dubbed anime, I hate it. Options

[alivenwell]

Having been born in England and sharing Korean, Chinese, Japanese and French nationalities.

Recently I figured that I can't stand Americanised anime anymore, or let's call it "dubbed". In fact I couldn't stand it when Dragonball Z first started on Cartoon Network, and the immense theme song "Chala head chala" which lived in every child's heart in Asia became, "Dragon....Dragon..Rock the Dragon...Dragonball z...dewdewdewdew(annoying guitaring)". The companies that dub the animes normally have poor transalations as well, but worst of all, are the names. Initial D's Takumi became Tak and Itsuki became Iggy!!!!!! Although somehow I do realise they are starting to get slightly better, eg Witch Hunter Robin, if they'd left out the theme song, I'd hate dubbed anime forever. Don't you feel though that, these dubbing companies are ruining the impact and potential the anime has on a cultured civilisation?

Anyone feel the same?

[starlette]

I took japanese so I learned to watch anime in its original japanese because my teacher wouldnt play the subtitles for us. That way we would learn and all that jazz anyway, now I buy it in its original japanese with subtitles...Even tho I wish I knew enough to not have to. Dubbed it bad, except everyonce in a while, they will americanise one, and the scoring is really really good. Like Mononoke Hime, the new version has better music, but its still not the same as the original. Yeah.