subbed maybe more accurate but even if your able to multi-task larger "speeches" tend to cause the viewer to either focus on what the characters are saying rather than what their doing. besides the point multi-taksing is unhealthy for a person's brain.The reason being, it disrupts concentration and focus not to mention it degrades both gradually to the point people find it difficult to do either although this is over the occurance of a long period of time mind you.Personally I perfer dubbs over subs for the soul fact I like to actually watch the moving pictures not read if I wanted to read then I'd buy the damned manga form of whatever anime I was watching really subbing anime is both pointless and sign of laziness for the producers and editors of that anime. Either that or their too cheap to afford voice actors or a proper editing staff. There is a reacurance with japanese subbs calm cool collected loud annoying bossy sarcastic and few others the problem is the lack of emphesis or emotion with many subbed anime at least with dubbed you can tell for the most part the american actors are making the attempt even if their failing at it. considering these anime's run for free, people really shouldn't be complaining all that much if it's dubbed or not. Be greatful for whatchya got people try to think of those people who don't even see a t.v. their worse off than you Im pretty sure they wouldn't gripe about something so trivial as dub/sub content if they were allowed to enjoy an anime once in a while.   See 12 other replies

I haven't sen any YuYu Hakusho; Cowboy Bebop & Blue Gender I've only been able to see in dub and so I have no sub to compare it to. FWIW, I thought the English voice acting on Cowboy Bebop was really great, and it stands out in terms of English anime talent. (Some English dubs I'd put in the same ranking are Samurai Champloo and Big O.) Blue Gender is passable in comparison. Strain & DBZ I've seen as both, and in terms of the acting abilities I thought Japanese and English were at similar levels of skill and/or similarly emoted. It is possible that which one you've seen first is the biggest indicator in your preference; FWIW, the same phenomenon is seen in the book vs. movie debate. In that people who read the book first tend to prefer the book, and people who see the movie first tend to prefer the movie.   See 12 other replies

I feel as if almost any anime is indicative of the issues I bring up, but here are a few I'm familiar with: YuYu Hakusho, Str.A.In, Dragonball Z, Cowboy Bebop, even Blue Gender. These shows may not be indicative of the talent of Japanese voice actors, but I fail to understand why people bless the subbed versions over the dubbed. In the case of the shows I listed, I feel as if the English voice actors more effectively convey the emotion required of the scene. In Blue Gender, for example, the Japanese dub sounds oddly disjointed from the emotion of the scene. Yes, the English dub is criticized for making Yuji out to be a cry-baby, but given the unfolding of the plot and the other show's elements, the English dub gets it right.At the same time, though, I must admit that in the case of all of these animes, I have first been exposed to and watched the dubbed versions prior to trying the subbed versions. And I don't understand Japanese, whether or not this makes a difference, I'll let you be the judge of that.   See 12 other replies

lol. i'm not even sure how to respond to that.i mean, feel free to take your time - i check threads at random so who knows when i'll be back here next anyway. in the meantime, my main reason for preferring subs to dubs is because of translation issues rather than the way the actors read their lines. not that it can't be a factor, i just don't weigh it as heavily, i guess. so while i can't promise you its "flawless" i responded to someone in another thread regarding that issue, and its easier for me to give you a linky-poo than to rehash. http://www.hulu.com/ah-my-goddess?forums=1&post_id=1096403&topic_id=257395   See 12 other replies

Hey Alwynne! I promise I'll respond to your post in detail as soon as I can. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to respond within the next two to three weeks. At the same time, if you can provide me with a flawless article and thus covert me to "the 'dark side' of watching subs," I encourage you to do so. There's nothing I like more than an academic debate, or I guess as close to academic as we can make it given our topic of subs vs. dubs.   See 12 other replies

Hi AM,I appreciate your clarification/unpack -and I swear, I'm not going to try and convert you to the "dark side" of watching subs - but I simply don't understand your criticism that Japanese voice actors don't emote when reading dialogue. I've never heard a completely flat reading from a Japanese voice actor. Maybe you could give me a couple of examples? So we can be on the same page?   See 12 other replies