One curious YouTuber interested in the seemingly endless dubs vs subs debate has been asking Japanese what they think of English dubs in the futile hopes of ending the discussion once and for all, with their reactions bound to infuriate someone either way.
The interview video:
What people online think of this “study”:
“When it comes to dubbing, it’s not the voice actors decision to make their characters sound like they do, it’s their producers/manager’s job for that (depending on the show).”
“All the American dubs are crap, they are just too lazy to read. The original Japanese language has all the nuance and feeling, and the American dub is just Yelling.”
“Original is always better (In my opinion).”
“Jesus you get alot of weebs in this comment section.”
“For me it depends on each individual anime and their voice actors. Sub is generally better because it encapsulates Japanese reactions better.”
“I’ve always hated English dub and I don’t even speak Japanese. Subtitles all the way!”
“I always prefer to watch content with its native language intact.”
“I’m from Poland and I find English dub in anime HORRIBLE. :S”
“Naruto has the most awful english dub. Zero accent and flat af. Super cringefest!”
“And to think, the “Naruto” English dub gets so much flack from the weebs. Maile Flanagan is such a talent!”
“Wow, I was expecting that they would prefer Japanese, but I wasn’t expecting them to basically say that the bad dubs are good and the good dubs are bad.”
“English dubbers lack emotion that’s why I prefer to watch the original.”
“I think Subbed is better cause the characters sound like what they’re supposed to sound like.”
“Japanese dub on average sounds more melodramatic and overacted.”
“One thing that I think people don’t realize or vastly underestimate is how really fucking difficult it can be to match English words to the “lip flaps” that were animated to Japanese speakers.”
“I’m just glad that one of them recognized that Goku sounds better in the English dub.”
“English dub threads should have a NSFW tag please.”
It’s funny how people almost always use “weeaboo” or “weeb” to make their points whenever this comes up about liking the anime in its original language over the dubbed English format. I personally don’t care for English dubs and would rather watch the anime the way it was originally meant to be seen. But yes, call me a “weeb”, if you so wish, I’m a purist. I don’t ever play my games dubbed and English-translated and I DO KNOW Japanese, and I don’t care what their voices sound like, even if the characters are foreign, alien, or Japanese. I have seen countless games and anime horribly destroyed by English dubs and horrible translations, and it’s pretty sad how this is still being done and it won’t stop. I never whitewash or “Caucasianize” my anime or games.
Some people can`t hear japanese at all. That must be the reason they think dub is better.
If your hearing works, you know it is NOT!
Not all Dubs are worse.
Actually, I think the reason a lot of dubs are bad is because the ideas and culture of the people in the show are weird and foreign to Caucasians. So when they write and act the lines, they don’t understand why the character feels that way. One Piece is a good example of a “foreign” show, and Dragon Ball, which is goofy and easy to understand, was well interpreted because writers and actors understood where those people were coming from.
Disgaea is a good example of an anime that was actually better in English.
The Japanese version is very serious (at least in the Trailer), but the English version is fittingly goofy and playful. The characters are effectively immortal, so I don’t think they would experience the stress that would cause them to be super serious.
Armitage III also has a great dub. I haven’t watched the Japanese version, so I can’t say if it’s better, but the English version was at least good enough that I didn’t think to.
Dubs are trash in general, just like this new site layout. Fire whoever designed it or get a refund if it was contracted.
Change the page to black and I am set.
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