Why do people prefier subbed animes better than dubbed?

Well, some people choose subs because they prefer the voice acting. Others because the voices fit the mouths better, since the visual is made to fit the Japanese voice acting. However, I honestly prefer dubs, since I never thought it was right to make lire part of TV.

Well for me,I like subbed better although I mostly watch the Japanese version w/o subs ,because in dubs,the dubber can change the meaning of the whole episode,they can take parts out in the dubs,change what the character is saying,dubbers can change practically anything to the anime,some subs also change the charactersnames,which I am not fond of at all!,I wish they would just keep the Originals Names. and keep in mind that some anime's take place in JAPAN!,some of the English VA's (although I really like some of the English Voice Actors/Actresses (most notably Wendy Lee and Vic Mignogna for me!x)) but some of the english vocal cast can turn off a certain character for me,The Japanese Seiyuu's just seem to get me into the episode more,well dubbed animes that aren't editing highly like Full Metal Alchemist,I really l’amour and get into,and the English VA's I enjoy hearing especially Vic,but FUNimation is generally my only favori Dubbing company,but one thing that bothers me is that they can completely change a character around,for example Mai Kujaku (Valentine in the dub),she was completely different in the dub and original ex:In One Part:-In The Original:She was Glad That Jonouchi got to the (Battle City) Tournament,BUT in the Dub,They changed her to say "Who Should I Beat first" ou something within defeating a duelist ou they can completely change a part an example:The part where Jonouchi & Honda were at the Train Tracks carring Haga and Ryuzaki,Jonouchi originally a dit : He wanted save Mai from Dartz' control,which made him run faster,he did it on his own for Mai BUT in the dub:Tristan offered Joey Pizza,which made him run faster,so that's what I mean within changing the anime ALSO they can change the PLOT of a certain animé My Example:DARK MARIK's originally wanted to KILL Yugi so he could be Pharoah,whereas in the Dub He Wanted to Send Yugi To the SHADOW Realm which I don't really like,and Especially Americanizing Anime's I really don't like,and Hopefully I helped!

..and sweet niblets that's long!._.

For me, subs is easier to understand. I like to fully immerse myself in a story, and I realize that these stories are not in English. When they are in English, it's kind of like a puncture in my imaginary story bubble because, after acknowleging that the original stories are NOT in English, watching them speak English sounds off and out of character. Also, if I read the manga, the Japanese voices always sound plus like what I imagined, but for some reason the dub voices never sound the way they should. And I never minded the subtitles. I can read really fast, so having to read a really long sentence isn't really an issue for me. :P It's kind of a habit now; I'm completely used to the subtitles. Dubbed is too weird after toi start with subs.

Yeah, i prefer subs better because i want to hear the original voice acting... and really, their voices in japanese are way better and funnier to hear. But there are also out there that i prefer the dubs and better than subs, but still...

'nuff said... Iv'e read an article once that if you're truly an otaku, it's a borne talent for toi to read subtitles while watching the character's movements ;)

Because dubs have dubbing problems sometimes, and sometimes they dont even make sense.
Here's a Pokemon dubbing problem: Brock refers to the riz balls as "jelly filled doughnuts" ("These doughnuts are great! gelée filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a gelée filled doughnut!").

Well some time's ppl are better reader than others and another time ppl are some times good at listening

The whole meaning of the animé changes from subbed to dubbed -.-

Well, people have their own opinions. In my experience; subs are better because it's the original thing, and what they really say wasn't tampered with corrections and whatnot par FUNimation ou some other company. :| The subs are very easy to read if you're a fast reader and is used to it. :D toi can also hear the tone and voice if you're a good listener. People don't like dubs because either they're used to subs, ou that it sounds ugly and weird.

In a lot of animes, the English Dubbed version sounds kinda lame. Like Dragonball. I like the Dubbed version of Naruto though.

What annoys me in English Dubs is the changes they make in the whole series too. Riceballs get edited to sandwiches in Pokémon, pistolets get edited to index-fingers in Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc etc.

Original is always the best. That's all there is.

