Sub v. Dub

Shitty 90s OVAs and other so-bad-it's-good anime is generally only made better with shitty dubs. For things that are legitimately good, it has to be subs. The Dragon Ball and DBZ dubs are also nostalgic to me from childhood, I have to admit.

⌬⌬⌬ wrote

literally no reason to watch dubs over subs other than just wanting to hear how worse it is in your own language

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And who's to say it sounds better in Japanese?

I love Japan; language, culture, and all. But I can't stand some of the voice acting tropes over there. Like having any moderately mature female character sound like an old hag, or giving the stereotypical moe character a voice so squeaky and shrill, she could likely shatter windows just by holding a note.

I'm not saying all anime is like this, but bad voicework is bad voicework. And given the choice, I'd rather be annoyed in my native language than one I don't understand.

I've never watched a dub but I would do it if it was highly recommended to me.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the original Japanese voice actors are considered bad, but a lot of us just can't really tell because we haven't listened to Japanese our entire lives. Just a theory though.

Backlash wrote
⌬⌬⌬ wrote

literally no reason to watch dubs over subs other than just wanting to hear how worse it is in your own language

And who's to say it sounds better in Japanese?

In all likelihood it probably doesn't, but if I can't understand the language and am too busy reading the subs I'm much less likely to notice if it's bad unless it's Cookie★ levels of blatantly horrible.

7 months later
Backlash wrote

"... Don't slut-shame me."

This is a good dub.

-snip-

Christ... maybe it wouldn't sound so bad to me if I hadn't heard the Japanese dub first.

malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

"... Don't slut-shame me."

This is a good dub.

-snip-

Christ... maybe it wouldn't sound so bad to me if I hadn't heard the Japanese dub first.

Bad? Naw man, this is awesome! 😃

I love when the English VAs throw their own quips in the script. Lets me appreciate how passionate they are.

Backlash wrote
malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

"... Don't slut-shame me."

This is a good dub.

-snip-

Christ... maybe it wouldn't sound so bad to me if I hadn't heard the Japanese dub first.

Bad? Naw man, this is awesome! 😃

I love when the English VAs throw their own quips in the script. Lets me appreciate how passionate they are.

Yeah I like both the dub and the sub in that case. Not a big fan of the show though

Started on subs and just kind of stayed in the habit. Though I actually prefer Higurashi's dub, I think that's because it's easier for me to get scared when I don't have to read subtitles.

a month later

This is turning out to be one of the best dubs I've ever heard. Leah Clark sounds exactly how I'd imagine Kobayashi in real life, especially whilst drunk off her ass.

Backlash wrote

This is turning out to be one of the best dubs I've ever heard. Leah Clark sounds exactly how I'd imagine Kobayashi in real life, especially whilst drunk off her ass.

Too bad i can probably understand more japanese than what i can decipher from kobayashi in that dub. Sure it's good but i'd need subs to understand it.

2 months later

This show might've faded somewhat in my eye, but the English dub is still to die for.

6 days later
23 days later

I have watched a dubbed anime only once because I couldn’t stand it... Guess that explains it!

a year later

Any 'a y'all heard KonoSuba has a dub now?

Gotta say, it's breddy gud.

5 months later

Bahahahaha, how was the first English dub of Cardcaptor Sakura (ahem, sorry, CardCaptors) this horrendously bad? Like, granted, the VAs were probably paid pennies, but for Pete's sake Sakura sounds older than me. >.<

The hit-and-miss musical score aside, what's interesting to me is how they splice out important plot elements just to make the show even more kid-friendly. This was from the "Jelly Donuts" era of dubbing, and it shows, but it's not like kids never develop an unattainable crush on an older friend. Or, y'know, stumbled across Japanese in some capacity.

Compared with the newer version, there really isn't any contest:

4 months later

Hohohooo, this is freakin' rich. Who needs an Abridged Series when the dubbing cast's got it covered? :'D

Hell, I would pay good money to see 'em pull a Ghost Stories and adopt this for the rest of the show. They might even make Season 2 watchable again!

"Is this what you're looking for?"
"Is it?"
"Yeet."

"YOU THERE, IT IS I, GENERAL MOOSE! ... ONE-V-ONE ME, BRO!"

"And she used all her Patreon money to get all the equipment! That's why she has a million subscribers, I guess!"
"Oh nooo, RIP Amanda... hehehe!"
"She's the reason I got demonetized." <3

a month later

Bahahaha, man, people get angry over the stupidest crap sometimes. Back when Miss K's Dragon Maid got its English dub, this one dude went on an essay-length tirade about how the dub was SJW propaganda, just 'cause of one line that was probably improv'd by the voice actor.

In case ya didn't catch it:
Kanna: "I know the truth. You seduced her with your-, your body!"
Kobayashi: "Hmm?"
Ka: "You cuckold!"
Ko: "Hmm."
Ka: "You slut in glasses!"
Ko: "Oh-kay, pretty sure you're making a mistake. Don't slut-shame me- Whoa, okay!"
Ka: "Break up with her, slut! Give her back!"

YouTube comments are the worst, am I right? And they didn't even mention Kanna's perfect line after Kobayashi called her out. xD