in my opinion i definetly prefer JAPANESE WITH SUBTITLES!!!!!!!!
its the original, and im more comfortable with it. When they translate the anime its like all ruined and sounds soooooooo annoying, ne?

subtitles, not dubbed.

dubbed is crap.

dubbed is total crap, and they always get the voices all mixed up. I took japanese in hi school and we would watch movies in japanese, usually without subtitles, which sucked cuz we didnt know it that well, so then I went and bought the whole studio ghibli collection on dvd with the english subtitles and I looooovvveee watching them!! Its especially nice to know what the heck they were talking about. and its good because I can still remember a lot of the language by hearing it and seeing the words at the same time.

Subbed, I hate dubbed... errr, the horror!!!

why so much hate on dub? Sure...I much prefer subbed over dub, but dub isn't all that bad, I actually wouldn't mind watching either ways.

it depends i mean like i dont think the japanese artists (in my opinion no offense) dont care about the voice of a character. casue they usually have a scrawny annoying voice and dont care about relating the voice to the character.

Englished dubbed animes are much better to me. but if it is a real movie with people in it i prefer it with subtitles cause english dubbed people are so nasty for example "VOLCANO HIGH" when they played it in mtv. it was just ew lol.

but i prefer english dubbed in animes cause i think americans carefully consider what kind of voice they put into their characters.

depends if i'm tired or not. if i'm tired, i won't bother w/the subs... but any time other than that i would prefer jap w/subs ^^

japanese with subtitles of course. eng ones make me laugh

english sucks

japanese all the way

example:when i was watching initial d i heard the songs that were in it in japanese. those songs sound sick but, when i put it in english it sucked

JAPANESE WITH SUBTITLES!!!!!!!!!!!
i agree...i hate the english voices..makes me wanna kill myself. eeeek

Yeah its like watching gundam seed in english.. and when they translate the song... My friends who watch the english one goes like its better and I'm all about to throw up...

^coool you're back. o.o

and yeah subs > dubbed.

I personally don't care, but I'm a bit more comfortable on English audio. Sometimes I'm not fast enough when I read something, so I have to pause, read the subtitle, and look where the characters are and yea. But I don't mind. As long as I get my anime.

depends how bad the dubbed is

i perfer subtitles. i'm used to it; and when they dub it, the voices are different.

The only series I like without subtitles that aren't japanese is Sailor Moon. I watch the chinese version of it. Very used to it.

Japanese with subtitles, like what you said the english voice over is just plain eehhh....japanese voices sounds more HOT!

there's something awkward about dub. when i hear it... i somehow feel uncomfortable. like i'm not myself anymore. besides, the japanese language sound so beautiful! Why take it away?

one day i hope to learn and understand japanese so i won't have to use the subtitles anymore.

sometimes i like it dubbed, sometimes i like the subtitles. as much as i hate anime, i would prefer it those ways.

I, myself, love subtitles, because I'm a fast reader and it doesn't bother me when the text goes by quickly

But for some people, they don't like to read and, moreorless, want to watch the show instead of reading it...

That's the only upside to dubbing, I see nothing else that's useful from it.

I STRONGLY AGREE!! The nihon language IS kawaii!!! I'm learning my myself. I know and read some of it, i talk japanese to my friends, sometimes they know what i mean. And the other people around me are like "speak english!!" and then i reply in nihon again. I like to get on their nerves!

one prolem. It may be the original sondtrack but you have to think of it this way. It is not the original intent. The japanes epeople did not have to read their anime. so technically it is not the original. start understanding and speaking japanese and then you can get the original experience. I am a big fan of the translated subbs. but I am just saying that the dubbs may not be al that bad.

I watch both. But i prefer the dub to be uncut, uncensored versions.

I kinda prefer subtitle.

my experience is most dubbed versions have very annoying or exagerated voices

We have this channel over here which shows Anime 24/7, early on everything is subtitled but gradualy everything became dubbed and it was pretty terrible, shows had the same set of voices, some sounded too exagerated.

but in defence of dubbed. sometimes subtitles are too fast to read and kids might have a hard time following the story.

WHAT!? A SUBTITLED ANIME CHANNEL!? You gotta be KIDDING ME!!! like, what channel is it?? It cant be anime network cuz they show DUBBED animes 24/7. OMG i did not NOT know there was a channel like that!.

