Am i the only one who watched anime in Jap with subs?

[luna divin3r]

Everyone i have spoken to prefers to have the English audio rather than the Japanese so i feel rather strange for prefering the Jap audio and having subtitles.


Am i alone?

[Roa]

You are not alone.  All fellow Britannians here cannot understand the primitive eleven speak so they watch it with proper, Britannian subs.  The dubbing by the EU are quite bad because they haven't been blessed by the great Emperor of Britannia.

ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!

[Schmole]

Everyone i have spoken to prefers to have the English audio rather than the Japanese so i feel rather strange for prefering the Jap audio and having subtitles.

woooah - who have you been talking to!?!?!

i mean, the first anime i watched (FMA) was in english (only version my friend had). havent watched a dub since because they suck hairy donkey balls (even though the FMA dub didnt seem bad at all)

EDIT: i DID actually watch an episode of cowboy bebop in english, because i was getting bored... but the show didnt improve any

[jennkei]

You are not alone.  All fellow Britannians here cannot understand the primitive eleven speak so they watch it with proper, Britannian subs.  The dubbing by the EU are quite bad because they haven't been blessed by the great Emperor of Britannia.

ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!

I loled.

But I agree with Schmole. I thought the majority of the community watched with subs....after all, they ARE what's readily available. Unless you're a serial collector of DVDs, then they're as available as dubs. Honestly I stopped watching dubs after I heard some pretty bad ones.

[Jayzilla]

Most of the more less casual crowd will watch with subs.
Theres a few series that had a decent english dub, but those are rare.

[Yitza]

Most of the more less casual crowd will watch with subs.

Says the one with the 1337 engrish.

[Pudding]

You are not alone.  All fellow Britannians here cannot understand the primitive eleven speak so they watch it with proper, Britannian subs.  The dubbing by the EU are quite bad because they haven't been blessed by the great Emperor of Britannia.

ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!

SCREW BRITANNIA... FREE ELEVEN!!!! ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO!!!

ah yeh... watching subbed is better for me as well... so yeah... and i think more ppl like subbed than dubbed coz the dub sounds sooo bad

[Calisto]

Yes, i read subs too.... don't feel alone

pretty much the only japanese i understand is "What the heck was that" or "Idiot" or "i am blah blah blah-san" or "I understand" and yeh..... oh and i know how to say "I'll kill u too"

Ah.... i learn my japanese from Bleach lol xDDDD.... i think i'd go well in getting a job in japan with what i learn xD lol

[jt]

The most of the anime community prefer their anime dubbed, just mainly with Area 11 dialect

[vergeresolo]

In all honesty, the ONLY anime I've ever seen where the original Japanese sucked was Dragonball Z.
Every other anime stuffs up the voices if in English-_-. I mean, has anyone watched Kiddy Grade in English? It's horrendous ><

[Schmole]

Every other anime stuffs up the voices if in English-_-. I mean, has anyone watched Kiddy Grade in English? It's horrendous ><

i know what u mean - specially like the *cutesy* characters. i watched a bit of an ep of steel angel kurumi in english, and hoooollllyyy shiiiiit it was awful (and i didnt think it could get much worse with that series )

also had a go at Kannazuki no Miko in english - felt like disembowelling myself >_<

[vergeresolo]

Every other anime stuffs up the voices if in English-_-. I mean, has anyone watched Kiddy Grade in English? It's horrendous ><

i know what u mean - specially like the *cutesy* characters. i watched a bit of an ep of steel angel kurumi in english, and hoooollllyyy shiiiiit it was awful (and i didnt think it could get much worse with that series )

also had a go at Kannazuki no Miko in english - felt like disembowelling myself >_<

I feel so sorry for you >_<
Kannazuki no Miko is one of those anime (namely YURI ) that can't be watched with English voice actors. Firstly, the scripts are such that they're practically made with a Japanese voice actress already in mind. Secondly, there's usually a dominating/subservient relationship going on between the main characters, something that I have never even seen in an English film -_-

On that note, if anyone watches Strawberry Panic with English dubs instead of subs, I'll help them end their misery in any way they wish >.>

[VLSM]

SUBS ARE THE BEST >_<

Don't remind me off the painful experience of YuGiOH dubbed version.... YUgi is just.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Irae]

I know about 2 dozen people who follow anime, and ALL of them dislike dubs. Most of Asia's otaku community has a universal disdain for dubbed anime. Largely because a bulk of the dubs tend to be done by sub-par voice actors in the United States. The dialogue is awkward, the voices do not suit the characters, liberties are taken with the script, the acting is generally poor, and so on. Certain features integral to anime such as Japanese language nuances (i.e. Kenshin's unique speech in Rurouni Kenshin) or the idiosynchracies of the original voice actors (i.e. Lelouch in Code Geass) are either poorly carried over, or abandoned altogether.

[├[- ToHИo -]┤]

Don't worry bout it...
subs are anytime better than subs...

Code geass (soso), Hellsing, X the animation and samurai X are quite good english dubs though...
[but i hate suzaku's CV in english he just simply sucks....]