I like dubs! - Page 7

Lord of Joshelplex · 11-03-2006, 02:22 PM

I prefer the dub, but only voice dubs, no censoring. I often find it difficult to cthc humor (specifically sarcasm) when I can't recognize the words or tones. Excel Saga porably wouldnt be as funny as it is unless it's in your native language.

HOOH! Last person to prefer dubs!

Robert Paulson · 07-18-2007, 10:53 AM

If a show's English dubbing is well done, I will prefer watching it in English. For my money, Fullmetal Alchemist, Trinity Blood, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex are very well dubbed; no odd censorships, all the characters sound their part, voices sound convincing, yeah.

Also, yes, I don't hate Japanese animation as a whole anymore. FMA, TB, and GITS:SAC all happen to be programs I like very much, especially considering how well done their dubbing was.

CelesJessa · 07-18-2007, 12:03 PM

Just because I want to throw this in here:

I don't usually watch anime(honostly, I could probably count the number of animes I've watched on two hands), so my opinion between dubs and subs might be a bit biased (since I don't have a lot of experience between both)

But generally, I will always prefer the dub over the sub. It just sounds better to hear it in my native language and, if it's done well, I can get so much more out of the emotion when it's done in english.

For example. In FMA, when Hughes dies, I don't think Mustang's reaction wouldn't have been nearly as powerful to me if I didn't hear it in english and hear the waver in his voice. And Ed crying in the english version just sounds so much more meaningful to me.
Also, FMA did a fantastic job with their english casting. The only series ever to get me to actually pay attention to the people behind the voices. ("Pay attention" I guess is talking lightly, since I went to meet the voice of Ed(Vic Mignogna), bought all 3 of his music CDs, and hope to go meet the voice of Mustang (Travis Willingham!) next year (crap, I'm like a groupie now, I guess)

Anyway, basically the only thing that will make me watch the sub instead of the dub is if the dub makes me ears bleed (like Sailor Moon in the later seasons).

Elminster_Amaur · 10-07-2007, 07:30 PM

CJ, Miniskirts are waaay better than Rangers.

There are only four or five dubs that I think are even worth watching:
Hellsing (and Ultimate)
Trigun
FMA
and
Cowboy Bebop

I watch everything else either subbed or raw.

Aerozord · 11-05-2007, 05:36 PM

I find it hilarious that my friend, who actually is one of the people that does these fan translations, hates subs. To her its, raw or dub (though as a japanese speaker she normally selects raw)

WillyFourEyes · 02-01-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwalchavad

I'm a big fan of well done dubs myself. So far, though, FLCL has to be the only dub I've come across that I actually prefer to the original.

And I tend to watch Cowboy Bebop in dub form, just because I got used to Steven Blum's voice from the Adult Swim run. It really does fit Spike well.

Excel Saga is another one where I almost exlusively watch dub, while I'm a fairly fast reader, damn, the dialogue just moves waaay too fast sometime (give those people some tranquilizers!) Big props to Jessica Calvello for spitting out so many words without breathing, we hope you didn't suffer from any permanent brain damage while working on it. Also, I like the fruitier sound to Il Palazzo's voice in the english... don't know why. And Nabeshin as a Southern white Shaft is perfect.

Everything else I watch in sub unless I anticipate not being able to devote my full attention to the screen while viewing, you know like watching TV while you eat or something.

Word on the Excel Saga dub wuv.

I don't remember Shaft having that big a 'fro, though. Heh.

cal2jack · 10-18-2008, 05:02 PM

Ive only liked a select few dubs mainly because i find that you loose a lot of the original poetry of anime or films with dubs.

Dubs of note that i like: spirited away, howls moving castle, and princess mononoke. (too many o's?). And yeah they are all ghibli, and incidentally ghibli is basically the only dubs i like.

Chocobo · 07-08-2009, 12:52 PM

I prefer dubs over subs.

The only time that I ever preferred sub over dub was when 4Kids dubbed One Piece, and now FUNimation has a hold of it now.

Specterbane · 08-27-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Elminster_Amaur

CJ, Miniskirts are waaay better than Rangers.

