Anime Subs or Dubs?

[Giri]

Both dubs and subs are somewhat uncomfortable for me sometimes.
Dubs sometimes change what's supposed to be spoken on that scene. But the voices are sometimes awesome like Natochenny's voice for ash and Palencia's voice for Touka Kirishima.
I watched Doraemon in my mother tongue thanks to dub.

But some anime like one piece have horrible dubs with no emotions

Whereas subs sometimes are so horrible that even fan subs are way better

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Moreover it's a pain to read the subs and watch the anime at the same time.

But if you ask me emotionless dub vs hard to read subs, I'll go with subs
I've watched
Dub:AoT, Tokyo Ghoul, some movies of Detective Conan and Dragon Ball Series
Sub everything else

 

[prog rocker]

Are you sure that YGO pic is official? It reminds me of Backstroke of the West.

 

[omahanime]

Dub. If I have to read, it will be the Manga and not a Sub.

 

[WyndonCalling]

Subs. I'm significantly deaf, and so I watch even English language television with subs and I read faster than the speed of sound (quite literally - my duff ears don't process information anywhere near as quickly as my eyes).

 

[mikechuu]

I am probably in the minority but I prefer dubs.

 

[Frozen Fennec]

I much prefer subs altogether when it comes to anime and games. I don't usually see dubs where I feel the voice fits a character well these days. Maybe I'm just picky about the voice work?

 

[CynthiaLover]

Dubs. Reading subtitles makes me nauseous most of the time. And I prefer actually understanding what I'm watching instead of having a translation written out in front of me. While I know that I won't always get that luxury, like in certain games like Digimon Cyber Sleuth, but if I had a choice I would always go for a dub over a sub, especially since I don't have to look at two things at once and split my concentration. Games are a bit more tolerable due to how they function, but anime I will always prefer a dub over a sub. Plus, sometimes subs get iffy translations between the two languages which can cause some confusion to me, so I'd rather go for a dub over a sub if it means I can not only understand what I'm watching but make the watching process easier for me.

 

[Timaeus]

Gonna cut the Gordian Knot and say "neither" since I am in the privileged position to be able to watch anime raw and understand it.

 

[Eren Jaeger]

I watch Subs mainly. There are very few Dubs Ive personally enjoyed. I tend to enjoy the Japanese voices more and they usually seem to fit the characters better..

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Dub though I do crack out subs on occasions when a season or show has not been dubbed or has no dub at all (example: episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's including the last season which weren't dubbed because 4Kids was in hot sh*t with both TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems due to collecting royalties from merchandise without having to pay the Japanese owners).

 

[prog rocker]

(example: episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's including the last season which weren't dubbed because 4Kids was in hot sh*t with both TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems due to collecting royalties from merchandise without having to pay the Japanese owners).

Did that affect the Tag Force games, too? Because I always found suspicious the game that covers the last arc wasn't translated.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Did that affect the Tag Force games, too? Because I always found suspicious the game that covers the last arc wasn't translated.

I guess they must have too considering that and the Arc V one was skipped though Arc V Tag Force came when the PSP was pretty much on the way out.

 

[PrimalIvysaur]

Either or works for me honestly. If the dub is good and keeps the story the same for the most part then I'm perfectly fine with it, if not then I'll watch subs though I prefer not having to read subs if I can help it (though it does get annoying hearing the same, like maybe 3 people, dub almost every character now)

 

[thatisekaihero]

I enjoy both subs and dubs, depending on the mood I am in and the anime I am watching. I like dubs because I appreciate the voice actor talent that goes into it and I like subs because I like listening to the Japanese language, which I am currently studying in my free time.

 

[GrandstreamDream]

The way /i see it there's three ways to do dubs correctly. Go the Bebop or FMA route and adhere to the original with reverence and enough production value to rival the original. Both are very valid options for experiencing the narrative. You can also take the Yu Yu Hakusho, FLCL, Lupin III art 2 approach where they localize the content but keep the spirit and tone of the original. Personally this is my favourite type of dub since it feels more of its own interpretation of the source material (in YYH and Lupin's case). Alternatively you can go full gag dub like YGO GX or Ghost Stories where you have no respect for the source material where they are very much their own original piece of entertainment.

 

[GalacticRonpa]

Neither. It took me a while but now I have enough skills to be able to watch and understand almost everything from the original Japanese.

Sometimes I watch the dub too, mainly the Kanto episodes, when I feel like it.

 

[Arendtte]

Either honestly. I find some anime sound better subbed, while others sound good dubbed.

 

[Soryu]

Subs