| theprof00 said: Also, it's not entirely true what you said about voice dubs and anime. There are a lot of shows with very good english dubs that most nerds prefer over the original audio. DBZ is a very good example of that. I don't know any that prefers the japanese voicing of dbz. It's just that bad voicing detracts from an anime. If we don't know the language, that's one less annoyance to deal with. However, there are many good dubbed shows; Evangelion (though I still prefer the Japanese for this one), Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, FLCL, DBZ, etc etc. The list really does go on and on. |
And there's a reason for that, because they understood DBZ was going to fit in with the west well (for whatever reason), so invested a lot in making sure it was a high-quality dub. Only dubs i've ever preferred were DBZ and Eureka Seven for some reason. These anime that were top-tier in Japan but are small potatoes in the West, they're the ones that get mangled, and for good reason, because you're just dubbing for an enthusiast group with no hope of a mass-market pitch
Or you make the stupidest fucking decision in the history of history and let One Piece's initial western dub be done by fucking 4Kids of all people, and kill the best series ever before it even had a chance...
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