There are only four or five dubs that I think are even worth watching:
Hellsing (and Ultimate)
Trigun
FMA
and
Cowboy Bebop

I watch everything else either subbed or raw.

Actually I'd argue there are some others to add there.

Samurai Champloo is good
Darker Than Black
Baccano (as I've recently found)
Yu Yu Hakusho
Slayers is great by the second half
Outlaw Star is good too
and
Ruroni Kenshin (I HATE the sub of this, as a grown man Kenshin should not be voiced by a woman, just my opinion)

CABAL49 · 08-27-2009, 10:53 PM

Gundam. Original series dubs.

11-03-2006, 02:22 PM	#61
Lord of Joshelplex Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bird's Hill MB Posts: 4,055	I prefer the dub, but only voice dubs, no censoring. I often find it difficult to cthc humor (specifically sarcasm) when I can't recognize the words or tones. Excel Saga porably wouldnt be as funny as it is unless it's in your native language. HOOH! Last person to prefer dubs! Last edited by Lord of Joshelplex; 02-15-2007 at 08:42 AM.

07-18-2007, 10:53 AM	#62
Robert Paulson His name was Robert Paulson. Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 261	If a show's English dubbing is well done, I will prefer watching it in English. For my money, Fullmetal Alchemist, Trinity Blood, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex are very well dubbed; no odd censorships, all the characters sound their part, voices sound convincing, yeah. Also, yes, I don't hate Japanese animation as a whole anymore. FMA, TB, and GITS:SAC all happen to be programs I like very much, especially considering how well done their dubbing was. __________________ If you are reading this, then you have too much free time on your hands.

07-18-2007, 12:03 PM	#63
CelesJessa DA-DA-DA-DAA DAA DAA DA DA-DAAAAAA! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Zanzibar Land Posts: 6,531	yaay dubbing Just because I want to throw this in here: I don't usually watch anime(honostly, I could probably count the number of animes I've watched on two hands), so my opinion between dubs and subs might be a bit biased (since I don't have a lot of experience between both) But generally, I will always prefer the dub over the sub. It just sounds better to hear it in my native language and, if it's done well, I can get so much more out of the emotion when it's done in english. For example. In FMA, when Hughes dies, I don't think Mustang's reaction wouldn't have been nearly as powerful to me if I didn't hear it in english and hear the waver in his voice. And Ed crying in the english version just sounds so much more meaningful to me. Also, FMA did a fantastic job with their english casting. The only series ever to get me to actually pay attention to the people behind the voices. ("Pay attention" I guess is talking lightly, since I went to meet the voice of Ed(Vic Mignogna), bought all 3 of his music CDs, and hope to go meet the voice of Mustang (Travis Willingham!) next year (crap, I'm like a groupie now, I guess) Anyway, basically the only thing that will make me watch the sub instead of the dub is if the dub makes me ears bleed (like Sailor Moon in the later seasons). __________________

10-07-2007, 07:30 PM	#64
Elminster_Amaur Her hands were cold and small. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: My Mind Posts: 2,049	CJ, Miniskirts are waaay better than Rangers. There are only four or five dubs that I think are even worth watching: Hellsing (and Ultimate) Trigun FMA and Cowboy Bebop I watch everything else either subbed or raw. __________________ "It just rubs me the wrong way." -CJ, most likely about non-yaoi porn or something

11-05-2007, 05:36 PM	#65
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	I find it hilarious that my friend, who actually is one of the people that does these fan translations, hates subs. To her its, raw or dub (though as a japanese speaker she normally selects raw) __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

10-18-2008, 05:02 PM	#67
cal2jack Goomba Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	Ive only liked a select few dubs mainly because i find that you loose a lot of the original poetry of anime or films with dubs. Dubs of note that i like: spirited away, howls moving castle, and princess mononoke. (too many o's?). And yeah they are all ghibli, and incidentally ghibli is basically the only dubs i like.

07-08-2009, 12:52 PM	#68
Chocobo Shyguy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 127	I prefer dubs over subs. The only time that I ever preferred sub over dub was when 4Kids dubbed One Piece, and now FUNimation has a hold of it now.

08-27-2009, 10:53 PM	#70
CABAL49 Not bad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Senatus Populusque Americanus Posts: 1,584	Gundam. Original series dubs.