Anime Sub or Dub?: The debate starts over...

[Asif Khan]

I will only say this once. I hate it when VA's force themselves to try and sound like the original character...when dubbing that is :no: I was a bit disappointed at Shinchan's dubbed voice. I know the seiyuu for Shinchan was a woman but this dubbed version, the VA is just attempting to sound manly with a hint of a woman's voice >.

[Viash V]

Hi Matt,

I think it's better if you just linked that at the Anime thread since this thread is just for a debate on whether Japanese anime is better in subtitled/original version or in its dubbed (more commonly English) version.

[Wrench8]

I have the imported version :yay: And the Japanese voices were great. Just kinda found it annoying that it focused too much on Cloud. I don't know, maybe it's just me. I've never really played the games before.

I'm not buying the billingual version...I hear a lot of mix reviews on how the English version was so I'm just gonna stick with my intuition and avoid it :nod:

[MTsBabydoll]

There are some anime series when the voice actors who dub it to the English/American version sound lifeless. I can understand if they have to slightly change the dialogue because our mouth movements aren't the same to the Japanese version.



This is true. But sometimes the story line or the characters do change in dubbed versions. Sailor Moon (story-line wise when episodes were being omitted entirely), Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece...etc.

[!-SaRaH-!]

You can't forger dialog, character personalities, and places.

[elinorshiby]

This person writes a blog and uses DBZ was one of the many shows that make people decide dubbed or original Japanese Anime uncensored: Dragon Ball He writes /blogs about all things anime . not a fan site blogs and articles about anime

[mlou]

I know. They're just soo bland. I watched a little bit of the english version of my Angelic Layer and they have the same worRAB but the voice acting and voices are horrible!

[3dogs]

I have to go with subs on this one.

[lukeisbeast10]

Since i'm so used to subtitles.. I think it's better but if it is dubbed it allows people instead of having to read to follow the chracters better or story-line definitely. It does sound kind of weird to me though at times because of the difference in the sounRAB of th original to the dubbed.

[Don18]

I forgot about that. Sailor Jupiter can blast everyone in her wheelchair :lol:

I want to see a live actor talk about the heart of the carRAB with a straight face and sound serious