Japanese or English Voices?

By Basaka. 06/05/09, 02:36 am

Most english VAs are decent people... cept a few.

Japanese VAs are just lol (read Minorin's blog. It's so funny).
That and its extremely hard to find a pic of Sugita (Kyon's VA) not doing a retarded face.

By Doughtnut_Bandit. 06/05/09, 07:00 am

Out of curiosity, how many people here can actually speak Japanese? I can't, so I tend to watch dubs because of that. I see automatically hating the dub without giving it equal chance is kinda ignorant.

I can read subtitles but I usually watch Anime in English first due to not having to read, then I watch in jap.

By Basaka. 06/05/09, 11:10 am

I took Jap up to year 13, not doing it in Uni. So i can somewhat watch raws.

By Sheldawg. 06/05/09, 01:21 pm

I check on this topic and it has 6 pages D:
Yeah.. im learning Japanese this year, probably continuing next year too.

By Doughtnut_Bandit. 07/05/09, 05:17 am

Cool, I'm just curious because I know a lot of people who know nothing about the language and only watch it in jap. I did try studying it at Uni and such, but I didn't do so well ^_^;

To be honest, it kinda comes off as them being all elitist and such x.x I mean, if it has no dub then fair enough ^^ But I like to give the dubbers a couple of episodes, and I only stop with the dub if several voices annoy me. Because if one voice can ruin a show for you then that's kinda silly, unless it's the main character xD

By Adulescentulus Carnifex. 07/05/09, 05:34 am

am i too late >_>
It depends on the anime 90% of the time i prefer japanese, but theres some cases like fullmetal alchemist where the japanese voices SUCK and the english ones are actually really good >_>

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Japanese for me 8D

Some dubs are ok but most of the time I still prefer the original Japanese

By ^_^Steve^_^. 08/07/09, 02:42 pm

SUB NOT DUB YO

By Freddie. 08/07/09, 02:43 pm

I always watch with the Jap first, the Eng 8D

By Kat. 08/07/09, 02:50 pm

always in jap even if subs arent always avalible the english dubs tends to burn like a thousand suns

By guest18. 12/07/09, 09:30 am

I prefer japanese voice

it is great way of learning bit and piece of foreign culture and language

By MissEevee. 12/07/09, 10:20 am

Japanese!

English dubbing sounds so odd to me now. D:

also, the funniest dubbing you'll ever hear is Laputa, Castle in the Sky.
roflll@Australian accents and horrific translations. >.<

By Pyro. 12/07/09, 12:19 pm

Doughtnut_Bandit wrote:: Because if one voice can ruin a show for you then that's kinda silly, unless it's the main character xD

The only time ever that I've actually had to stop watching a dub and switch to sub ever was because of one minor character's voice. -is silly-

They sounded awful~ Their voice was really deep and strange. So I switched to Japanese, and found that, despite the fact that I disliked the rest of the cast's voices in Jap., his was perfect. xD

By Mira. 12/07/09, 03:13 pm

Japanese voices are so much better though English ones aren't always too bad. But with Higurashi no naku koro ni or When they cry the English voices are truly awful >.<

By saske. 16/07/09, 11:43 am

the first time i start an anime! if it is in english then i will stick with the english but if i start watching it with japanese then i stay with that lol!

i Started Tsubasa in eng! but yes its TRUE. It is a MUST to watch in Japanese!!! A MUST!

By Reikaiser. 17/07/09, 02:51 pm

For Anime, mostly Jap

By Amura. 24/07/09, 06:48 am

Japanese. Though, in D Gray Man I think the english voices are better

By Saiyajin Mui. 24/07/09, 08:20 am

To be honest, I usually do both. Some anime sound better in JP (Fate/Stay Night, Mobile Suit Gundam, ect) but some are better in English (Hellsing, Speed Grapher, etc). I however watch a majority in Japanese.

By Interstella. 26/07/09, 12:27 pm

Not only is it a lot more authentic to watch anime in Japanese, but you also manage to pick up some of the language here and there. I mean, there are things that don't translate well (or at all) that you pick up by watching anime (like 'itadakimasu').

By s-in-c. 27/07/09, 02:43 pm

i'm a jap seiyuu fangirl and i pick anime by seiyuu most of the time .^-^

By Zeb. 27/07/09, 02:47 pm

Biased poll. There should also be a "don't care." Razz

Ahem... older generation anime I prefer the Japanese.
Newer generation anime, well, I listen to both and find strengths and weaknesses in both. Won't be a snob and say Japanese again, cause that would be doing dis-service to some of the professional English voice actors, who really are quite good.

By Kelz. 27/07/09, 04:13 pm

Most of the time I'll watch it in japanese. If the english is awesome, I'll watch it in english.

I watched Chobits and FMA in english because that's what I had available.

When you're used to one set of voices, its hard to swap.

By MissEevee. 27/07/09, 04:15 pm

i think CardCaptors is one of the funniest dubbings ever.
aside from Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

CardCaptors has pauses in the weirdest places.
and Sakura sounds like a preppy Cali girl. D:

By Kelz. 28/07/09, 12:33 am

I watched Cardcaptors on TV when I was little. Now I'm watching it in japanese. I'll have to see an episode in english again for comparison.

By MissEevee. 28/07/09, 02:29 am

do itttt ~

also, listen to the "fly" in the "watch me fly" part of the opening theme.

SO OFF KEY. D:

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