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Million on 12 May 2009
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ShadowSoldier said:

Million said:
waron said:
Million said:
Squilliam said:
I watch anime in Japanese even when the English dubs are available.

 

"even when the english dubs are availible" would imply that Japanese dubs>English dubs.

 

e.g I play my PS3 even when PSN is down

 

of course they are - let's start with the fact that when anime is dubbed they often change dialogues to fit in often losing sense or characteristic Protagonists sayings.

not to mention they usually soften the language because we all know that anime is only for kids:/ thanks to that many jokes are lost. plus if you have subs you can always use explanations for many things that typical non-japanese people won't understand, will simply miss it or will be confused when it's important to the story.

i would rather hear

somethin no jutsu

than

white turtle splashing water on sunny day under cherry blossoms behind grocery store technique

 

Are you trying to explain to me something I already understand ?

With SE's current track record in the VA department I think I would like to have the option of a JA voice track. I mean did many of you enjoy the VA dubs in SO4?

 

Anyway NOT all english dubs are bad, I actually thought that Samurai Champloo and Trigun had better Dubs then their Japanese original.

 

 

Favouring japanese audio goes beyond the quality of english dubs , watching an anime in Japanese dubs allows the audience to experience the anime as it was intended . the meaning & character of an anime often gets lost in the translation process ( I've experienced this many times) , even if there are good translators you can never translate authenticity.


It's like eating Chineese food in China vs eating Chineese food here , yeah some people will do it good here but if you want the authentic chineese experience with localy sourced foods, native chefs etc then you go to China.

 

@DE85 no one said that everyone cares about Japanese audio , read properly. It's being argued that there is a significant number of people who would like japanese audio ( Anime fans for example , who are also generaly JRPG fans).