Dubbed or Subbed?

[uje]

Practically everything I watch is subbed. If I really enjoy an anime in the Sub and I have heard some good things about the dub then I will give it a try, but most of the time. Its companies like 4kids what ruin people for watching good subs to be honest and I think that less of 4kids would have meant more people would watch dub. I for one like Ryuzaki said just think watching the sub is how the anime was supposed to be, and how it originally was. No cut scenes, no silly voice acting. Just the way it actually was supposed to be. But hey! Be optimistic Watch both and make your own minds up.

One sub I hated was .hack/sign, I have no idea why I just really hated it, But to be honest I started hating that anime during the end of the series anyway. And I just hate everything done by 4kids.

The FMA dub was brilliant. That in fact did change my mind a lot about dubs.

[Southe,]

^ Funimation are really good with there dubs. like. i know for OP and FMA its been the the higher ups in japan who have given the ok fr the voices i know Oda gave the ok for the OP cast.

[Xoim]

I like subbed It's not like I read anything else ROFL!

[Neversoft]

Subtitles, for the simple reason that they're more thought out, planned, better directed, unedited, original and raw. Nothing in the entire world should be dubbed unless its a childrens program because quite simply its not how the movie, series, program or whatever is meant to be watched. Dubs alter from the original directors intentions, which can completely change the meaning of a program. Dubs miss out on a lot of the small details that are actually very important as well, and thats because dubbing takes place a while after a series, movie, program, etc has come out, it doesn't usually take place in production. That's a bad thing because they don't have the original director or any of the original staff to direct them. Instead they have a voice director, who only has limited information on the show that is being dubbed. Hence why dubs can also seem a lot more simple than subtitles. A prime example of this is the Evangelion dub. I felt dumber watching that dub because all the information that is presented to us in the original Japense version isn't included in the dub. Also, of course not verything can be tanslated so a lot of details are lost in translation, which alters from the directors original intentions yet again. I've seen some dubs which have left out references to Japanese history because an American audience wouldn't get it. A simple translation note can fix that but of course thats against the dubbing law because it's words on the screen, just what they're trying to prevent. So the reference is taken out altogether. Yes, there are some very good dubs out there, such as in Guyver, Dragon Ball Z and The Place Promised in Our Early Days, but if those shows were never dubbed I wouldn't care.

[Black_Apalachi]

Even though I've still hardly watched anything, subs all the way.

I don't see how dubs can be deemed as "better". Fair enough if you can't be bothered concentrating as much but it won't be better.

The concentration thing is part of why I haven't watched much, but I sill would rather wait until I have time to watch something subbed rather than settle it dubbed.

[Southe,]

Alot of people think the DBZ dub is bad :S lol anyway yea i dont mind it i think there good but i do prefer the japanese version better. tho everytime i hear kuririn i hear luffy. lol