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Worldwide bestfriends who support literal child murdering. The best.
I usually figure the sub is always better unless someone has yelled about the dub being stupid and great.
It's mostly a thing.
Nah
Golden Boy is better in English than Japanese. Some shit has hilariously awful dubs that make it better than what the original product would of even been. Some Jackie Chan movies just become way better.
I have the DVD, and funimation or whoever made the bright idea of redubbing the music and making literally unable to switch the songs to being sung in Japanese.
Ultimate_Trainer
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Welcome! Remember you're here forever.
TechnicaUS
Member
That's something every boy has to do to become a man. It's a rite of passage really.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
S-shut up! It's amazing!
The subs are better for K-ON
Yeah, no. I completely disagree with this.
CthulhuSushi
Banned
Well I thought I made it up, I guess not. I didn't know UrbanDictionary was still a thing xD
TechnicaUS
Member
It'll never not be a thing.
They don't dub over any of the songs. They just start singing in Japanese.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Admittedly, I havent bought a shirt from Shark Robut yet, but I need to buy up some of those sick posters.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Can we not get into another Sub V Dub debate? Just let people watch what they want.
TechnicaUS
Member
Really? Watch baccano in english and tell me it worse than sub.
If a show is blatantly Ecchi with no other redeeming factors (dumb Harem shows a la Oh My Goddess! and Strike The Blood) I hate fanservice. I can deal with fanservice in Code Geass, but only because the rest of it is so good.
RecursiveFault
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Welcome!
I feel bad about that myself. That Gurren poster is damn tempting, but I'd really like a cool shirt, but it kinda want a simple design.
I'm picky.
If you're reading subs, it's still a watered down experience because you're relying on the translator's interpretation of the language. It is less watered down than full-on dubbing though.
I'd like for everything to be localized. The only reason I fall back on subs is because it's way faster than full-on dubbing (with respect to the animus and mangoes).
Addendum: Sometimes subs only with native voiceover is the best way, such as the Yakuza series.
Thank you everyone, I honestly didn't expect such a warm welcome so fast. But yeah, joined here because I have an irrational fear of social media but I'm fine with making posts once in a while.
Of course, I entered a crash course in the boundaries of Neogaf and did my initial time, so that happened.
And yeah, when I say "lurking" I don't mean reading every post on every page. Even I'm not that insane yet.
Of course, I entered a crash course in the boundaries of Neogaf and did my initial time, so that happened.
And yeah, when I say "lurking" I don't mean reading every post on every page. Even I'm not that insane yet.
inb4 I ruin it all with opinions about whatever
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Oh and also I lost my shit at the ending of StB where it's implied that
. :looooooooool wat
Oh yeah, and how could I forget. "No sempai, this is our fight!" EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
Kojou has kids with both Himeragi and Asagi
Oh yeah, and how could I forget. "No sempai, this is our fight!" EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
None of the shirts are anything I'd be interested in wearing and non-anime posters are against my morals.
Ok. A little dismissive, but ok.
RecursiveFault
Banned
THE GURREN ONE THO
In my DVD, they sing all the songs in english. You can't change them. Bullshit, huh?
CthulhuSushi
Banned
You're probably right. Fuck you UD!
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
I honestly think that poster looks kinda... Ehhhhh. I'd rather just hang another Gurren poster in my apartment.
Also, I only hang framed posters, so I'm super selective as to what I get, since it's pretty expensive.
Good thing you just missed EvaGAF.
I know you are literally a super powerful vampire, but I need to protect you because I don't fucking care or know why!
You can't watch Ghost Stories in subs. You just can't.
I just want some more stickers. Preferable one of the friendcast logo.
The order of the storm feelers shirt is pretty nice tho.
RecursiveFault
Banned
In all seriousness, yeah, I see where you're coming from. I'm even more picky with shirts, especially when it's like $20+ a pop like geez.
DoktorEvil
Banned
GET AN AVATAR JUNIOR!
TechnicaUS
Member
I can't get into those things if I'm only paying attention to a bunch of words at the bottom of the screen.
Strange. They just swapped in the totally legal version I watched.
Okay, thats a more reasonable thing to say. Because wether ppl like it or not, there are dubs that are infinitely better than the subs, such as berserk or fate/zero. I don't mind watching in either language, but I just go with whatever sounds better.
I want that one so much
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Yeah, fuck cartoons.
I like to know the people I'm going to talk to before joining. If I'm sitting and waiting for 4 months for my account to get approved then I'll probably read the thread just to see the personalities of the people there. Like seeing that Aaron loves him some japanese animes and that he has no dignity. It's pretty much lore.
If I was given the choice of a Kill La Kill manga or the dub while the sub was wiped from existence then what the fuck. Half the reason I love that show is for the great music and you're missing a fucking lot of audio sensory things when you read a manga instead. It's a case by case thing for which anime lives up to the manga or not, but still. Git gud at reading.
TechnicaUS
Member
You know what, fuck entertainment in general. It's all garbage anyway.
it's worst than sub
i'm joking, both were good.
I really like the native voice over, since they usually do a great job at casting the characters. Some dubs don't do it as well, and who doesn't love engrish.
There's also some cultural things that just sound awful in english.. I-idiot! Just doesn't roll off the tongue as well as B-baka. Although too many desu's will ruin the anime broth.
I understand the sentiment of watering down.. especially when i hear, someone say a name and the name isn't even right in the subs. CRUNCHY ROLL!!!!
Welcome new friender, it's always great when someone gets approved.
Entertainment is for losers who can't find real jobs.
*proceeds to put on suit and pick up briefcase*
I'm out of this establishment to go be a stockbroker.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
You don't need 4 months for that, you need like, ten posts maybe?
Ultimate_Trainer
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The only problem I have with dubs are the awful retranslations of engrish terms. "Let's think positive!" != to "Let's positively thinking!"
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I binged super hard on anime between like, 2012 and 2013.
Everything on my MAL was watched in that timeframe, with a few exceptions (mostly the old stuff like Vampire Hunter D and Akira that I watched when I was younger).
There's a ton of stuff on there I really, really loved (Nichijou, Toradora, Hidamari Sketch, Idolmaster, K-ON!, etc), but I think I just watched too much too fast and got suuuuuuuper burnt out.
(Also the "watching" section is horribly out of date. I haven't watched anything in like 6-8 months.)
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
TechnicaUS
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The one true dub.
RecursiveFault
Banned
(I'm sorry to keep this subject going)
My friends will only watch dubs, so they've made me watch entire shows that way. Some I actually like.
Gurren Dub sucks tho.
This was my stance on it for a good while, but some dubs are equivalent to subs to a degree where I can at least see people choosing hearing good performances over accuracy.
My friends will only watch dubs, so they've made me watch entire shows that way. Some I actually like.
Gurren Dub sucks tho.
I think the story is that a studio got a license for some shitty kids anime about solving mysteries. And rather than actually translate the dialogue, they just kept key points of the story and made up whatever lines they wanted.
Short clip
DoktorEvil
Banned
Read fast and then enjoy the animations afterwords.
That is reasonable. Especially when you don't read every page you can get a good handle on everyone's personality
Yeah, some things just aren't translatable, such as the whole senpai-kouhai thing (or honorifics in general). It sounds weird in English, which is why it requires so damn good localization to convey the meaning of what's spoken rather than the literal words.
No but their names are clearly not Oingo and Boingo! What do you mean it's rather there on the cover? Shut up!
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