Their was over here in the Philippines, it was called Animax but that was when it first came out. Gradually after a few months of launch they dubbed everything except for a few shows they show around the 11-12 pm slot

Japanese with subtitles. When they translate it, it becomes all blah.

Subbed, definitely. Seems like the English actors try to hard.

japanese with subtitles

japanese with subtitles cuz i like to hear the pronunciations

japanese with subtitles definitely. its so much better that way.

^Agreed. I don't really care. Even though the voices are messed up and it looks very unnatural, it's easier to understand in your own language. But Japanese is such a beautiful language and sometimes it's a lot better in Japanese + subtitles because it's the movie/show the way it was made originally (and how it's supposed to be). They really need to reconsider some of the voice actors when they decide to dub anime with english (Toboe was played by a girl ).

japanese subtitles. for sure. dubs are always messed up in some weird way...

Dude, why do you talk like this?

Jap with subs for sure. English dubs are okay i guess..but i rather have the original.

depends... on if the english is uncut or not.


other than that, subs for me

subtitles with japanese most definately!!! especially cuz im learnin japanese atm, so i can *sorta* try to understand what they're sayin w/o lookin at the subs.

dubbing should die. it totally ruins the anime, all the time.

I love watching Japanese with subtitles. I remember watching Cardcaptors in Japanese and I thought Kero was so much more funnier in Japanese! LOL. I guess English is okay since I've been watching anime in english for a while now since I love in Canada but yeah ... I prefer Japanese

Kool! me to! I used to watch it with my lil cuz. Also... this cartoon about a super pig or something... but that was aweful...

Definately Japanese subtitled... The voice actors actually have emotion in their voices while American one's try and fail. Also, in dubs, names are pronounced horribly wrong and it pisses me off.

The only show I can happily watch in a dub is Gundam Wing. They stayed really close to the character's personalities and to the tone of the Japanese voice actor's voices.

Rin-chan

Actually, for me, it depends soully on the anime. Sometimes it's better with subtitles like.. umm.. the Yu Yu Hakusho MOVIE, where they don't use the original voice casting and sometimes it's better in english(dubbed) because the voices fit and the anime isn't completely ruined. ~Shrugs.~ Just depends sometimes on the anime.

And as for squashie's comment.. no, it doesn't totally ruin the anime. Sometimes, yes, I will agree on sometimes, but no, not all the time. If you think so on that then you need to watch more anime, my friend.

It gives those who aren't quick enough to read subtitles the chance to know what's going on and hear it as well, so they don't have to sit and pause, read the subtitles and the play again. So it helps people like that.

Subtitles!! Dubbed arent as good

japanese language, and english subtitles.

Reason dubb'd anime's piss us off is because we first watch the anime in japanese and get use to their voices and notice the high pitch voices and such. so when we hear a english guy trying to replace that it makes us mad. But most of the time if you just watch a anime without watching the japanese version even once then you won't be as mad with it.

Japanese with subtitles is better... the Sieyuu is much more better... WAY BETTER

I agree. When I first started watching anime I liked the dubs better, because it's easier for me to listen to english. But after awhile you get used to hearing the Japanese. It's a completely different language with different nuances. It depends on how carefully the dubs were done. And the same goes for subbing. If you DL an anime with shitty subbing where the sentences make almost no sense because the grammar is so bad, it's just as bad as watching dubbing where the voices are all wrong. Like...The Cst Returns, I think they did fabulously with the dubbing on that one. And it doesn't matter a whole lot if you read the subtitles or watch it dubbed, because they subbed it with the same script they used when they dubbed it.

Watching it in Japanese is also good because you can audibly learn the language. I've picked up a few phrases and words here and there. I like to turn some on for my daughter and just let her watch the Japanese. She doesn't care one way or the other.

Point being: does it matter, as long as you love anime. There will always be the two ways of doing things. Who cares? Concentrate more on spreading the anime love!! lol

I only like Sailor Moon w/ Cantonese subtitles.
The others in Japanese w/ english subtitles.

I prefer subbed over dubbed, but there are some dubbed anime out there that aren't so bad..

Dubb pwns! Im comfortable with it. I only watch subs if its really neccesary.

-Phil-