English vs Japanese?

[DXrobots]

the age old question which do you prefer the english dub or the Japanese dub? I know a lot of people prefer watching the japanese dub but I do think there are some english dub animes that are pretty good. I for one love dragon ball Z in english and can't stand the japanese dub.

 

[twocows]

Some English dubs are tolerable, but I rarely find one that's actually better than the original. On the other hand, there are some localizations that completely gut a series of anything meaningful or significantly degrade a series' impact. I generally watch things subtitled unless there's a really compelling reason why I shouldn't (and there almost never is).

 

[EmeraldSerenade]

It depends really... I prefer the Japanese subs instead of the English dubs because the English dubs just never cut it for me ;/
...Although, I haven't watched enough anime to prove that Japanese is always better then English though, so the above is just my opinion ^^

 

[Alice]

sub 99.9% of the time. If I started watching it in dub I usually don't want to change though.

 

[Vernikova]

I prefer English dubs for the sole fact that they're in English. If the dub sucks (Even though I'm not bothered 99.999% of the time) then I wouldn't continue watching the show since I can't be bothered to watch it in Japanese even if the show is a really good one.

 

[A Pixy]

I will not watch an anime unless it is dubbed.

 

[digi-kun]

oh man, Japanese dubs suck. Have you ever seen some of those old Disney movies dubbed over in Japanese? Haven't seen the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Japanese Dub though.......

Honestly, usually it ends up being a test of which one I've watched first. To the most part, it's me getting used to the voices and not getting used to the other voices. I do have to admit though, the English dubs have been getting better over the years......sorta.....To that point, I've usually seen the Japanese first, so usually it'll be that.

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

It depends, if I start watching a series in English first then I won't feel like watching it in Japanese, and vice-versa. Except for like Pokemon and Dragonball I normally watch the English Dub. Sometimes it also depends how far the series has gotten up to in the English Dub.

But if the series is originally in English then I don't see a reason to watch it in Japanese. E.g The Little Mermaid.

 

[Esper]

日本語の方がいいよ。

I'm of the 'original language is best' mindset. If it was recorded in Japanese first then that's how I'd like to hear it so all my anime stays in Japanese except for the rare cases when I'm watching something like a Ghibli movie with someone who can't handle subtitles and that's only because Ghibli movies are dubbed by Disney and they usually do a good job of it.

With anything live action there's no question that it has to be in its original. I've seen, or rather heard, Japanese dubs of CSI, 24, and the original Star Trek and they were terribly overacted (Not that Star Trek wasn't overacted in the first place, but you get my point). It wouldn't be wrong to say they were godawful. The fact that the lips don't sync is just icing on the failcake.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I had been watching dubbed anime but now I don't like it and I prefer eng sub with jp dub or RAWs.

 

[Graceful]

It Matters - I Like Subbed And Dubbed About The Same In Some Anime (Like The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya :D) And then I Like The Subbed or Dubbed Better.

 

[Sarah Paliner]

Honestly, usually it ends up being a test of which one I've watched first. To the most part, it's me getting used to the voices and not getting used to the other voices. I do have to admit though, the English dubs have been getting better over the years......sorta.....To that point, I've usually seen the Japanese first, so usually it'll be that.

This. However, since I'm on the internet and subs are the preferred medium, I mostly watch anime in Japanese with English subtitles. If I had a choice, though, I'd take subs over dubs to begin with since I won't have a problem understanding what the people are saying if the accents are particularly bad. Not that there aren't great English dubs out there. I enjoyed the Baccano! dub, personally.

 

[Sosuke Aizen]

Most of the time I prefer the japanese dub...
Although, I don't find anything particularly wrong with (most) english dubs...

 

[XxBr0keNxX]

I almost always enjoy the Japanese dubs. I honestly don't like any of the English dubs... Well, with the exception of Pokemon.
I always watch that in English.

 

[Ashe~]

Japanese version of anything is so much better.

 

[Azumi]

Some English dubs are actually great, and ALONG with the Japanese dubs I also watch the English ones. It's vice versa too.

If not I just watch either.

The reason I actually started preferring Japanese dubs is that they are much better than Cantonese dubs. That's why I get more used to watching Japanese dubs.

If there are good English dubs, I'd watch it of course.

 

[Mad Hatteress]

I really appreciate good dubs because I can connect better with something that uses my language. Earlier dubbed animes are too painful to listen to, since back then no one really cared, but most times I'm surprised if I run across a poorly done dub.

Most of the time the Japanese voices do suit the characters better, but I gotta say the English dub of Bebop blew the original out of the water. Ed especially sounds sooooo much better in English. The Japanese Ed doesn't sound zany at all and tends to sound pretty composed.

 

[Taichi]

Japanese version of anything is so much better.

Nope. Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, FLCL, DBZ, Power Rangers RPM, Disney Animated Original Films, Cell Phones, Soon to be Heroman Dub, and Dan Green say "WTF are you talking about?"

 

[Trope]

I watch anime in Japanese, either raw or subbed.

I've seen very few series that had good English dubs imo.

 

[Aether]

It depends, some anime is just intolerable subbed or vice versa. I tend to prefer stuff like DBZ and Cromartie high school dubbed, while stuff like Air Gear and Spice and Wolf I prefer subbed.