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Do japanese like listening to anime with foreign dubs as much as we do?
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Aaron Strife
Banned
They used to do a run of Pokémon on Japanese TV with the English dub, ostensibly to help teach kids English and also just because the show was huge back then. They even did an English dub of the Japanese ending song as opposed to using the American-made intro and credit sequences.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_de_English
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_de_English
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Well Resident Evil for example wasn't voiced in Japanese until Revelations 1 because the crew thought English sounded cooler and fit better.
Geno Breaker
Banned
Yeah, speaking of video games I've heard that Ace Combat fans in Japan enjoy the English dubs.
theCalamity
Member
The Ghost Stories dub shatters any argument that dubs are bad.
Do people even watch that show there?
theCalamity
Member
Nah. I try to watch most films in their original language.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Cowboy Bebop disagrees with you. So do Dragonball Z and a couple others I can't remember.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Nice lol
theCalamity
Member
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, Ghost Stories and more...
nephilimdj
Member
The Canadian DBZ yes, the American DBZ sounds like people doing shallow impressions of the Canadian one
There is a reason kingdom Hearts final mixes ALWAYS uses the english dub. Even before we got them in the US, they always kept the english track for everyone. Thus I am inclined to belive that yes, depending on the series they do prefer the english dub.
I'm throwing up everywhere
Ameriboos.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Game of Thrones got dubbed.
I'd post a YouTube link, but people finding out that Ned Stark's in the show at some point may get spoiled or something.
I'd post a YouTube link, but people finding out that Ned Stark's in the show at some point may get spoiled or something.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
I imagine there's people in most countries who generally prefer original voice acting with subtitles no matter where the original comes from. I also image there's people in most countries who speak or are learning a second language who might end up seeing and preferring a dub to something made in their native language, or develop a preference for their second language altogether.
It would be weird for anyone from any country to prefer watching stuff made in their own country, dubbed to another language they don't speak, and subbed back to the original language as a general preference, but maybe one out of a billion do it.
That said, other language dubs of things like the simpsons can be fun for an episode just to see the differences, and it's sometimes nice to change languages on games you play forever, just to change up those voicelines you've heard a billion times before.
It would be weird for anyone from any country to prefer watching stuff made in their own country, dubbed to another language they don't speak, and subbed back to the original language as a general preference, but maybe one out of a billion do it.
That said, other language dubs of things like the simpsons can be fun for an episode just to see the differences, and it's sometimes nice to change languages on games you play forever, just to change up those voicelines you've heard a billion times before.
Earthbound64
Banned
Some of us like to read, thanks.
That Rick VA sounds like he's having a blast
davidwhangchoi
Member
i gotta say Transformers sounds stupid in Japanese. (check out Headmasters continuation after U.S. Season 4 is over)
プーピーバットホール
Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick!
Edit: I watched the whole thing. lol
As far as I can tell, they're getting a very different experience out of the Japanese dub...
Japanese girl reacts to English Rick and Morty, Mr. Meeseeks
Shadic7700
Member
Don't forget G Gundam and Hetalia
the stereotypical accents are amazing lol
This is like people growing up with the superior English Goku and then listening to Japanese Goku.
Stallion Dan
Member
The Resident Evil games use English VA with Japanese subs in Japan because it is 'cool'.
Though recent games have started offering a Japanese VA option.
Though recent games have started offering a Japanese VA option.
Do you watch american cartoons in their Japanese dub? People don't watch subs to listen to Japanese (unless you're learning the language), they watch subs because they want to view something in it's native language.
It also doesn't help that many anime dubs are of poor quality, likely because it's low budget since the market for anime is pretty niche. Watching something where you can't tell if the VA is bad or not is preferable to something in which the VA is noticeably terrible for many.
lmao
It also doesn't help that many anime dubs are of poor quality, likely because it's low budget since the market for anime is pretty niche. Watching something where you can't tell if the VA is bad or not is preferable to something in which the VA is noticeably terrible for many.
lmao
This is a dumb question, but I've got an answer. In one of my classes here in Japan, I had to give a presentation about how anime is seen in foreign countries. So after talking about dubs, I showed them a comparison [the potato chip scene from Death Note lol] and everyone laughed at how the English dub sounded, compared to how the Japanese dubbed scene was cool to them.
m0therzer0
Member
Seriously, I usually only listen in Japanese so no one else in my house can understand some of the awful dialogue.
I agree with this to an extent, but there are a massive amount of people out there who just prefer watching anything foreign in its original language, including anime.
I lost it there.
Seems like now I would like to watch Rick and Morty in Japanese, haha.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I prefer CoD subbed.
This only happened with 2-3 seasons I think. I think Lughtspeed Rescue was one.
Abilidebob
Member
What a bunch of horseshit. See
also remember that the US isn't the entire world.
Except a good dub will usually make a substitute that makes sense as opposed to just leaving it as an inferior experience.
Kitsunebaby
Member
I don't particularly like the sound of Japanese. I just prefer watching all media in its original language.
I don't like the way the actors screech and squeek and make gagging noises. How did that even start in Japanese culture?