Subbed or Dubbed?

[LurkerAspect]

Hi again

I pose the question to all anime watchers out there: Is it better to watch an anime (in japanese) with subtitles, or to watch animes that have been dubbed in english?

I've heard varying opinions, and am quite curious to see what the general thought on this is.

I personally prefer dubbed animes, but I find that the dubbing companies tend to overuse some voice actors (even though they are exceptional).

SO I wanna here from you guys what you think is better.

 

[Miz]

Hmm Odd that we haven't had one of these threads before.
Personally I think it depends on the anime, as some dubs are good. But I usually prefer subs for 75% of the animes out there

 

[undeadorcjerk]

Doesn't matter. I don't pay attention to voices. I pay attention to the story and the kickass action. Nothing else.

 

[jonadrian619]

I do know that seiyuus work very hard to voice out their characters, so I prefer subbed series, the real essence of anime is emphasized.

Oddly enough I mostly watch dubbed anime, some series have good dubs.

Anyhow, the storyline of an anime is what I'm looking for...

 

[LurkerAspect]

I find it a bit distracting to have to read and follow the action at the same time, but I understand that both the Japanese 'seiyuu' and English voice actors both have to work preetty hard, and we take this for granted.

 

[duyen]

Subbed.

 

[DBZ-123]

Subbed because they take out some or a lot of words. Such as naruto dubbed swearing taken out( and then it sounds weird )

 

[Miz]

Subbed because they take out some or a lot of words. Such as naruto dubbed swearing taken out( and then it sounds weird )

Not always it depends on what the dub is on. Like I watch the Hellsing OVA on Dubbed and they are saying loads of swearing words and other things a few otherthings, but yet again Hellsing isn't suppose to be kid-friendly like Naruto is.

 

[Danny Cross]

See I prefer subtitles cause you get the actual full effect of what is being said. Sometimes the english dubs usse different english words then the actual translation. I usually watch it at one point both ways tho.

 

[DM Cross]

I don't watch a movie to read it. Speak English. THIS IS AMERICA!

 

[rover2341]

Personally i don't like reading it either , and when they tone down some things, i nommaly am happy they die. like you said about naruto, i like it when they tone it done some. They nommaly just cut the stuff that i am not interested in.

 

[shinami]

Subs. I have no problem reading and watching at the same time. Also, after watching subbed for example Naruto episodes, and then trying to switch to dubbed.. When i heard the voices in the dubbed version... I nearly puked.... Especially Naruto's himself voice.. To me it sounded as retarded as it can get. To me its better to just have subtitles and have the original voices. They give a better "feel".

 

[Monovertex]

Here in Romania, most of the TV movies are subbed. It's too much of a hassle to dub them, so I got used to reading, while watching a movie. It's something instinctual . Plus, I never liked dubbed voices in animes, it's not the original voice anymore and it feels weird.

Subbed.

 

[jonadrian619]

Also, after watching subbed for example Naruto episodes, and then trying to switch to dubbed.. When i heard the voices in the dubbed version... I nearly puked.... Especially Naruto's himself voice.. To me it sounded as retarded as it can get. To me its better to just have subtitles and have the original voices. They give a better "feel".

Naruto's voice is like that of a kid and it's kind of weird..It didn't matter to the little viewers though..

Although not all dubbed anime series are bad, some are at least good and decent. Still, subs are my type. One important thing is: the seiyuus' voices match with the character's profile and personality. It's quite useful for me because I'm learning to speak and understand Nihongo atm. Subs expose me to new words from time to time.

Subbed, Period.

-- Umaku iku yō ni -|- jonadrian619 --​

 

[Romek]

Subbed. Most dubs just sound retarded, and they tend to make the characters look sound like little children.
And, even when the dubs aren't too bad, the subs are always better.

 

[LurkerAspect]

Most dubs just sound retarded, and they tend to make the characters look sound like little children.

I agree, if you watch Trinity Blood, you'll notice that Ion sounds like a little kid, and has this unbelievably obnoxious 'squeaky' voice that squeaks from time to time and sounds horrible.

Also, like I said, when you hear the same voice actors in multiple series, it tends to take out a chunk of originality that I assume was in the series in the first place.

 

[Prometheus]

I like subbed, then again it may be my uber reading skillz but dubbed usually sucks imo.

 

[ertaboy356b]

Dubbed, only if it's pokemon or samurai x, otherwise subbed.

 

[LurkerAspect]

Hey, check out this discussion over the Code Geass dub here. There are many valid points that are brought up...

 

[Chaos662545]

Personally I prefer subs, mostly cause I can't be bothered with looking for a decent dub XD

Seriously now, I prefer subs mostly because I prefer watching and listening to the original Japanese. I just find it weird when it's dubbed. But that's just me, I guess.