lol i was thinking the same thing!   See 1 other reply

I agree that it is often a case of who is doing the dubbing, I know of one studio that I have been impressed with their continued good work (at least in my opinion of the shows I have seen). But on the other hand, I enjoy watching the material in its original language often because of some of the more minor facets that go into translation. When recording a dub, there are factors of trying to match the translation and recordings there of to the video itself, and I have occasionally felt that sacrifices are made to the dialogue due to this fact, whereas a more literal translation is possible in subtitles. Added to this there is the question of how much are they matching the directorial style of the original team, versus making something deviating the original intent. I realize this isn't the standard, but in my opinion it does happen, regardless of intent. I think ultimately it's important to go into watching a dub with a grain of salt. There have been times I enjoyed the dub better than the original language version, but ultimately if both are done well it shouldn't matter.   See 4 other replies

So I have noticed that in every anime someone has to bring up the whole thing of Subtitles over dubed....yes I understand there is something to be said for seeing it in its original form and that the dubing usually ends up with some changes in the dialogue but then again they also change things in the subtitles too. I realy don't understand why people seem to want so badly to have to follow along reading while they try and pay attention to the action going on on the screen at the same time...I don't care how fast you read or how good you think you are there will always be a time when you are reading the words and miss seeing some half second subtle thing going on on the screen that is signifigant and there will also come a time when you are caught up in the action and end up missing a few words of somehting important being said. I am slowly and clumsily working on learning Japanese (it is a difficult language to learn) and in about ten or twenty more years when i have mastered it i will be happy to go back and rewatch everything I have seen in its original form but for now it just seems simpler to be able to hear it in a language I understand and focus on watching without dividing my attention to read at the same time.   See 9 other replies

I agree with the idea that as a western I would just rather hear nice Americany sounding voices..if it was set in Japan maybe original language would be ok..for that matter it bothers me that a good portion of dubed anime set in Japan seems use voices with no accent. Probably as important as the fact that they speak english in the American old west is the fact that they used some of the best voice talent out there. I rather enjoy hearing a familiar voice when I watch anime...probably the best ever was that they used the voice actors formthe series on Death Note for the dubing in the movie.....as soon as anyone spoke you knew who they were. Im all for watching with subtitles but there is also the fact that when Im watching most shows I would like ot be able to eat a sandwich without worrying that when I look down at my plate i will miss someone saying somthing important to the plot.   See 9 other replies