Subbed or Dubbed?

[mameks]

Been talking about it recently with various people.
Simple, which do you prefer, and why?

 

[VGP]

I've always preferred Dubs over Subs. Sure, some Dubs are bad, but I've seen more good than bad~! And not bashing on Subs either, I enjoy them.

 

[hakusa]

Subs. I like Japanese and kinda love hearing the anime characters speak in the original language. It also holds the original tone, meaning, etc. I dislike dubs most of the time, and I don't like the way the VAs speak too...

 

[MFDC12]

i don't care much for dubs. ive seen anime with subs on and english audio... sometimes they screwed it up bad. but i still prefer listening in the original language too

 

[mameks]

Subs. I like Japanese and kinda love hearing the anime characters speak in the original language. It also holds the original tone, meaning, etc. I dislike dubs most of the time, and I don't like the way the VAs speak too...

This is pretty much exactly why I prefer subs. Quite often the VAs lose some of, or all of, the emotion, or don't deliver a line as well as in the original.


derp

 

[Nobunaga]

i prefer subs cause the Jap. voices are awesome lol

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

Subs, unless the dub is good. More often than not, this isn't the case for me.

 

[CannonFoddr]

Don't actually watch much - but of the 2 I prefer Dubbed

Yes... Ok the voices are usually bad etc, but if Subbed - I seem to spend more time reading, then getting to watching the 'action'

 

[SinHarvest24]

Subs. I like Japanese and kinda love hearing the anime characters speak in the original language. It also holds the original tone, meaning, etc. I dislike dubs most of the time, and I don't like the way the VAs speak too...

This is pretty much exactly why I prefer dubs. Quite often the VAs lose some of, or all of, the emotion, or don't deliver a line as well as in the original.

I think you meant subs, but anyways this is pretty much the reason why i prefer subs. Also, in some anime's the dub version of the anime is sometimes more censored and over-all less enjoyable.

 

[CamulaHikari]

Subs~! I have a thing to keep things as original as possible~! :3

 

[notmeanymore]

9 times out of 10 I prefer the Subs.
1. There are subs out WAY before there's dub.
2. Certain things only work in japan and need a translator's note (see: Detective Conan)
3. The dub can be just awful (see: Naruto)

One of the odd scenarios where the dub is best: Dragonball Z. Other than that, nothing's coming to mind.

 

[Fel]

There's one anime which I think is better dubbed than subbed, and that's Romeo x Juliet. In Japanese all the characters sound and appear like the typical Japanese anime archetypes rather than what they are supposed to be, which the dubbed version suceeds in presenting. So because it's supposed to be a remake of a Shakespearian tragedy they just doesn't fit and with it, the subbed version feels like watching another anime which doesn't have really anything to do with the original tragedy.

The English VA gives it the richness and elaborateness both in script and voices which I really enjoy, although the script isn't censored or anything, it just sounds much more natural and uses more adequate formulations which aren't possible so much in Japanese. And it actually tries to resemble the language of Shakespeare, unlike the subbed version which is a direct (almost word-for-word) translation, so that's why it's better in my opinion. The first episode illustrates the differences nicely if anyone would like to see them, like the part where the main characters meet for the first time.

 

[Delta517]

Subs. I like hearing people talk the original language. Feels more natural.

 

[jurassicplayer]

Subs because I like to be a weeaboo (and because it feels better listening to something I don't understand).

 

[Shinigami357]

I'm a fast reader under normal circumstances, so subs feel more natural to me and it doesn't distract me or anything.

 

[pitman]

I like subs but I think dubs are necessary since that is what got me into anime in the first place.
I watched DBZ dubbed and from there...just look at my list

But lately its been getting harder to find quality subs groups since a lot of new anime are being translated by Cruchyroll and they are equivalent of a speed sub group, meaning meh to HOLY-GOD-STOP-RAPING-THE-ENGLISH-LANGUAGE.

 

[Issac]

When it comes to Anime: Subs!! non-original voice actors are terrible most of the time!
When it comes to movies and other cartoons and stuff: Subs, because that's what I'm used to.
I know many places in the world dub english movies into french, german, italian and spanish etc. but in sweden that only happens to kid movies (disney movies for example, toy story, casper, alvin and the chipmunks). So I'm more used to subs.

Also to add a little spice to the discussion: I think it's horribly bad for some countries that they dub every movie! I think it's a great way of learning english (and other languages) when listening to it spoken, and reading the translation to it at the same time. it's a great exercise on its own.

 

[mameks]

The only new anime that I'm going to watch dubbed in English is Eternal Diva

 

[SylvWolf]

I used to be a big fan of dubs and didn't care for much else, but recently I've been turning more and more towards subs. They just sound so much better (in most cases).

 

[Rubedo]

I prefer to watch a good dub to a sub, but it's just that there aren't that many really good dubs >_>