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Do you prefer to watch Anime in Japanese with English subs or in English?

It depends. I would prefer to watch the dub, as it it usually shown on television. I don't like watching subs (on the computer, at least) because it strains my eyes too much. @_@

Since English is my first language, I would rather watch it dubbed than subbed. In my opinion, some anime have been dubbed pretty well. Examples of such? Nerima Daikon Brothers, Cowboy Bebop, Funimation One Piece, Super GALS!, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note....the list goes on and on! And to think Nerima Daikon Brothers was dubbed down to every last song (with the exception of the Prime Minister's BGM), and pulled off pretty dang well imo.

so yeah. More oft then not, Dub > Sub.
 
It depends on the anime for me. If the English dub sounds alright, then I'll watch it in English. But I find that most anime sound better with the original Japanese VAs so I tend to watch it RAW (even though I barely understand half of it) or with English Subs.
 
BreD said:
The best dub imo is Death Note, it's done quite well, although i still watched it subbed.
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It's pretty good. L's voice made me cringe the first time I heard it though [and I don't like Light. Raito sounds much better imo.]

But honestly, like everyone else has said, it depends on the show. Take something like Gantz- they keep the original names, plus the voices are really well done and fit quite well. However, every so often you get something horrible, like Shido's voice in Getbackers [he has a lisp. x.x]
 
What trainer Kat said, some animes are good in dubs and some are not. Gundam Seed, WORST DUB EVER! And I like Gundam. >_<
 
English, my eyes start hurtiong after a while of reading the subs. >_<
 
Depends for me. xD Though usually it's Japanese. :3
 
The Dub... I know it's a tad silly but after reading all that coursework for college, I just wanna kick back and relax - NOT read more! :P

But there are some scenes which dubbers cut out and I'll go and rewatch the subbed version of the same episode just for a particular scene (namely Yami Bakura eating steak in Yu-Gi-Oh! Simply adore that scene!)
 
I try to avoid Raws, since it's guess work on my part trying to figure out what they're saying (though in some cases I have no choice). But I've seen dubs and subtitled Japanese versions. It really depends on the Anime, and which version I see first (which sadly is probably true for a majority of people here, whether they admit it or not).

Galla said:
The Dub... I know it's a tad silly but after reading all that coursework for college, I just wanna kick back and relax - NOT read more! :P
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Sadly, a good majority of Anime fans are the exact same way. It doesn't matter the reason, they simply don't like spending a half hour or so reading lines of dialogue (flashbacks to customers at my work ensue). I'm not arguing that Subs are usually superior to Dubs, but that's just the way alot of people are.
 
I prefer to watch I dubbed if it's dubbed well, otherwise I prefer the subtitles.
 
Japanese with English subs, sweetie. It makes it cooler in my opinion, and it helps me to take the show a little more seriously, sweeties. XD
 
I enjoy watching bolth, however, when they change the voices suddenly in the english versions to unbelievably rediculous voices (as with one piece....) it dose get a tad bit hard to watch *hasnt watched one piece since*

I do admit though, watching the non-watered-down japanese version yeilds much better truthfulness to the storylines.
 
I prefer english with no subs, but there are some things that i hate what they change, like in bleach, kon is looking up rukia's skirt, japanese he says "nice angle im glad im a stuffed animal" and english he says me and ichigo were talking about my name, lol.
 
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