the need to read the texts that sometimes only appear for a few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmun Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 actually the only reason why I prefer English dub over subs is because I am a slow reader. I tried watching anime with subs and every time I would stop the video just to read everything that was said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnawind Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I don't think reading the subs distracts from the action or plot of the anime. I read the subs quite quickly so it's not a struggle to keep focus but even if one is a slow reader one's peripheral vision will still catch what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesta Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I personally prefer the Japanese voice actors, they seem to contain more expression and better environmental effects (echoes etc) if you watch the Japanese and English versions of Fullmetal Panic, the Japanese voice actor for Sagara is general quite snappy and blunt with a level of order in his voice, whereas the English dubbed version sounds sloppy with an ill-fitting voice and often sounds like its been recorded in someones bathtub. Perhaps it has something to do with anime being less popular in native English speakers than it is in Japan and so recieves a tiny budget with which to do it, though any dub by Funimation seems pretty well done, even if voice actors are heavily recycled. I also find that they miss some of the original dialog, which itself could be wrong in the subtitling, but even so, it still seems very dumbed down.---------- Post added at 05:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 PM ----------Your peripheral vision, though, is not as good as directly seeing it. With peripheral vision you only see part of it and even then, most normal people don't really notice anything that they should have been able to see had they actually been watching directly. If everyone relied on peripheral vision, there would be no need for such a high quality video like Blu_ray or a rip from a Blu-Ray source. The reason why people like that quality so well is because they like seeing the finer details, which cannot be achieved by focusing on reading while watching with peripheral vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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