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[Naked Snake]

I used to love watching anime many years ago, and I was a purist who thought watching anime in English was blasphemous, and obnoxiously tried to convince my friends to watch their anime in Japanese even when they hated reading subtitles.

Then for some reason I changed. I started finding Japanese voices in anime annoying; the acting always sounds exaggerated and "the same" across all shows to me... I lost interest in anime and stopped watching it altogether.

It's been several years since I watched a single anime episode or movie (with the exception of Ponyo, which I absolutely adored). I think I'm ready to try getting into a new anime series, and checkout a movie or two... provided they have excellent English dubs.

Any recommendations? Preferably something recent (past 5 years), but if you strongly feel there is an older classic I missed that I should checkout, do recommend it (if it has a good English dub).

Below are some of my favorites:

Future Boy Conan
Cowboy Bebop
Berserk
FLCL
Trigun
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Movies:
Pretty much all of Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli
Akira
Ghost in the Shell (the first one)
Vampire Hunter D (both the original and Bloodlust)

I've seen a lot more than the above list, but their names escape me now.

Thanks in advance!

 

[LiK]

not gonna lie, i love the DBZ English dubs. Goku has a manly voice unlike the JPN dub.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Both Fullmetal Alchemists have top-notch dub jobs.

 

[Risette]

garzey's wing

 

[Tesseract]

dbz funi dub best there is was or ever will be yolo.

 

[ultron87]

I'm liking the Steins; Gate one so far.

 

[Seda]

Both Fullmetal Alchemists have top-notch dub jobs.

I agree.

 

[Dynedom]

Hellsing Ultimate is one of my favorite recent dubs
Black Lagoon as well

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Black Lagoon actually makes more sense in it's English dub, except for a couple scenes.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Yu Yu Hakusho

 

[Snacks the sober sea lion]

I think some of the voices in the FMA Brotherhood dub (Bradley, Scar) are pretty good, while others really hurt certain scenes (Father, Truth).

And impending Ocean vs. Funimation vs. Japanese "debate?"

 

[Typographenia]

I felt Welcome to the NHK was treated well with its english dub.

Additionally, I feel Outlaw Star has a pretty good english cast. I still vastly prefer the japanese, but it does a good job.

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

Wolf's Rain has the best english dub of any anime ever created to this date.

 

[Tamanon]

I love the Fullmetal Alchemist dubs.

Also, Code Geass has a pretty great dub. Durarara stands out too.

 

[MCD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yU5XV_N5qU

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Baccano!
School Rumble
Outlaw Star

 

[TDLink]

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

 

[Trojita]

Yu Yu Hakusho
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Dragon Ball Z

all have God-Tier dubs.

 

[Noirulus]

garzey's wing

And Glass Fleet.

 

[TheCrow]

School Rumble has a great dub.

 

[PhiLonius]

Black Lagoon

 

[B.K.]

Big O
Haibane Renmei
Paranoia Agent
Paprika

 

[BadWolf]

The Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie.

Watched a subbed version recently and good god it was aweful compared to the dub. They had Ryu doing friggin Bruce Lee sounds. The soundtrack was different and way worse.

After watching it I was really glad it was the dubbed version that I came across and watched when I was a kid and countless times since.

 

[Trojita]

School Rumble's Japanese Dub is superior. So is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's.

 

[Host Samurai]

Gantz had a very good english dub

DBZ Kai had a good dub as well.

 

[Anth0ny]

not gonna lie, i love the DBZ English dubs. Goku has a manly voice unlike the JPN dub.

Yu Yu Hakusho
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Dragon Ball Z

all have God-Tier dubs.

 

[Moaradin]

Yu Yu Hakusho
Dragon Ball
DBZ(Preferably Kai, DBZ is rough early on but pretty great later).
Cowboy Bebop
One Piece(Funimation)

If you haven't seen Yu Yu Hakusho, get on that!

 

[Liseda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0741NooSc

lol

 

[TUSR]

DBZ and Gundam Wing

 

[Candeldandel]

Lupin III (Part 2)! So good!

Edit: I miss Pioneer/Geneon

 

[Makoto]

Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy

I'm serious. Unlike the Garzey's Wing suggestion, this is not a troll recommendation.

 

[Loudninja]

I think the Bleach dub is really good.

 

[LiK]

English Vegeta dub is awesome too! you'll be back!

 

[Moaradin]

Na man. Funimation did great with the original dragon ball. Dragon Ball Kai is pretty much top notch.

Sean Schemmel Goku > *

 

[Tekniqs]

samurai champloo

 

[Trojita]

It is superior to the Japanese version except for missing certain technique names.

 

[hairypeckpeck]

gundam 08th ms team was really good imo

 

[Tamanon]

I think the Bleach dub is really good.

I think a lot of it is good, but some of the minor characters....oof.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Cowboy Bebop is a terrible example. It's unwatchable without the Japanese actors, Faye's in particular defines that character.

 

[Moaradin]

It is superior to the Japanese version except for missing certain technique names.

Which I'm pretty sure gets fixed in the Kai version. Special Beam Cannon was called Makankōsappō for example.

Cowboy Bebop is a terrible example. It's unwatchable without the Japanese actors, Faye's in particular defines that character.

Aww hell naw.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Dragon Ball Z abridged

 

[jbueno]

Wasn´t Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust originally produced in English? It wasn´t a dub, but had pretty good English VA.

 

[KillGore]

Both Fullmetal Alchemists have top-notch dub jobs.

this and Yu Yu Hakusho

 

[Typographenia]

Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy

I'm serious. Unlike the Garzey's Wing suggestion, this is not a troll recommendation.

I'm extremely disappointed in myself for not thinking of that immediately. Golden Boy's english cast is infinitely better than the japanese cast.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Disgaea had a good english dub...

But anyway beyond that Durarara!! dub, Evangelion movies, Naruto/Bleach.

I cant think of any dubs from Sentai Filmworks anime that would go in the category, maybe Ungo?

And from Bandai, Gundam Wing.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Persona 4
RahXephon
Serial Experiments lain

 

[NewFresh]

Dark Cat

 

[Beth Cyra]

Gundam Wing - though this mainly hinges on Heero and does ruin the majority of other Gundam dubs because of how often they reuse cast members from old titles such as having the same guy be Quatre, Amuro, and Setsuna making him leading character in three full series.

Rin - OVA series but I really enjoyed the dub.

GTO - has some issues but overall I found it enjoyable.

KnM - if only for Michelle Ruff's amazing work as Chikane.

Genesis Of Aquarion - Apollo eng voice kicks the shit out of the JPN one in my mind as the rest of the cast does a solid job.

 

[Idle Fingers]

Both Fullmetal Alchemists have top-notch dub jobs.

I love the Fullmetal Alchemist dubs.

Planning to watch these soon. Should I watch Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood first? I'm going into them completely blind on what they're about.

 

[Loudninja]

I think a lot of it is good, but some of the minor characters....oof.

True,but I think that goes for alot of anime really.