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marc on 17 August 2007
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diamuerto said:
I just think it's amazing on how people can have such different opinions on their favorite animes.

For example like marc I don't like Evangelion, but unlike marc I'm not a huge fan of Inuyasha. He says don't count the fillers, but to me almost every episode feels like a filler. It does have it's moments, but overall it's not one I would put high on my list. Also, I thought the majority of the first season of Naruto was boring. I only got into the show after Naruto's fight with Haku, then realizing the show had potential(that is for another action anime).

Then there is that whole dub vs. sub crap. Personally I don't mind Naruto dubs. They could have done so much worse with the dubs, and some of the people doing Naruto dubs are actually very famous and good voice actors. Dubs vs. Subs is such an issue I think it would deserve it's own thread.

I already stated some of my fave anime's but I think I'll come back later and give the big list.

I actually placed Naruto and Inu Yasha in the 50-80% range (above average). For some reason that doesnt show up in the quotes but ya those 2 have a lot of ups and downs with many fillers and tons of repetitiveness. They are good but they are far from great. Kenshin knew when to call it quits and so did other animes. Naruto should have ended long ago and IY was stretched much too far and should have been concluded. Meanwhile other animes were cut short... What I would give for more Berserk although I am not sure I like how much the manga has been stretched.

The problem with dubs is that the voice actors are almost never as good as the originals (I have not seen an exception to this yet although the 1st 2 seasons of Ranma came close). A lot of animes hire very skilled, high paid actors to do them but the dubs are usually done on low budgets. Other issues including emotions and cultural differences are very hard to translate since they may not exist in the dubed culture. I see dubs the same way readers see movies. Although you can make a movie based on the book, it will never be as good as the original and I think dubbing suffers in the same way.