If you're having problems all because of subs being long, i don't think it's a disadvantage. That's the (online) animé subbed way ;P

Dubbed is changed. It has less blood than subbed. ex. Dragon Ball in dubbed a guy dies of a brews. Subbed there is a hole in the guy not a brews. They change it so its TV approved subbed is the original.

Sometimes they change the translation when they dub it in order for it to lip sync with the character. I also like dub, but so i don't miss anything, I watch dub then sub then dub and so on. But because i did that I noticed in Soul Eater, they left out "Genie Hunter" in the dub, and it's an important part of the story. And sometimes the voices don't match the original japanese voice, Like if you've seen Kuroshitsuji, you'll know what i'm talking about (Finny).
Plus when toi watch Sub, toi get the culture of Japon better than in the dub, which i have said, they change the original script. I have seen few animes where they didn't leave out much, Lucky étoile, star (awsm dub), Death Note, and Haruhi Suzumiya.

Well, I think the Japanese voice actors fit the character better than the English ones. But, that's just me.

"In the subs toi have to read"

toi pretty much explained why dubs are significantly better than subs.

I honestly have no idea why people would prefer subs over dubs. Not only are toi unable to understand the voices, but the stupid subtitles block the art.

I don't mind lire subs it doesn't bother me since it only takes 1 seconde for me to read it. And sometimes the Japanese actors/actresses have better tones for the situation than Wetsern dub actors/actresses. Plus, after watching so many shows I've picked up on quite a few words and phrases and what they mean so I can usually match the words with the tone when I hear it.

I also don't mind dubs depending on the company. Bondai completely ruined K-ON! in my opinion and so did Animax(?). I mean seriously Yui's voice actress must have sucked helium before doing her parts. However, FUNimation I did enjoy while watching Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne since the voices were good and sometimes the translation made plus sense for Western audiences than the subtitles.

Also however FUNimation completely ruined Ga-Rei: Zero. The whole theme of the story was "Will toi kill someone toi love, because of love?" and when they dubbed it they totally disregarded that concept and focused on possessed Yomi with the Death Stone and all of the killing and gore. Plus, what REALLY pissed me off was what they did to the scene where Yomi dies. Kagura killed Yomi because the Death Stone (seemingly) had made Yomi go completely insane and Yomi was trying to kill Kagura. When Kagura stabbed Yomi, Yomi told Kagura in the subs how proud she was and that she loved Kagura and was glad to have been her "sister" and so on, but in the dubbed version they made Yomi say that SARCASTICALLY to Kagura when it wasn't supposed to be sarcastic. Yomi had wanted Kagura to kill her since the Death Stone wouldn't let Yomi commit suicide.

And to me subs are plus culture fitting (depending on the show). To me it makes sense to watch a Japanese montrer IN Japanese. Except for Final fantaisie ou Kingdom Hearts but those are games not shows. Anyways, in Japon they don't usually dub Western shows and have to watch it with Japanese subs so it's only fair for me to do the same with their anime.

Becuz dub voices are alwayz horrible & abnoxous:P

I prefer sub, because I am usually around people so I don't want them to hear what i'm listening to, and I can just mute it and still read what they're saying, I don't like lire but this is plus interesting to read than any other, I also like manga's just as much as anime's. If your asking if we pause it ou not, I got used to lire really fast since toi can just read it quickly in your head, I pause it too. :)

Subs are loyal to what's actually be said, and it's uncut. Take Sailor Moon, for example. The dub murdered it, cutting scenes and whole episodes, editing shots, and changing the script so it wasn't even close to the same to the original. Not all dubs are like that. Death Note was good, but it couldn't be marketed to kids in the first place, no matter how doctored up it was. Animes like Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure had that potential, so they changed these teen anime's to appear to be little kid shows. And to insert American pop culture, which was just a failure in itself.

