That's why he's THE POPE.   See 16 other replies

(Rant Pt2)
You lose something in poor delivery of an anime. I've been glad to find more subtitles to watch. Deathnote entertained me the whole of the way through. But when attempting to try Samurai X, or the Descendents of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) I discovered the redubbed versions unwatchable to my own aesthetic tastes.Can anyone help my confusion on the topic of the re-dubs? Does hulu require new versions of it to play them on here? Or is it just something relating to the companies that originally produced them here in America?By the by, some anime I found appealing in english: Fake, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Alchemist (though I didn't care for the anime). So, in the end, I'm still undecided. I prefer to just wait and see how it sounds and try it both ways. I choose after hearing how both languages delivered the story. Good luck in your debate!   See 16 other replies

(Rant Pt1)
I have this debate with my friends quite often. Our grip is torn on both sides of the topic. I fall in the middle, leaning toward subtitles. Mostly because, yes, the voice acting attributes heavily to my enjoyment of an anime. Japanese voice actors have a certain style that they follow in most anime you watch. American voice acting in our animated series can range anywhere from Shakespearian quality to slapstick idiocy, to just downright painful to listen. The last of those three I find most often in dubbed anime. I have a handful of anime that I enjoy just as much, if not more in english than japanese. And some that I cringe in horror at. I've been discovering most of the english dubs on Hulu are not only poor quality (in my opinion) but re-dubs of anime I already thought were pretty decent on their own original translations.For example, what they have here on Hulu as 'Samurai X' I watched as Rurouni Kenshin. I was excited to see it here, but when I tried to watch it today, I was repulsed by the new voice actors they had pulled in to redo the series. I don't know the reason for it, but perhaps I was biased from the original cast. The character of Kenshin seems the same actor, but just... different.   See 16 other replies

Your 2nd paragraph definitely made me smile. Yeah, subs are usually preferred mostly because (not that I need to tell you), the voice acting ruins the appeal in dubs.   See 16 other replies

For those of us who can and enjoy READING. Subs are prefered. In 90% of cases the original voice acting is best. There will always be good and bad dubs. This particular one has a lot of problems with grammar appropriate to the more erudite characters. There will always be those who can't READ due to disability or lack of intelligence. Subs are needed for them. I compare the people who "can't be bothered to read text while watching anime" to people who can't walk and chew gum at the same time. I have been watching animes for the last 20 years, and I can count on one hand the number of Subs that did a good job of both translation and voice acting.   See 16 other replies