When watching anime, do you want it Subbed or Dubbed?

Anime has become to internationalized not to be dubbed

Dubbed, unless it is so butchered it can't be helped *cough* *cough* Yu-Gi-Oh! *cough* *cough*

Depends on how different the subbed version is from the dubbed version. If I notice that the English version is vastly different from the Japanese version in terms of dialogue, things getting edited, etc. then I watch the subbed version. If there is literally no other difference aside from one being in English and the other being in Japanese, then I will take the dubbed version.

For example, I watch every Yu-Gi-Oh! series in Japanese with subs because the English version is massively edited. Something like Mobile Suit Gundam 00 I watch the dub because I noticed no difference between the versions aside from the language.... that, and some voice actors from Transformers Beast Wars were in the show. :P

dubbed for me.

Also, some Dubbed Animes are moment killers

Sub all the way. U dont get the same intensity or meaning when u dub.

Subbed generally. The VAs are generally better.

kinda depends if i have seen a dubbed version i get used to the voice actor and cannot be subjected to another voice lol(ruroni kenshin, yu yu hakusho) other times subbed is better (hokuto no ken , gin tama, high school of the dead) and sometimes either way its still good (DBZ)

I taught myself Japanese when I was 13, so I like watching it normal :)

Dubbed I'm not a fast reader.

I lean toward dubbed, but I can totally turn the preference for subbed or dubbed on and off at will. If its a series that I first watched in English, I read the subtitles in their dubbed voice like Naruto, or I make my own cast like I did for Fairy Tail.

Dubbed

Has to be subbed. I really don't like to say it, love anime, but when in English it makes me cringe a little.

It usually depends on the anime, but most of the time I like it in the subbed version since it maintains it's originality like for example Fairy Tail. But of course if I don't have a choice but to watch it in dubbed (like if I'm watching anime through Netflix), I don't mind.

You're going to get a lot of people who watch dubbed because it's the Comicvine community; people who like to read American comics sold in English.

Zijuun.

Bump.

Subbed>>Dubbed except for dbz.

Mostly dub, but there are a few exceptions where I prefer the sub (Noein, Code Geass) or even downright hate the dub (Eureka Seven). When I can get my hands on them I'd take an International Dub too.

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Subbed **** american voice acting.

Not wanting to watch a foriegn movie because it has subtitles is a BS excuse for being lazy and just ignorent, Used to work at a video store and whenever i would suggest a foriegn film most of my hick customers would look at me as if i just insulted their mother.

Lol This.

Subbed then dubbed if its done well.

Dubbed no matter what. I'd rather go read ot than watch sub

The only anime I can remember watching with the original audio were the Rebuild of Evangelion movies... I tried it in English and thought it was really bad.

Subbed definitely.

I think we'd all like dubbed, but the voices are wienie and the translation is not very accurate or censored

Subbed

Subbed stomps.

I used to prefer dubs, now I can't stand them.

I honestly don't give a sh*t if the English VA is bad, I still watch dub, reading is the enemy.

Subbed!

I find it funny so many people claim they don't like reading and yet they are posting on FORUMS about COMICS.

While there are some anime I can stand to watch in dub if I can't find subbed, there are ZERO anime I prefer to watch in dub.

Subs every time.

I prefer dubbed.

I usually go for the dub and give it a few episodes. If I like it enough, I watch the dub all the way through.

Subbed. I'm a Dane and *everything* is subbed over here, so we get used to subs at a very early age. I much prefer hearing the original voices. It's pretty much only cartoons and Disney movies that get dubbed, and even then they'll often be sent in both a dubbed and subbed version in the theaters.

Definitely dubbed.

half half for me, i prefer my favorite animes like dbz, bleach or naruto subbed but then i prefer HxH, one piece or gundam anime dubbed

A lot of time when I watch anime and it's dubbed, I find the dialogue sounds more natural. I can't even count the number of times when I was watching something in Japanese and the words coming out of somebody's mouth just didn't sound right. It may be a cultural thing, but it makes a LOT of dkfference to me when I have to say, "He doesn't talk like that."

I happen to prefer dubs myself, mostly because english to japanese straight conversions don't really flow all that well. It feels more phonically correct to deal with harem squabbles in English than reading them in Japanese. I, however, can tolerate subs when necessary. In the modern world anyway, post 4Kids, a majority of dubs are done by good enough groups like Funimation, Viz and Aniplex, so they aren't all first dub One Pieces.

Both have their upsides and their downsides.
Subbed Upsides: intended dialogue, sometimes better acting.

Downsides: Freaking squeaky-ass voices that I don't want to deal with, and I read slow (come at me fast-reading trolls).

Dubbed upsides: Speaking a language I know. On occasion, the dubbing is better than subs (Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, etc.)

Downsides: Some of the females have bad squeaky voices just like the freaking original, bad actors, etc. Some stuff gets lost in translation.

I'm sure there are more ups and downs to both subbed and dubbed, but all things considered, I would much prefer to watch a dubbed anime. Say what you want.

I'm just as much into the animation as I am into the story so I prefer to watch dubs so I'm not taken out of it by having to flip my eyes up and down to see what's happening and understand what's happening...

Pretty much this. And it sure doesn't help that I'm a slow reader. :P

Subbed. Cinema is a type of art, its not right to go messing about with the voices since you never knew why they said things a certain way.

The original version. >.<

I don't watch anime but if I had to choose dubbed. Who the hell wants to read when they are watching tv?

interesting question....not a new one either

Id like to reference my favorite anime FLCL

the dvd was available in both formats...and the dubbing was done with the same actors (I think) they are both really well done, and convey the same basic emotions...BUT they words don't match up...I find it fascinating, and will watch one or the other on a whim. as I love them both

and older version of this would be the 1977 remake of Nosferatu. they filmed the movie TWICE, once in german and once in English ( I assume side by side by scene) its amazing how subtlely different some scenes are, to a point of almost a completely tonal shift. again I like them both, the basic premise stays the same, but even the inflections and word emphasis has an effect on the emotion carried through the film. (and I can understand german, the subs in the german version are fairly accurate.)

I watch both and enjoy them equally

Mmmm...really I don't care but...I think it would be dubbed.

Either or for 2 main reasons:

1) The setting. If it is generally more fitting for English (Bebop, FMA, Code Geass), i watched it dubbed. If it is heavily cultural with Japanese themes, then subbed.

2) Voice Actors. If the voice actors suck (Goku subbed), then it will be dubbed. I find that subbed is usually better when it comes to this though.

@sophia89: @mysticmedivh:

still subbed :p

Depends though.

DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist, and Death Note are better dubbed IMO.

The rest are better s ubbed.

I probably already commented. But, Dubbed.

I try not to read if I don't have to.