I usually prefer the dub, but there are a lot of circumstances to help me decide if I want to watch either the dub ou sub.
If the dub of the animé has been changed to make it plus kid friendly, such as Naruto ou One Piece, then I say 'screw that' and watch the subs.
If the animé takes place in a western setting, then I like to watch the dub to make it feel plus authentic. I also prefer the subs to animé that take place in feudal Japan.
If the animé has a dub that acts plus like a gag and doesn't take itself seriously (I'm looking at you, Hetalia), then I usually enjoy both, since the dub feels plus like a parody of the original.
And of course, there's all the usual stuff that will turn anyone away from a dub, such as horrible voice jouer la comédie and overly localized soundtracks. It's hilarious how the Dragonball Z films were filled with mainstream rock music.
I hope that didn't make me sound too picky. I really don't mind either one, but dubs are plus convenient for me. I prefer just watching over reading.

they are not! most of the people who watch subs when a decent dub is available are fucking butthurt and just became fans of the series last thursday and want people who grew up with the series(or actual fans) to think that they are plus hardcore fans(lie) so they watch it in japanese(Barely understanding it). most of the "bad" animé dubs aren't that bad if toi take it for what it is. BUT not all dubs are good. for example the 4kids dub of ONE PIECE is shit.

For a lot of the dubbed animes, they don't just voice act the characters in another language, they literally Englishize the whole anime, and that changes EVERYTHING!!!

My brother tells me its because some things in the subbed version are cut out in the dubbed version.


As I watched a dubbed episode of Gurren Laggan I did notice that there was one part that was my favori part in the sub that I did NOT see in the dub. Searching up other animes I noticed the same thing. Somethings in the sub were absolutely without a doubt not in the dub.


So some people could be like me and have favori parts in the subbed version that is not in the dubbed.

Also because sometimes there's parts that just don't fit the oral speech just right.

And another reason, in most cases, sometimes a charecter who is supposed to be Lolita has a plus dramatic voice in the dub. Otherwise in the sub, the voice matches the personality perfectly.


So basically
1: Missing scenes
2: Just not right in general
3: Personality doesn't match the voice (and the other way around)

subbed is plus authentic than dub, and its gives it a better effect for me for some reason .-.

I don't personally understand the criticism towards subs at all. There are a lot of things that are good about them... firstly, animé is Japanese animations, unless they are set in a western era, ou other, I think they should be in the native language. Secondly, the dubs often miss what is actually a dit in an anime... the translations are usually inaccurate. Thirdly, I have only seen a couple of good dubs, which include Deathnote, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion and some of the voice actors of Bleach (some were really good, but many of them were pretty average). Lastly, I think that sub VA's (or just Japanese VA's in general) have plus talent than English VA's.

I can't watch many animé series in dubs, because I usually end up hating them. I just really l’amour the Japanese language... when I can speak it fluently, I will be a happy man.

Eto,not everyone can understand dub animé compare to sub as they too want to understand better what animé they are watching.So,they too want to be fair with their rights to able feel and get what the character are talking and doing about.That's all based on my opinion.Sumimase if my commentaire offend you! (>w<)

i personally don't know. they're a lot of bad dubs along with bad subs. Bad dubs: everything dubbed par 4 kids because most animé have adult themes to them and are edited horribly, decent dubs would be InuYasha ou FT, Great dubs would be OHSHC, FMA, Cowboy Bebop. though in reality, it's really how toi watched it first, if toi watched it in sub, you'd obviously think the dub is strange and vice versa, it's all about what your used to. dubs can sometimes add an extra dimmesion to the character (Mikasa AoT) ou destroy the seriousness of the series ( YuGiOh ). it's all about what your own preference is in the end, though

