dub or sub

[Koir]

Originally Posted by SHAD0W

Topic: Raw Japanese is far more exciting and rewarding!

A) your learning a second language - passive studying.

Agreed. Even I (being a pocky peasant) have noticed certain words being used frequently in anime, and from the subtitling watched afterwards, I connect English meaning and Japanese speaking (though of course, not the written word) together.

As a result, the times I watch the raw Japanese episodes I pick out the occasional word and know roughly what it means before I watch the subtitled version.

As for the thread topic, I would vote "doesn't matter" as both dubbed language and subtitled language have unique experiences to offer. Subtitled I hear not only the words but the emphasis behind them, the original experience. Dubbed, I see how references can change to make more sense to Western audiences along with how having a different voice once again offers a different experience.

I haven't watched the DVDs recently, but the example of that I can put forward is the voice actress for the "Nerine" character in Shuffle.

Also, having both subbed and dubbed versions of anime available means I can watch each episode at least twice and add more value to the experience

[Aniki]

Originally Posted by MMM

Why would you think dubs are more accurate than subs? With subs they wirte what is being said, but with dubs they also have to match up with the mouth movements, so information is often added or dropped.

MMM, I didn't say dubs are more accurate then subs (you're twisting my words again). Now, I don't know which subs are referring to, but I was referring to fansubs, which aren't always translated right, not to mention some even have grammar mistakes. And even if you compare them with fandubs, I would still choose the dubs (but then again, the fandubs are the same as fansubs since they don't bother to match up with the mouth movements).

[iPhantom]

Originally Posted by Aniki

MMM, I didn't say dubs are more accurate then subs (you're twisting my words again). Now, I don't know which subs are referring to, but I was referring to fansubs, which aren't always translated right, not to mention some even have grammar mistakes. And even if you compare them with fandubs, I would still choose the dubs (but then again, the fandubs are the same as fansubs since they don't bother to match up with the mouth movements).

It really depends on quality of fansubs. Dattebayo is top-notch imo and there are plenty good fansubbers out there, with no mistakes at all.

[MMM]

I didn't realize we were talking about fansubs. I assumed we were talking about the regular pro-subs and dubs.