You wouldn't watch a classic film such as Seven Samurai with English dubs, so why should an Anime film or series be any different.ĭubs were ofcourse very important for the anime industry many years ago, where people where unlikely to watch an animation that wasn't in English. While I think dubs could still be useful for shows aimed specifically at children, such as Pokémon, because children may not be able to read fast enough, or are just unlikely to watch a show that forces them to read, shows and films that are obviously for a more mature audience should be given the dignity of a simple subbed release. I think the prevalence of Anime Dubs really show the immaturity of the anime industry in English speaking countries. Righto, I may as well shove my opinions into this thread and see what happens. Have you tried to watch 'He is my master' subbed?Īnd finally, there's not such a thing as a 'bad' voice acting, remember, any dub could be worse. Now, there are animes where so much is going on that you can hardly read subtitles and see the scenes. I watch the subs mostly, but sometimes I like to listen to them in a language I actually undestand. My point is, watching subbed versions (no matter how bad) and dubs (no matter how 'bad')sometimes helps you see things from a different perspective. Now, both of them are technically rigth, watching any of them really changes the way the film goes. Because.' the dub says 'I can do this, for him, so that he doesn't have to pilot again'.

In 2.0, the most interesting one is Rei about to blast hersel in Eva 00: where the subs read something like 'Even if he doesn't pilot again, I'll give my best. When it comes to the dub there are a few scenes that change completely their meaning.įor example: the 1.0 subtitles I have on the scene were Shinji is on the collapsed road, rigth before Nerv's SS get him seem to imply that he was going to kill himself, while the in the dub he just say's something like 'OK you won, take me back to Misato'. I must say I'm pretty satisfied with both, the subtitles I had for 1.0 were kinda lousy (they dated from 2008) and as for 2.0, I had the subtitle file and corrected it myself according to what I read in this forum. Well, I just watched the dubbed version of both movies.

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