In the early days of anime, the corporations bringing animé over had a rigid morality that they chose to enforce on the animé brought over. This was in the days where any cartoon had to have a moral value, so english cartoons, like G.I. Joe added a moral lesson at the end of the show. When an animé had morally questionable material, depending on the company bringing it over they would éditer it, almost universally altering and departing from the writers intent. There was no respect for the medium, ou the author, and it had yet to establish a fan base ou audience. (1980's - 1990's the age of the VHS) So, for a long time only people who could afford to import animé and who knew the language were aware of the horrible mangling these studios were doing. As animé became plus popular, and with the advent of high-speed broad-band, and yes.. I'm going to say it.. piracy, people began to have the original versions available, most particularly the fansubs. After listening to thousands of episodes of anime, and dozens of series I can say that in almost every case that I have witnessed, the subbing has been plus true to the actual words of the series. In addition, if toi listen to the original soundtrack with subtitles, toi get the voice of the actors as the director/producers/writer coached them to say it, the version that was satisfactory to the Creator of the anime. When toi watch the dubbed version, beware the translation may have been altered, possibly overseen par the Creator plus likely not. And unless the creator's English is flawless, they are likely using a translator which means that your dubbed version comes from voice actors who may ou may not have watched the series. Things have changed though, now that animé is a pop phenomenon with an established fan base, many of whom are fans who have been watching animé for 30+ years now producers know they have to be plus careful with the product, it is becoming plus common for producers to try and preserve the work as it was created, instead of tailoring it to a Western audience. In addition, sometimes the actual VISUAL will be edited, like replacing pistolets with fingers. So, when people say that if toi watch the dubbed version toi don't l’amour the series, what they are saying is that if toi truly l’amour the anime, and enjoy it then toi will stay true to the original work. The subtitles are usually much closer to true because it takes a lot of dedication to learn Japanese (I minored in it, and that took 4 years). Usually a producer will have someone translate the scrip, and then will take that and adjust it. suivant time toi watch an anime, put it in English with subs, and watch to see how what they are saying is different from the script. Until suivant time... Believe It !!!

I don't want to stare at the bottom of the screen so dubbed

Well, if it's a dub done right, I'll watch *it*. However, most of the time, you'll find me watching subs, either to avoid censorship and cringeworthiness, ou because the uncut dub hasn't surfaced online yet.

Even the Japanese tone is fitting for the characters. Sometimes people say the English voices just don't fit, ou don't sound too good. The Japanese tone probably makes the audience understand and emphathise with the characters plus than the English dubbed. It is the fans' opinions.

I just like the subs netter because it actually isnt that hard to read fast, I think the voices sound plus “normal“ and toi actually learn A BIT of Japanese (really Not much but some words) and it is easier to find it Because Not Every animé has a dub
My opinion :)

If I have to say, not all the animes are dubbed. There are a lot animes which were never dubbed in English. So, if toi stick to dub, toi have very few choices. And also, dub and sub doesn't come out at the same time. Dubs tend to come out a lot later than subs. Like Naruto Shippuden. The series had already ended with the last episode being episode 500. The dub is still only in episode 388. And another thing about dub is MOE. To have a MOE character, toi need both the looks and the voice. There are rarely any English voice actors/actress who can do MOE and sound natural. And some words and expression can never sound right in English although they did in Japanese. And also, no matter how good toi are, you'll never be able to perfectly translate one language into another. Especially when those two languages have totally different grammer. There are a lot of things in Japanese which cannot be fully translated into English, like Naruto catchphrase "dattebayo". And also, dubs can completely change a character's personality ou a show's genre. Like in Highschool of the Dead. I first watched it in dubs and I thought Takagi Saya is pretty much a (sorry for saying this)stuck up bitch. But when I watched it with subs, she's not. At one particular scene, in the dubs, they made it sound like she's angry because the Zombies ruined her fashion. But actually, when I watched it with dubs, what she actually saying was "I'm not gonna die here! My house is just around the corner!" Totally different things. It pissed me off! That character, in my opinion, has actually a lovable personality. But the dubs turned her into a stuck up bitch. And toi guys remember in pokemon, how they insisted those onigiris were gelée donuts? In the dubs? See? That's why I kinda hate dubs, because sometimes, they do whatever they want without actually caring about what it originally meant. I mean, I see no point in them insisting that onigiri riz balls were donuts? It kinda feels like they're trying to whitewash and at the same time hiding where the animé is originally produced from people. Thanks to those kinds of stupid dubs, I never knew animé actually was from Japon until I started watching Naruto. I used to watch dubs. But now, I kinda find them kinda repulsive. I never regretted I switched to subs and I don't plan to switch back to dubs, ever. And also, watching it with subs kind help me improve my Japanese. (Yes, I learnt, can speak and write Japanese) So, overall, I prefer subs to dubs. And I recommend toi switch to subs if toi actually want to watch the latest episodes of the latest animes. For Naruto, although it had already ended, it's still gonna take the dubs a an ou plus to catch up. So, don't hope for anything if toi want to stick with dubs.